Earth to Philosophy

Olufemi Taiwo is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. His theoretical work draws liberally from German transcendental philosophy, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, histories of activism and activist thinkers, and the Black radical tradition. Femi is currently writing a book entitled Reconsidering Reparations that considers a novel philosophical argument for reparations and explores links with environmental justice. He also writes public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism.Episode reading: How a Green New Deal Could Exploit Developing Countries (2019) from SalonClimate Colonialism & Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (2019) Guest blog post on the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative's Blog Opening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar.

Eric Godoy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, affiliated faculty in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and member of the Graduate Faculty at Illinois State University. His teaching and research focuses on ethics (especially environmental ethics) and political philosophy. He is particularly interested in how we construct the boundaries of our moral space, sympathy, collective agency, the politics of play, and ‘nature’ as a normative concept.Eric's website and blogEpisode reading: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth- Eric's blog post about his Jurassic Park paperSharing Responsibility for Divesting from Fossil Fuels (2017) in Environmental Values (Mentioned but not discussed)Additional Reading/ViewingJimmy Kimmel clip about Cecil the lionOpening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar.

Holly Jean Buck, postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, joined Andrea to discuss her book, After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration, and her paper "Geoengineering: Re-making Climate for Profit or Humanitarian Intervention?"Holly is a postdoctoral research fellow at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She’s interested in how communities can be involved in the design of emerging environmental technologies.She works at the interface of environmental sociology, international development, and science and technology studies.Her diverse research interests include agroecology and carbon farming, new energy technologies, artificial intelligence, and the restoration of California’s Salton Sea.(We originally recorded this in 2018, before her book was out. It's now out from Verso Press.)Episode reading: "Geoengineering: Re-making Climate for Profit or Humanitarian Intervention?" (2012)Prelude and Chapter 1 of After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration (2019)Additional Links:Holly's Twitter feedOpening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar.