Special event

Philosophical Reflections on the Bushfire Disaster and Climate Crisis

This year the Philosophy Department will start its weekly seminar series with a mini-workshop on the devastating events of this summer. Please join us for a series of talks by the members of the department to keep the conversation going.

• Kristie Miller
  “Bushfires: when a clueless, venal, government outsources its protection of its citizens to unpaid, under-resourced, volunteers”
• David Braddon-Mitchell
  “The Morton fire: impact on a community and a biota”
• Mark Colyvan and Hannah Tierny
  “Conspiracy theories”
• Paul Griffith
  “Is there a deficit in public understanding of climate science?”
• Anik Waldow
  “Resilience and adaptation: throwing away the privilege to act”
• Chris Lean
  “Invasive species and the bushfire crisis”
• Rick Benitez
  “Hope and hopelessness”

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 Wednesday, 26 February, 3.30-5:00 pm

Muniment Room, (S401)*
Level 4, Lobby B (Southern Vestibule)
Quadrangle A14
University Place
The University of Sydney

*The Muniment Room is accessible via either the Northern (Lobby Q) or Southern (Lobby B) Vestibules’ staircases on the Eastern side of the Quadrangle Building (facing the city).
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Info: anik.waldow@sydney.edu.au

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Images: Image 1: Gospers Mountain fire. Image 2: Brian Stearns, a Huron-Manistee National Forests employee is pictured with a kangaroo joey who approached firefighters in the field seeking refuge. (Source: WIki Commons)