Being in the World with Bees

Episode 59 December 01, 2021 00:51:16
Being in the World with Bees
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Being in the World with Bees

Dec 01 2021 | 00:51:16

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Show Notes

Bees are in danger; what can we do? Tune into Sustainability Now! to hear a conversation with Eve Bratman, an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  Bratman is author of Governing the Rainforest: Sustainable Development Politics in the Amazon. She is currently writing a book entitled Pollen Nation: A journey into the politics of saving the bees and the ethics of a sustainable future, which uses bees as a prism for seeing broader social and ecological phenomena and is premised upon revealing the ways that human society fumblingly strives to protect and preserve their roles in our lives.  You can find out more about Professor Bratman’s research and writing at http://www.evebratman.com/

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