by Future Natures
Conversations about nature, commons and enclosures with people involved in action, research and activism. This podcast is produced by the Centre for Future Natures. Find out more at futurenatures.org <br/><br/><a href="https://futurenatures.substack.com/s/future-natures-podcast?utm_medium=podcast">futurenatures.substack.com</a>
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February 5, 2025
<p>In this episode, we sit down with <strong>Patrick Bresnihan</strong>, co-author (with Naomi Millner) of the book All We Want is the Earth. We talk about counter-histories of environmentalism, and Ireland as a frontier of digital capitalism.</p><p>We learn about how anti- and de-colonial thought and praxis are discounted from histories of Eurocentric environmentalism, followed by a deep dive into the unbearable heaviness of digital capitalism and its assumed ‘inevitability’. </p><p>Patrick investigates how digital life relates to new waves of neocolonial, neoliberal capitalist enclosures. Focusing on Ireland, we explore how our widespread use of digital technologies is shaping our lives, and how it represents an outgrowth of green colonialism. The focus on Ireland also illustrates the convergence of monopoly tech, the energy transition and US imperialism.</p><p>We then explore the undercurrents growing out of Ireland to respond to these convergences, demanding alternative futures to neocolonial capitalist and colonial projects. This includes movements connecting climate justice and Palestinian solidarity.</p><p>Patrick can be found on <a target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/profile/pbresnihan.bsky.social">BlueSky</a> and is on the editorial board of the Ireland-based online magazine <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rundale.org/">Rundale</a>.</p><p>Links</p><p>Some of the books, articles and initiatives mentioned in this episode are linked below. If you are viewing this episode on some podcast players, some links may not work: visit the original post on the Future Natures website. For full audio and show notes from this and all past episodes, visit <a target="_blank" href="https://futurenatures.org/podcast">futurenatures.org/podcast</a></p><p>Books</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/all-we-want-is-the-earth">All We Want is the Earth: Land, Labour and movements beyond Environmentalism</a> (Patrick Bresnihan and Naomi Millner, 2023)</p><p>* Upcoming book 'From the Bog to the Cloud. Dependency and Eco-modernity in Ireland'. By Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie. Due to be published in September 2025.</p><p>Resonance</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/@vcenzac/the-zapatista-journey-for-life-comes-to-ireland-october-2021-42e133ea56c">Zapatista Journey for Life comes to Ireland, October 2021</a> by V’cenza Cirefice</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rundale.org/2024/04/25/decolonising-palestine/">Decolonising Palestine and Unsettling Environmental Justice</a> by Bana Abu Zuluf, Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/makingrelativescollective/">Making Relatives Collective</a></p><p>* Indigenous Land and water protectors from the Zapatista and Turtle Island visit Ireland- <a target="_blank" href="https://undisciplinedenvironments.org/2023/05/23/making-relatives-and-the-journey-for-life/">Making Relatives and the Journey for Life</a>, by V’cenza Cirefice and Lynda Sullivan</p><p>* Turkish political education group, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.polenekoloji.org/">POLEN</a> (POLEN Ecology promotes international Marxist ecology literature and develops partnerships with movements in other countries)</p><p>Data centres and digital capitalism</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/18397/">Data sinks, carbon services: Waste, storage and energy cultures on Ireland’s peat bogs </a>(Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie, 2023)</p><p>* Data Grab: The new Colonialism of Big Tech and how to fight back. (Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejias, 2024)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://rupture.ie/articles/feeding-an-insatiable-monster">Feeding an insatiable monster: Data centres in Ireland</a> with Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://rupture.ie/articles/severed-the-metabolic-rift-between-humans-and-nature-b5x6w">Energy Vacuums: Data Centres, Renewable Energy, and Rural Politics</a> By Patrick Brodie and Patrick Bresnihan</p><p>Extractivism resistance in Ireland</p><p>* Save our Sperrins <a target="_blank" href="https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-sperrins-108907">campaign</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://rupture.ie/articles/save-our-sperrins-the-fight-against-extractivism">The fight against extractivism</a></p><p>* Resistance to gold mining in Ireland</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://theecologist.org/2021/jun/10/women-who-keep-gold-irelands-ground">Women keeping Ireland's gold in the ground</a> , 2021</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/public-inquiry-into-controversial-co-tyrone-gold-mine-suspended-for-second-time/a1547778607.html">Public inquiry into controversial Co Tyrone gold mine suspended</a>, 2025</p><p>Picture credits</p><p>1. The photo of the water protectors was taken by Patrick Bresnihan in May, 2023, in the Bee Park community centre in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, in the North West of Ireland. The three water protectors are Chas Jewett, Jeshua Estes, and Lewis GrassRope, visiting from the Lakota Nation, Turtle Island. The visit was organised by Making Relatives, a collective of water protectors in Ireland and North America, and supported by Friends of the Earth NI, Communities Against the Injustice of Mining (CAIM), the Derry Playhouse, and the Rundale collective. </p><p>2. ‘Hands Off Our Commons’ poster designed by Kate O'Shea with artwork by V'Cenza Cirefice. These posters were sold to raise funds for the Save Our Sperrins campaign (resisting the gold mine). </p><p>3. The turf sod photo is by Patrick Bresnihan, taken in Derrigimlagh, Connemara in April 2024.</p><p>4. Image from the book cover of All We Want is the Earth by V'Cenza Cirefice.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://futurenatures.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">futurenatures.substack.com</a>
November 15, 2024
<p>Maymana Arefin is the founder of <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/fungi.futures">Fungi Futures</a>, a project learning with fungi to map radical alternative futures.</p><p>Maymana began Fungi Futures in part due to inspiration from the “wood wide web” which they value as a metaphor for our interconnectedness, our dependence on one another for mutual aid, care and transformation, “I sought to understand how we, as a collective can organise better, hearing the cries of our neighbour to mobilise and manifest webs of support ~ this wasn’t some cute, distant fantasy but a call to action ~ decolonisation is NOT a metaphor”.</p><p>This episode challenges some deep-set assumptions around where ecological knowledge comes from and whose knowledge matters. Maymana explains how fungi are teachers and – if we pay attention – can show us different ways of being in relationship with our ecosystems and ourselves.</p><p>In the discussion, we cover topics around the colonial history of botany and nature-based art, what ‘queering’ ecology means, and how fungi help bring community and healing.</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>Some of the books, articles and initiatives mentioned in this episode are linked below. If you are viewing this episode on some podcast players, some links may not work: visit the original post on the Future Natures website. For full audio and show notes from this and all past episodes, visit <a target="_blank" href="https://futurenatures.org/podcast">futurenatures.org/podcast</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://maymanaarefin.com/@fungi-futures">Maymana’s website</a></p><p>Maymana’s poem: <a target="_blank" href="https://maymanaarefin.com/communion-with-a-shaggy-inkcap">Communion with a shaggy inkcap</a></p><p>The Misery Collective (QTBPOC mental health collective)</p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/miseryparty/?hl=en">Misery Collective’s Instagram</a></p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@misery4142">Misery Collective’s YouTube channel</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://landinournames.community/">Land in Our Names</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jumanamanna.com/Foragers">‘Foragers’</a> (documentary on Palestinian foraging)</p><p><strong>Further readings</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://viviensansour.com/Palestine-Heirloom">The Palestine Heirloom Seed Library</a></p><p>Mushroom growing in Gaza and occupied West Bank: articles from <a target="_blank" href="https://jinhaagency.com/en/ecology/first-in-gaza-young-woman-grows-organic-oyster-mushrooms-27445">Jinha Agency</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/6/16/first-mushroom-farm-in-palestine-ends-israels-monopoly">Al Jazeera</a></p><p>Queer ecology:</p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amajosephine.me/queerecologies">Queer ecologies</a> (projects and resources)</p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://longreads.com/2023/03/21/queer-ecology-nature-animals-vegetables-reading-list/">A queer ecology reading list</a></p><p>Botany and colonialism:</p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/time-to-re-examine-the-history-of-botanical-collections">It’s time to re-examine the history of botanical collections</a> (Kew.org)</p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.greendreamer.com/podcast/catriona-sandilands-queer-ecologies">Botanical colonialism and biocultural histories</a> (Green Dreamer podcast with Catriona Sandilands)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/skills/ethical-foraging-autumn-fungi-futures/">Ethical foraging</a>, piece by Maymana Arefin in The Great Outdoors magazine</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://futurenatures.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">futurenatures.substack.com</a>
September 25, 2024
<p>Urban heat justice is a topic that traverses both how people experience and suffer from heat, especially in the context of evolving climate crisis and its impacts on cities around the world.</p><p> In this episode we talk with Panagiota Kotsila about urban futures, climate related suffering and heat injustice – an issue entangled with disability injustice, racial justice, labour justice, housing justice and, in many cases, differentially experienced along lines of age, gender, and class. </p><p>We talk about the continuities of colonial histories and their presence in the health of migrants in cities who are differentially affected by urban heat - focusing on experiences from Barcelona, Spain.</p><p>We discuss how ‘green isn’t always good’, drawing on examples from Panagiota’s work around social justice issues of urban green spaces and the political ecologies of cities. We also learn about migrant knowledges as central to creating ‘emancipatory’ cities where the diverse needs of residents are met through active participation.</p><p>You can follow Panagiota on X/Twitter at <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/pkotsila">@PKotsila</a>.</p><p>Links</p><p>Some of the books, articles and initiatives mentioned in this episode are linked below. If you are viewing this episode on some podcast players, some links may not work: visit the original post on the Future Natures Substack.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bcnuej.org/">Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability</a> (website)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@bcnuej?cbrd=1">Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability</a> (YouTube channel)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://undisciplinedenvironments.org/">Undisciplined Environments Collective</a></p><p>Book: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/321259/inflamed-by-patel-rupa-marya-and-raj/9780141995236">Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Justice</a> by Raj Patel and Rupa Marya</p><p>Book: <a target="_blank" href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/insurgent-ecologies">Insurgent Ecologies: Between Environmental Struggles and Postcapitalist Transformations</a>. Edited by Undisciplined Environments Collective. Published by Fernwood Publishing - see especially Part 4: Feminisms (by Panagiota Kotsila, Ilenia Iengo and Irene Leonardelli)</p><p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bcnuej.org/projects/climate-refuges/">‘Climate Refuge’ concept</a></p><p>Journal article: <a target="_blank" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1740579">Expanding the Boundaries of Justice in Urban Greening Scholarship: Toward an Emancipatory, Antisubordination, Intersectional, and Relational Approach</a>. 2020. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 110(6), 1743–1769.</p><p>Book chapter: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9789048554805-012/html?lang=en">Immigrant communities in Europe as situated knowledge holders for postcolonial and feminist urban adaptation to climate health risks</a>. From the book <em>Urban Movements and Climate Change (2023)</em></p><p>Panagiota’s upcoming research project: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-premsa-icta-uab/detall-noticia/panagiota-kotsila-receives-an-erc-consolidator-grant-1345819915004.html?detid=1345902388547">Embracing Immigrant Knowledges for Just Climate Health Adaptation (IMBRACE)</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://futurenatures.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">futurenatures.substack.com</a>
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