Posts tagged South Africa

ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 2 /84

We meet with Zayaan Khan to discuss water scarcity in South Africa and a point of no return at which culture can change rapidly. Suddenly people become accustomed to the unthinkable —no showering! no laundry!— and they begin to ask, how could we have ever been so wasteful, so indulgent?

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Decolonization, Global SouthFor The WildJuly 12, 2018thresholds, resilient systems, diversity, collapse, Adaptive Cycle, South Africa, climax state, available energy, natural disasters, capitalism, wild water wild iceComment

ZAYAAN KHAN on the Place of Sweet Waters, Part 1 /83

With Zayaan, we trace the ways that the white colonization of South Africa not only destroyed the complexities of the human-to-land relationship, but also continues to ignore the intricacies and connectivity of the landscape and how South Africa is still living within the echo chamber of a shockingly repressive colonial system

Decolonization, Global South, Colonial Violence, The Cost of CapitalismFor The WildJuly 5, 2018thresholds, resilient systems, diversity, collapse, Adaptive Cycle, South Africa, climax state, available energy, natural disasters, capitalism, wild water wild ice Comment

CLIMBING POETREE on Being Radical Solutionaries /16

Climbing PoeTree is the combined force of two boundary-breaking soul-sisters who have sharpened their art as a tool for transformation. Poets, performance artists, print makers, video and graphic designers, muralists, and new media architects, Alixa and Naima create compelling works for a more just and livable world.

Cultural Strategy, Radical ImaginationFor The WildMarch 13, 2015spoken word, education, radical theory, poetry, poems, performance, hip hop, artists, world music, multimedia theater, South Africa, Cuba, UK, MexicoComment

LINDA TUCKER on White Lions in Mythology and Nature /01

Linda Tucker, an ecological activist, grew up in South Africa during Apartheid and attended the Universities of Cape Town in South Africa and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In 2002, she founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust.

An Anthology of the Anthropocene.

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