I just heard about a big student activism event taking place this Thursday and Friday on the campus of EMU, and reached out the organizers with a few questions. What follows is my exchange with EMU doctoral student Johnny Lupinacci. MARK: Can you tell me a little about this event coming up at EMU? JOHNNY: […]
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Johnny Lupinacci on this week’s “Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU” activities
Posted in Education, Environment, Ypsilanti Also tagged 100 years ago today, ableism, activism, Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU, Ann Arbor Free School, Ann Arbor Free Skool, apathy, Aric McBay, baby boomers, Bringing Down Civilization, Civilization and Resistance, community activism, community building, consumerism, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet, Derrick Jensen, Earth Liberation Front, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, EcoEats, education reform, EMU, EMU College of Education, Erica Mooney, Fabayo Manzira, fear, G.R.E.E.N., Generation X, GenX, global climate change, hip hop, If A Tree Falls, individualism, isolation, Janine Palms, Jean Twenge, John Lupinacci, Johnny Lupinacci, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Lierre Keith, local food, Millennials, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, Orion, permaculture, Porter Lecture, racism, radical sustainability, Reskilling Festival, S.E.P.E., seedbombs, self-interest, sexism, social justice, speciesm, student activism, students today aren't worth a damn, Superhero Training Academy, Sustainability 11 Comments
Would the Hantz Farm be good for Detroit?
Last week, in the wake of a post on urban food production and how it might help stave off the impending cannibal apocalypse, a reader by the name of KJC asked what people thought about John Hantz, and his plans to create a massive for-profit farm in the heart of downtown Detroit. As I didn’t […]
Posted in Agriculture, Detroit, Food Also tagged Ashley Atkinson, cannibal apocalypse, Center for Economic Security, community gardens, CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Dan Carmody, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, Eastern Market, eminent domain, Food & Society Conference, Greening of Detroit, high-fructose corn syrup, John Hantz, local food production, Matt Allen, Michael Hamm, Michigan State University Extension, monocultures, plantations, post-petroleum era, public policy, Thomas Jefferson 29 Comments