In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
As the Earth’s climate reaches a state of constant instability, there is growing awareness of how global warming can affect human rights and increase social strife. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which political violence and human rights abuses, from past and present, constitute driving factors in the transformations of the global environment and climate.(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
1 December 2016, 6pm
In the Frontiers of Climate Change (Toward a Politics of Nonhuman Rights)
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As the Earth’s climate reaches a state of constant instability, there is growing awareness of how global warming can affect human rights and increase social strife. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which political violence and human rights abuses, from past and present, constitute driving factors in the transformations of the global environment and climate.(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
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Troubled Waters
Nature reorganized
20 January 2017
Troubled Waters
The Hudson River as Symbol of America’s Past and Harbinger of the Future
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Nature reorganized
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From Commodity to Community?
The planet is the client
22 December 2016
The planet is the client
Iceberg Alley is an area that extends from the western coast of Greenland to Baffin Island and further south past the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Over the past two decades, its icebergs have become a sought after commodity in the production of vodka, beer, and luxury-branded waters. By drawing on historical research and fieldwork across communities in Iceberg Alley,(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
24 November 2016, 6pm
Iceberg Alley, Climate Change, and Canada’s Grey Resources
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Iceberg Alley is an area that extends from the western coast of Greenland to Baffin Island and further south past the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Over the past two decades, its icebergs have become a sought after commodity in the production of vodka, beer, and luxury-branded waters. By drawing on historical research and fieldwork across communities in Iceberg Alley,(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
books
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1 vol. (180 p.) ; 22 cm.
[La Tour d'Aigues] : Éditions de l'Aube, DL 2022.
Paris face au changement climatique : les clés de l'adaptation climatique / Franck Lirzin.
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1 vol. (180 p.) ; 22 cm.
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[La Tour d'Aigues] : Éditions de l'Aube, DL 2022.
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285 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Marseille : Parenthèses, [2015]
Villes et changement climatique : îlots de chaleur urbains = Cities and climate change : urban heat islands / sous la direction de Jean-Jacques Terrin ; avec la collaboration de Jean-Baptiste Marie.
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285 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Marseille : Parenthèses, [2015]
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm
Paris VIIe : Éditions Gallimard, collection Alternatives ; Paris XVIe : Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine, [2021], ©2021
Et vogue l'architecture! : projets flottants à l'ère du changement climatique : Mini Maousse 8, concours de microarchitecture / direction de l'ouvrage, Fiona Meadows, Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine.
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm
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Paris VIIe : Éditions Gallimard, collection Alternatives ; Paris XVIe : Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine, [2021], ©2021
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224 pages : illustrations en partie en couleur, cartes ; 22 cm.
Genève : MētisPresses, 2023.
Trame de fraîcheur : le projet d'urbanisme écologique face au changement climatique / dirigé par Muriel Delabarre.
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224 pages : illustrations en partie en couleur, cartes ; 22 cm.
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Genève : MētisPresses, 2023.
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175 pages ; 19 cm.
Paris : Éditions Gallimard, [2018]
Construire avec l'immatériel : temps, usages, communautés, droit, climat... de nouvelles ressources pour l'architecture / sous la direction de Jana Revedin ; avant-propos de Pascal Nicolas-Le Strat ; [Marie-Hélène Contal [and fourteen others].
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175 pages ; 19 cm.
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Paris : Éditions Gallimard, [2018]