Environmental Justice Workshop
This workshop aims to use techniques from the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, the Theatre of the Oppressed and Radical Environmental Education to critically examine the environmental movement in India and suggest ways to make it both inclusive and intersectional. The underlying beliefs of this workshop are that participants have the power to enact real change if the right tools are provided, and that as conscious citizens, ideologies of environmental justice underpin our actions and choices.
Guiding Principles
- Cultural and linguistic democracy
- Equality across social groups
- Human Rights for every citizen
- Economic redistribution
- Global citizenship
- A fundamental respect for all life
Medium
Like most things these days, zoom.
Is it Just Talking?
This workshop will be a mix of theatre, art and discussion.
What will it be like?
This workshop strives to create an environment that is equitable, filled with kindness and compassion, to provide a dynamic where everyone fulfils the role of teacher-student and student-teacher, and also be enjoyable.
SESSION 1 : SEPTEMBER 4TH
To connect with the self, the group, and to understand environmental crises as a culmination of undesirable historical, sociological, political and economic conditions
SESSION 2 : SEPTEMBER 10TH
To examine corporations and the environment, and understand the nexus of power between the corporations and the government
SESSION 3 : SEPTEMBER 11TH
To examine the link between caste and the environment, in terms of who uses natural resources as opposed to who has a say in what happens to them
SESSION 4 : SEPTEMBER 18TH
To understand our immediate contexts, environmental issues around us, and the roles we can play in addressing them
SESSION 5 : SEPTEMBER 25TH
To debrief, review, and come together as a group once more
Theatre and artwork will be utilised to tap into the human aesthetic dimension of this workshop. Each session will take about four hours, and participants are expected to attend every session.
