What happens when we term our geological epoch ‘anthropocene’, indicating that humans are always at the center of the story? With her encounter with a sea urchin and the concept of ‘chthulucene’ as starting points, Marit Ruge Bjærke asks how we can think about technology and climate change without the notion of a coming apocalypse. The essay (in Norwegian) is part of the “Norwegian Writers’ Climate Campaign”.
The book Kollaps: På randen av fremtiden (in Norwegian) is out. This is an interdisciplinary book about notions of of collapse, and the unpredictability of a climate changed world. The book is edited by Peter Bjerregaard and Kyrre Kverndokk. In addition to Kverndokk, are John Ødemark, Henrik H. Svensen and Isak Winkel Holm form the advisory board of the project contributing.
Does nature have intrinsic value in Norwegian environmental politics? Or has the economical language of ecosystem services removed the possibility of expressing values not connected with nature as a service provider for humans? In the latest edition of Nytt norsk tidsskrift and in a shorter, popular artilce in Morgenbladet, postdoctoral researcher Marit Ruge Bjærke demonstrates that there has been major changes in how the Norwegian government and environmental management has expressed value in nature during the last 10 to 15 years.
The articles are in Norwegian.
The first results are now published: