Ecological and Societal Impacts of the Unleashing of Technology during the Anthropocene
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 4/23/2021
Topics and Speakers
| Welcome and opening remarks from symposium co-chairs |
| Panel 1: Anthropogenic disturbance: Assessing ecological impacts through a social justice lens |
| Preserving our past, working on the present and investing in our future: A look at the evolution of Miawpukek |
| Title: TBA |
| Panel Discussion: Question and Answer period open to attendees |
| Break |
| Introductions from symposium co-chairs |
| Panel 2: Justice and marginalized communities |
| Gendering Justice: The transition away from coal and the burden on marginalized peoples |
| Ecological justice and vaccine nationalism: A critical evaluation of the failures of vaccine nationalism in the current COVID-19 pandemic |
| Panel Discussion: Question and Answer period open to attendees |
| End of Day One |
| Opening remarks and introductions of new speakers |
| Panel 3: Ecosystems degradation: Mass production and sustainable development |
| The Ramsar Trio of Northeast India: A saga of ecological threats and misplaced sentiments |
| Emerging perspectives and imperatives from waste in developing societies in the Anthropocene era: Stories of social Inequity, ecological burden and uncertainty |
| Ecological Burden and Societal Infirmities in the wake of Industrialization: An Indian Perspective |
| Urban Lake Quality- key to renew freshwater resources in cities |
| Climate Justice and International Solar Alliance |
| Apicultural ethics in the age of mass production: Ethical concerns in the wake of industrial apiculture and the growth of beekeeping. |
| Panel Discussion: Question and Answer period open to attendees |
| Closing Remarks |
| End of Day 2 |
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