James K. Rowe
@jkrowe.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at UVic
Author: Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital (Routledge 2023)
Author: Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital (Routledge 2023)
Happy that the Journal of World Philosophies has published a critical exchange on my book Radical Mindfulness, featuring excellent responses from Anita Chari, Bryce Huebner, John Meyer, and James Tully. It is open access.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy that the Journal of World Philosophies has published a critical exchange on my book Radical Mindfulness, featuring excellent responses from Anita Chari, Bryce Huebner, John Meyer, and James Tully. It is open access.
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of its kind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/n...
Young Canadians accuse the Canada Pension Plan of mismanaging climate risks
In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of i...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of its kind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/n...
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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"The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state...
The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
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The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
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UK, Canada, Australia recognise Palestinian state
The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state...
The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
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The Dem Party’s response to the billionaire takeover of America is:
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Dem Party’s response to the billionaire takeover of America is:
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”
- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”
- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups
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Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights | Canada's National Observer: Climate News www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights
Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights | Canada's National Observer: Climate News www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights
Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Our first gathering was an engaging, tender affair, with both interesting discussion of the content and heart-open sharing.
You can still join the conversation!
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You can still join the conversation!
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September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our first gathering was an engaging, tender affair, with both interesting discussion of the content and heart-open sharing.
You can still join the conversation!
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
You can still join the conversation!
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
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Which is to say: Even racoons love this book.
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
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@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
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Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital
This is not your typical book club. Beginning September 14th, the Rowe Center will host a weekly online gathering to explore Radical Mindfulness by author James K. Rowe. In 90 minute sessions, we will...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Which is to say: Even racoons love this book.
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
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I was at the cottage last month and my own copy of Radical Mindfulness was defiled by racoons, after also destroying (and eating!) a box of chocolates. You can't really see in this image, but there are tiny claw marks on the cover and chocolately paw marks on the pages.
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I was at the cottage last month and my own copy of Radical Mindfulness was defiled by racoons, after also destroying (and eating!) a box of chocolates. You can't really see in this image, but there are tiny claw marks on the cover and chocolately paw marks on the pages.
"The fury of the public has been building for decades, piling up a list of elite crimes like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bank bailouts and a broken health care system. It’s no wonder, then, that the Epstein obsession does not seem to have an off switch."
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The Conservative Crusade That’s About So Much More Than Epstein
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August 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"The fury of the public has been building for decades, piling up a list of elite crimes like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bank bailouts and a broken health care system. It’s no wonder, then, that the Epstein obsession does not seem to have an off switch."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/m...
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“In a landmark advisory opinion on Wednesday, the United Nations' top court said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.”
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“In a landmark advisory opinion on Wednesday, the United Nations' top court said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.”
As the climate scientist Kate Marvel says, this battle for our lives doesn’t need optimists, it needs heroes — people of courage, which she defines as, “the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
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Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses
All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the curre...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As the climate scientist Kate Marvel says, this battle for our lives doesn’t need optimists, it needs heroes — people of courage, which she defines as, “the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...
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There's always money for the military. But climate? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
There's always money for the military. But climate?
For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit ...
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July 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There's always money for the military. But climate? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
How Danielle Smith is helping to make anti-immigrant racism mainstream.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Green burials: eco-friendly or colonial? Discover their impact on Indigenous land rights in BC. @jkrowe.bsky.social
and Gillian Cawron, MA student @uvic.ca vic.ca
School of Environmental Studies #uvic #greenburial #Indigenous www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
and Gillian Cawron, MA student @uvic.ca vic.ca
School of Environmental Studies #uvic #greenburial #Indigenous www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Green afterlives: green burial as an environmental land-use in settler colonial contexts
Green burial can alleviate the damaging environmental effects of conventional burial practices. In settler-colonial contexts like the United States and Canada, however, it also poses the risk of fu...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Green burials: eco-friendly or colonial? Discover their impact on Indigenous land rights in BC. @jkrowe.bsky.social
and Gillian Cawron, MA student @uvic.ca vic.ca
School of Environmental Studies #uvic #greenburial #Indigenous www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
and Gillian Cawron, MA student @uvic.ca vic.ca
School of Environmental Studies #uvic #greenburial #Indigenous www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Advancing climate policy – however that looks, or sounds, isn’t about a moral highground or anything. It’s just smart policy."
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On Carney's agenda, climate is nowhere and everywhere
The new prime minister doesn't lecture on climate like the old one. Does that mean he's forgotten about the climate crisis?
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Advancing climate policy – however that looks, or sounds, isn’t about a moral highground or anything. It’s just smart policy."
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Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/26/o...
Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat
For Mark Carney, building Canada’s energy sector is likely still going to involve drilling — and a lot of it.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/26/o...
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Right-wing authoritarians are gaining ground across the world, and one body of research has an unusual explanation for why that's the case: our collective death anxiety. Green burials, however, might be able to help solve the problem.
My latest for Sower ⬇️🧪
My latest for Sower ⬇️🧪
Our collective fear of death pushes us towards authoritarianism
Green burials are less polluting. Can they also help us alleviate our death anxiety and keep authoritarianism at bay?
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June 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Right-wing authoritarians are gaining ground across the world, and one body of research has an unusual explanation for why that's the case: our collective death anxiety. Green burials, however, might be able to help solve the problem.
My latest for Sower ⬇️🧪
My latest for Sower ⬇️🧪
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🚨 New report: Entrenched Interests exposes fossil fuel ties on the boards of 5 major Canadian public pension funds – including CPPIB, OTPP, AIMCo, PSP & OMERS. These links pose serious governance risks. #ClimateRisk #Pensions #cdnpoli
June 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🚨 New report: Entrenched Interests exposes fossil fuel ties on the boards of 5 major Canadian public pension funds – including CPPIB, OTPP, AIMCo, PSP & OMERS. These links pose serious governance risks. #ClimateRisk #Pensions #cdnpoli
"Terrified people make perfect constituencies for politicians like Netanyahu because they can be convinced that the unrelenting massacre and starvation of Gazans are necessary to keep Israel safe."
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Opinion | The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism
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June 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Terrified people make perfect constituencies for politicians like Netanyahu because they can be convinced that the unrelenting massacre and starvation of Gazans are necessary to keep Israel safe."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
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"Canadian oil and gas is a concentrated industry controlled by a wealthy few, primarily Americans. More pipelines would therefore mean more sales of fossil fuels to other countries, with the beneficiaries mostly American."
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Mark Carney Is Turning His Back on Climate Action | The Tyee
And Canada is losing a chance for leadership and sustained economic growth.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Canadian oil and gas is a concentrated industry controlled by a wealthy few, primarily Americans. More pipelines would therefore mean more sales of fossil fuels to other countries, with the beneficiaries mostly American."
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