The University of La Laguna is celebrating, from today, April 22nd, until next Friday the 25th, the First Transdisciplinary Conference on Biodiversity and the Environment Under the subtitle “Inhabiting the Earth: Perspectives for Ecosocial Change,” the event, despite being its first edition, has seen remarkable participation, with nearly 200 in-person registrations and another hundred online. Its objective is to raise awareness about the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystems resulting from an extractive and anthropocentric model whose consequences affect the environmental balance and the well-being of society, making it necessary to rethink how we inhabit the world.
This meeting is an initiative linked to the Environmental Narratives Laboratory project (LUAlab), coordinated by the researcher Eduardo Rodríguez Batista and which has the backing of a multidisciplinary group of professors and of Center for Ecosocial Studies from the University of La Laguna. The event, framed within the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day, will address the roots of the ecological crisis from a critical perspective, exploring the role of narratives and discourses in shaping the human relationship with the environment through presentations, round tables, workshops, screenings and a field trip.
Speakers
The conference will feature leading figures in ecosocial philosophy and ethics, such as Jorge Riechmann and Núria Almirón, who will address issues like the development of an ethics based on symbiosis and the relationship between speciesism and the environmental crisis. Also participating will be key figures in community activism and science communication, such as Eva Vilaseca and Andreu Escrivà, who will discuss how to build futures based on ecosocial justice and coexistence, and how to transform climate guilt into action.
Young scientists researching alternatives to dominant narratives will offer fresh perspectives on the transition to more resilient ecosocial models, such as Marula Tsagkari and Eduardo Rodríguez. In addition, experts in environmental communication, education, psychology, art, and activism, including Palique Divulgativo, Fernando Sabaté, Beatriz Cimadevilla, and Cristina Ruiz, will share their vision on how to raise awareness and mobilize citizens for ecosocial regeneration.
The event also features the participation of researchers, teachers, and artists such as María José Guerra Palmero, Juan Antonio Curbelo, Felisa Hodgson, María Gabino, Álida Rodríguez, Mila Ruiz, Agustín F. Curbelo, María Victoria Batista, and María Luisa Hodgson.
The event is supported by the Ministry of Universities, Science and Innovation and Culture of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the call of the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer of the University of La Laguna.
The inaugural session, which will take place today, April 22, in the Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna at 8:30 p.m., has the support of the Vice-Rectorate for Culture and University Extension and includes the film “Black Butterflies”In a session open to the general public with free admission through the Paraninfo website and support from the Department of Culture of the La Laguna City Council. The workshops on April 25th are also supported by the Tenerife Island Council.”.
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