Glenn ALBRECHT
Honorary Associate at the school of Geosciences, University of Sydney, and author of "Earth Emotions" - visio
Glenn A. Albrecht is an Honorary Associate in the School of Geo-sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He retired as Professor of Sustainability, Murdoch University, in mid-2014. He continues to work as an environmental philosopher and published a book, Earth Emotions, with Cornell University Press in 2019.
Earth Emotions was published in French and Spanish in 2020. In numerous publications and public talks over the last two decades, Dr Albrecht has developed the theme of the psychoterratic (psyche-earth), or negative and positive emotional states connected to the state of the Earth. New concepts developed by him are now becoming well established in the international scholarly literature, new research theses and as inspiration for many creative people in the arts. He currently lives at Wallaby Farm on Wonnarua Land in NSW. He describes himself as a 'farmosopher', combining thinking and writing with growing food and protecting a haven for wildlife.
While he is best known for creating the concept of solastalgia, or the lived experience of negative environmental change, his most recent work develops the meme of the 'Symbiocene', a future state where humans re-integrate with the rest of nature.
Speaks on the theme
Friday, November 25
09h30 > 11h00
1. Where is life headed ?
- Audrey AZOULAY: Director General of UNESCO
- Of roots and sea ballet: Steps For A Change danse company
- Glenn ALBRECHT: Honorary Associate at the school of Geosciences, University of Sydney, and author of "Earth Emotions" - visio
- Marta BORRELL FIJO: Student and activist
- Bruno DAVID: Executive President of the National natural history Museum in Paris
- Etienne KLEIN: Physicist, research director at CEA and philosopher
Moderation: Marie-Aline MELIYI