All We Can Save: A CSU reading group

Facilitated by Dr. Mike Skladany, Camden Lockner, Kamyra Plicka, and Kayleigh Connors*; Department of Criminology and Sociology

Located on Cleveland State University’s campus from April 7^th  – June 9^th    

Synopsis 

All too often, real solutions to the existential planetary crisis of climate change seem so far removed and at best, hopeless. Overwhelmingly, the slate of proposed climate “solutions” bandied about are jargon-laden, unrealistically utopian and far removed from the encroaching anxieties of the world’s citizens.

In our present-day dystopia, two facts remain; global mean temperatures continue to rise, and the world has not come to an effective consensus on how to resolve this growing ecological and human catastrophe. 

The brilliant eco-anthology, “All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis”, a collection of essays and poems by women at the forefront of the climate justice movement, recontextualizes the climate crisis by grounding it in our lives, places and spirits. 

For the sake of our current and future generations, and especially Mother Earth, please join us as we embark on an inclusive march forward in addressing the most pressing issue of the twenty first century.  

Schedule 6:00-7:15pm 

*Notable guest discussants throughout our sessions  

April 28^th Tish O’ Dell, Consulting Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund https://celdf.org/ 

May 5^th Jennifer McMillin, Regional Director for Northeast Ohio for Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council https://www.sopec-oh.gov/ 

June 2^nd Shallanna Davis, 2012 CSU Alumni, Rid-All Green Partnership https://ridall.org/ 

June 2^nd Dr. Belton, Associate Professor of International Development, Michigan State University/ Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh https://www.ifpri.org/profile/ben-belton/