2: Colonialism + Climate

In this module, we will cover the connections between climate change and structural oppression, as well as discuss how colonialism and racism can show up in our climate movements and organisations.

This workshop session will have a heavy focus on discussion amongst your peers in breakout groups, and we will introduce you to some practices for having conversations about power, privilege, and the emotional work of decolonisation.

Workshop Times:

STREAM A: UTC 08:00 - 12:00 Monday 26th April

STREAM B: UTC 20:00 - 00:00 Thursday 29th April

If you have already confirmed your stream, you will receive an email with the link to join the Zoom workshop the day before your session, or you can join on the appropriate button above once the meeting is live.

You can find the video recording right here after the workshops. Please allow a few days for the recordings to be processed and uploaded.

If you have any difficulty connecting, or if you would like to change workshop streams, please email us on kiaora@activate.film

DOCUMENTS:

Please take the time to review the notes on our practice of whānaukataka - or being in good relationship with one another - and our tikaka - shared protocols and standards of behaviour.

Consider how these processes enable us to create a safe and appropriate collaborative space for our workshops, and for our work in decolonising our climate movements and organisations.

Our Module 2 workshop will expand on these practices and invite us to consider more deeply our relationships with one another, with the land and oceans, and within the global climate movement.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:

The following resources are recommended to help deepen your understanding of the course content, however, they are not “required reading”. We encourage you to pick one or two if you can, to build on concepts and make the most of the course, but you don’t have to engage with the resources in order to complete the workshop.

These resources are a mix of different formats and styles so you can choose resources that apply to your preferred style of learning - whether that’s listening to a podcast, watching a video, or reading information; and whether you prefer more informal or academic information.

• Racism and Climate (In)Justice How Racism and Colonialism shape the Climate Crisis and Climate Action | Olumide Abimbola, Joshua Kwesi Aikins, Tselane Makhesi-Wilkinson, and Erin Roberts

• What is structural oppression? | Reclaim Philadelphia blog post by Thomas Clancy

• The Concept of Indigenous Peoples | Background Paper by UN Dept Economic & Social Affairs (4 pages)