Date & Time

Topic

Lecturer

1

Saturday 18 June 13.30

• Registration
• Welcoming
• Presentation of the School
• Climate & Ecological Crisis: Interactive Session

CARES Team

2

Saturday

25 June

13.30

Latest Science & Realities
• Understanding Earth System & Ecosystems
• Anthropocene
• Planetary Boundaries & Sixth Extinction
• Ocean Crisis

Ashok Subron

3

Saturday

2 July

13.30

Global Crisis: Covid Pandemic and Militarism in times of nthropocene?
• Zoonotic Viruses
• Deforestation & Destruction of Ecosystem
• Industrial Agriculture & Big Pharma – Big Flu
• Militarism – Petro-militaro Machine – Exterminism

David Sauvage

4

Saturday

9 July

13.30

Climate / Ecological Crisis: false solutions
•  UN COP’s Process – Change within
• False Solutions & myths – Carbon Credits, Net Zero Emission, Carbon Capture
• Over population? Individual Behaviors? Conservationists? Privatisation of Nature?
• Green Capitalism? Market or Regulations? Or system Change?

Stefan Gua

5

Saturday

16 July

13.30

Ocean in Crisis – New frontier of Robbery & Disasters
•  Blue Economy –
– Commodification – “Marine Spatial Planning”
– Oil Spill – Deep Sea Mining & Aqua-culture
– Beach & Coastal lin grabbing, smart cities
– New Architecture of ecological disaster-gentrification-recolonisation

Dr. Babita Thanoo

6

Saturday

23 July

13.30

Earth System and Human Society & political ecology
• Human Relation to Nature Human-Labour-Nature
• Metabolic Rift & Human Alienation from Nature
• Colonisation, Industrial Revolution and Global Capitalism
• Law of Nature v/s Law of Profits
• Emergence of political ecology in the history of humanity and after the industrial revolution and present time

Ashok Subron

7

Saturday

30 July

13.30

Emerging Ecological Consciousness & movements in Mauritius
• Powershift – Peoples’ Renewable Energy Cooperative
• Aret Kokin Nou Laplaz/Alternative Peoples’ Led Sustainable Tourism
• Wakashio – The Magic in the Tragic
• Wet lands – ESA – Ridge to Rift
• Agro-ecology – Healthy Food – Solidarity Economy

Stefan Gua

8

Saturday

6 August

13.30

Alternative Economic System
• Social and Ecological Limits
• Commons, CARE Economy & Alternative
• Social Reproduction & Reproduction of Lives – Human and Other Species

Dr. Babita Thanoo

9

Saturday

15 August

Society of Good Ancestors
• For a New Constitution – For the Right of Nature & Commons
• Towards Eco-socialism: A transitional manifesto for Mauritius
• “La République de Maurice, ouverte sur le monde et leader de la transition Écologique Juste” Réimaginer. Recréer. Restaurer. Changeons le système, pas le climat et l’écologie!” in contrast to traditional political parties views.
• Articulation with Indian Ocean Peoples’Movements

David Sauvage