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The Library of the More-Than-Human: Workshops with Jonathon Keats

The Peleg Lab + NEST

TWO EVENTS!

April 7 | 4 - 6 pm @ Boulder Creek Room: Register

April 8 | 2:30 - 4:30 pm @ 91��ý, CASE E330: Register

Join NEST Studio for the Arts, The Peleg Lab and Philosopher Jonathon Keats for this one of a kind workshop on nonhuman ethics.

"Trees" by G. Gutierrez

This creative workshop will be an inspiring session to discuss, learn and create. Learn more about the

Taking inspiration from medieval bestiaries, this workshop is designed to explore lessons in righteousness learned from nonhuman creatures, providing a space for creative expression of the more-than-humane. Participants are invited to evaluate the lifeways of animals and plants and fungi they know personally, deriving guidance that might be applied to the human domain. Each participant narrates and illustrates what one of the creatures has to teach in a small hand-crafted book, using standard arts-and-crafts supplies and/or scrap materials.

All participants are invited to contribute their bestiaries to the Library of the More-Than-Humane by using the submission link below. Over the long term, the ethical principles will serve as a critical resource for research in fields ranging from philosophy to anthropology to futures studies, and may inspire new political and legal systems that reflect and protect the values of nature.
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"Jack Rabbit" by A. Ramon��

Jonathon Keats��is an experimental philosopher, writer, and artist focused on the relationship between ecology and society, bringing a multispecies perspective to governance structures and public opinion. As principal philosopher at Earth Law Center, Keats develops ecocentric legal models. As a research associate at the University of Arizona, he engages the public in participatory thought experiments, collectively investigating possible and desirable ecological futures. Over the past two decades, he has led dozens of hands-on workshops worldwide, often involving human interaction with organisms including honeybees, fireflies, and slime molds. As a journalist who has written frequently for publications including Discover and Nautilus, he is an expert in science communication and outreach.��

The workshop is sponsored by and��NEST��Studio for the Arts.

Food provided. Seats are limited.��

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Seaweed Stories for a More Sustainable Future

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As the ocean faces the triple threat of plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, many are turning to the power of seaweed to help solve these challenges. Seaweed Stories is a short film including insights from a Silicon Valley startup creating plastic alternatives from macro-algae, to the Indigenous Shinnecock Kelp Farmers using seaweed to prove their sovereign right to coastal land, and a scientist in South Korea supporting seaweeds’ sexual reproduction to create new species that can withstand the effects of a changing climate. We will discuss what students can do on our campus and what community can do in our backyard, as well as critically think about proposed solutions and our planetary imagination for a more sustainable future.��

Seaweed Stories is a 30-minute film featuring the wonders of seaweed, and some of the extraordinary stories and unique characters whose lives have been entangled by this too often overlooked marine plant that may hold answers to some of humanity's biggest challenges. The panel afterwards will prompt a discussion about science, storytelling, and marine life—as well as our hopes and fears for a more sustainable future. Emy Kane (91��ý ‘13 and Executive Director of the NGO ) will be joined by Dr. Emily Yeh (Geography), Dr. Paige Hoel (Oceanographer), Vicki Nichols Goldstein (Executive Director of the Boulder-based ), and Clementine Clyker (91��ý sustainability student leader). The event is co-hosted by the Sustainability and Storytelling Lab, NEST, and the CU Environmental Center with Jo Marras Tate hosting.

Photo Credit: Lonely Whale ��

🎟️ Free & open to all. .