BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f48fa9a6e9b0ab69f4e39ec99294fa78 DTSTAMP:20261008T130754Z SUMMARY:Eco-swaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy Pathways out of Global Cri ses DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: vasna.ramasar@keg.lu.se\n\nModerator: Vasna Ramasar\, Human Ecology\, Lund University. \;Abstract \;The world faces mult iple intersecting crises\, including biodiversity loss and climate change\ , socio-economic inequities\, conflicts\, human rights violations\, and au thoritarianism. The necessity to find solutions is urgent. But it is also clear that these do not lie within the same paradigms that have created th em\, including in the currently dominant model of economic development\, o r in the structures of patriarchy\, statism\, capitalism\, racism\, coloni alism and anthropocentrism that underlie it. \;Are there practices\, c oncepts and frameworks that are pathways to a just and equitable future? I f yes\, what needs to be done to make the transition towards such a future ? \;This presentation will look at a Pluriverse of such alternatives\, focusing on India but also including some from elsewhere. These include p ractical\, grassroots initiatives such as food sovereignty\, decentralized energy security\, direct democracy\, gender justice\, dignified livelihoo ds in traditional and new sectors\, and more. They also include concepts a nd worldviews that are based on respect for other people and the rest of n ature\, solidarity\, collective spirit and action\, rights and responsibil ities\, autonomy and freedom\, gender/sexual justice\, and other such valu es that are a direct contrast to the individualistic\, selfish\, commodifi ed mindset of today’s dominant system. \;A framework of radical tran sformation emerging in India called Eco-swaraj\, or Radical Ecological Dem ocracy\, will be presented in detail. \;About Ashish Kothari:A founder &\; ex-member\, Kalpavriksh\; involved in many people’s movements. T aught\, Indian Institute of Public Administration\; coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy &\; Action Plan\, served on boards of Gr eenpeace International &\; India\, ICCA Consortium\; judge on Internati onal Tribunal on Rights of Nature. Co-founder of Vikalp Sangam\, Global Ta pestry of Alternatives\, &\; Radical Ecological Democracy. Co-author/co -editor\, \;Churning the Earth\, Alternative Futures\, \;and \ ;Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary. \;Fuller profile\, books & amp\; articles at Ashish Kotharis website.The talk is organized in collabo ration between the Department of Human Geography\, Lunds University and th e research project “Producing alternative green futures: Exploring inter connections between green transitions and socioeconomic and political orga nization” \, Roskilde University. \; \;\n\nMer information om h ändelsen: https://www.keg.lu.se/evenemang/eco-swaraj-radical-ecological-d emocracy-pathways-out-global-crises DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20261015T130000 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20261015T143000 LOCATION:Geocentrum I\, Världen END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR