Sports(?) & Fitness

Name: ART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadol
Start: 2019-6-18T10-10-00-00
End: 2019-6-18T22-22-30-00
Location: ARTECHOUSE

FIFA Women’s World Cupdate #3: USWNT Through To Next Round

Megan BurnsJune 17, 2019

The USWNT is through to the Round of 16, while Australia is still on the bubble...

Sports(?) & Fitness 04 min read

FIFA Women’s World Cupdate #2: 13 US Goals and Australia Makes A Comeback

Megan BurnsJune 14, 2019

The USWNT took an unprecedented 13-0 win over Thailand, and the Matildas are back in business...

Sports(?) & Fitness 07 min read

FIFA Women’s World Cupdate #1: VAR Hate and Australian Upsets

Megan BurnsJune 10, 2019

A surprising loss for Sam Kerr and The Matildas Sunday, and VAR continues to ruin lives...

Sports(?) & Fitness 07 min read

18 Openly Queer Footballers to Cheer at the FIFA Women’s World Cup

Megan BurnsJune 7, 2019

A little extra dose o' PRIDE ON THE PITCH...

LGBTQSports(?) & Fitness 05 min read

Your Best June

BYT at largeJune 3, 2019

Here comes the summer... ...

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2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Send-Off for the USWNT in NYC

Megan BurnsMay 28, 2019

Talking w/ the USWNT about the upcoming WWC, gender equity and more...

Sports(?) & Fitness 09 min read

DC Staycation Guide

BYT at largeMay 23, 2019

Where to stay like a real former POTUS to where to stay like a fake former POTUS...

Eat & DrinkEvergreen GuidesFeaturedGuidesRestaurants & BarsSports(?) & Fitness 137 min read

Your Best May

BYT at largeMay 1, 2019

The following contains 31+ picks to have your best May....

ArtBooksChicagoCute StuffdogsEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVFunny StuffGuidesLGBTQMusicNYCRestaurants & BarsSports(?) & FitnessStaying InStuff To Do In DCTravel 133 min read

9 Reasons to get excited about the 2019 Washington Nationals

Brandon Wetherbee and Armando GallardoMarch 27, 2019

The team is better and the park is better but the hair is worse ...

FeaturedPhotosSports(?) & FitnessStuff To Do In DC 07 min read

Why We Love DC Right Now – 2019

BYT at largeFebruary 13, 2019

Whether or not you're in love with a person, you can still love your city ...

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Choosing A Super Bowl 53 Team: The Anti-Sports Fan Edition

Megan BurnsFebruary 1, 2019

Don't knock our ultra-scientific method 'til you've tried it!...

Sports(?) & Fitness 08 min read

19 for 2019: BYT’s Picks and Hopes for the New Year

BYT at largeJanuary 8, 2019

We made a vision board ...

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Your Best January

BYT at largeJanuary 2, 2019

Choose to have a good 2019...

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Your Best December

BYT at largeNovember 30, 2018

It may be cold but CupcakKe is coming to keep you warm ...

BooksChicagoEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVLGBTQMusicNYCSports(?) & FitnessStaying InStuff To Do In DCTheatre & Dance 022 min read

Ice Rink Roundup 2018-2019

catherinedorman, Samantha Cooper and Stephanie BrooksNovember 28, 2018

Ice skating rinks--not just a place for middle school dates....

FeaturedGuidesSports(?) & Fitness 08 min read

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18jun6:30 pm9:00 pmProfs & Pints: The Green New Deal and Climate Colonialism6:30 pm - 9:00 pm La Pop, a cultural salon

Event Details

Profs and Pints presents: “The Green New Deal and Climate Colonialism,” with Olufemi Taiwo, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and scholar of environmental-justice issues.

The Green New Deal has changed the conversation among progressive Democrats about how to deal with climate change, shifting the focus from simply managing a disaster to using an existential threat to build a more just society. Should this legislative concept be transformed into actual policies, however, some of the solutions it engenders could make global inequality worse. It could even exacerbate “climate colonialism,” or the domination of less powerful countries and peoples through initiatives meant to slow the pace of global warming.

To understand why this is the case, we need to understand colonialism differently. We often imagine the most direct forms of colonialism, where the imperial power has a strong military and administrative presence. However, historically, the British, German, and French empires often have preferred to engage in more indirect forms of colonial domination in much of Africa and South Asia. The Green New Deal would give birth to a massive policy initiative by the world’s most powerful nation that could spawn new forms of indirect colonial domination.

Join Olufemi Taiwo, a scholar of issues related to environmental justice, as he discusses the potential hazards. He’ll describe how the clearest threats of climate colonialism stem from proposals dealing with land use and the potential to reserve large tracts of land for the development of renewable energy, carbon removal, reforestation, or greener agricultural methods. Much of the world’s available land is in poor countries and inhabited by the world’s most politically marginalized people, and our efforts to mitigate climate change could very well come at their expense. European demands for “carbon offsets” in Uganda and Tanzania have shown this possibility is not simply imagined.

The talk won’t offer any easy solutions, but that’s the point. What it might do is leave well-intentioned people aware of how efforts to do good can cause harm. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors: $15. Save $2 with a student ID. Posted time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself plenty of time to get seated and settled in.)