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In Osmosis

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“In particular, today I would insist on the emergence of post-disciplinary arenas as political ecology and environmental humanities as an opportunity to go beyond disciplines and their intrinsic limitation in understanding the current socio-ecological crisis.” -        Marco Armiero, KTH Royal Institute of Technology This is what this blog has been all about: contributing to this emergent discussion on the importance of transdisciplinarity and the need for new polyvocal practices and daring pedagogical tools . I have contended with the importance of the concept of Nature, in particular how we define and imagine it. I have explored its intersections with disciplines such as art , politics and marketing and with this concluding post I aim to take this exploration further. There are many fields of knowledge that influence social and ecological realities. These include – but are not limited to – fashion , religion , philosophy , anthropology , economics , gender studies menta
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Capitalising on the need for revolution

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Credit:  Humans of Late Capitalism A new study published in Nature warns that ‘There is a 93% chance that global warming will exceed 4 o C by the end of this century.’ The rules have changed. It is no longer about awaiting for disaster (or mediating its creation) to make profit. It is now about accepting disaster as the norm and capitalizing on the need for revolution. Hyperabundance has lead to system saturation. We are at a critical juncture in human history where the conventional capitalistic approaches to the economy, the environment and to society have to radically reconfigure themselves to stay above the surface. While people are frozen by fear and/or confusion the system adjusts and brings new tricks out of its hat, novel solutions, new revolutions: The Problem The way we eat is fundamentally unsustainable. WWF reports that 60% of current biodiversity loss is down to meat-based diets. Amazon deforestation , ocean dead-zones – and this is only focusin
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