Lunch and Learn: William Powers, 10/13/2016
Tuesday, October, 11th, 2016 Events
The Bolivian Eco-Municipality: A New Sustainability Framework?
Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center, Medford Campus
12 pm – 1 pm. Lunch Provided!
Join us for this weekly, TIE-sponsored ENVS event!
This week’s ENVS Lunch & Learn will be presented by William Powers of the World Policy Institute. He will discuss his work with practices and philosophies of sustainability in Bolivia. More info here
Description of the Presentation: The Latin American concept of buen vivir, or “living well”, suggests well-being “is only possible in the specific context of a community, which is social but also ecological.” (Gudynas, 2011). Powers’ 2016 World Policy Institute field study in Bolivia examines how – even in the context of contradictory neo-extractivist pressures which cuts against sustainability – new biocentric policies aroundbuen vivir play out in one of Bolivia’s twenty-four nationally-designated “ecological municipalities.” A lively discussion will probe this new model, and transferable South-North lessons.
If you can’t make it to the Rabb Room, watch it live here!
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