Stefan Pedersen
@stefanpedersen.bsky.social
Interested in planetary politics and planetary political theory. Honorary Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, Sussex. Co-lead, Planetary Justice Taskforce (Earth System Governance Project).
Last year's was great too: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'Earthrise': The photo that sparked an environmental movement
More than 50 years after it was shot, Earthrise continues to be seen as one of the most iconic environmental photographs ever taken.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Last year's was great too: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
To be precise, McConnell himself thought 'April 22 was the original day of Arbor Day, founded in Nebraska in 1872 by J. Sterling Merton' but a likelier clue is Merton's own birthday: 22 April 1832. So this might be the ultimate 'logic' behind why Earth Day is today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_...
Julius Sterling Morton - Wikipedia
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April 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
To be precise, McConnell himself thought 'April 22 was the original day of Arbor Day, founded in Nebraska in 1872 by J. Sterling Merton' but a likelier clue is Merton's own birthday: 22 April 1832. So this might be the ultimate 'logic' behind why Earth Day is today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_...
Another example (and the last of the thread) is Jens Bartelson's final chapter in Becoming International (2023) 'invoking the concepts of globality and the planetary in search of viable alternatives and a normative ground from which to contest' the modern international order doi.org/10.1017/9781...
From the International to the Global and Beyond? (Chapter 6) - Becoming International
Becoming International - October 2023
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Another example (and the last of the thread) is Jens Bartelson's final chapter in Becoming International (2023) 'invoking the concepts of globality and the planetary in search of viable alternatives and a normative ground from which to contest' the modern international order doi.org/10.1017/9781...
This is all highly interesting work that I expect will make much deeper inroads into e.g. international political theory (IPT) and environmental political theory in the coming years. One example is Simon Dalby's discussion of 'the "planetary" as policy context' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reframing climate security: The “planetary” as policy context
Much of the discussion under the label of “climate security” focuses on potential conflicts and disruptions in peripheral locations in the global sout…
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is all highly interesting work that I expect will make much deeper inroads into e.g. international political theory (IPT) and environmental political theory in the coming years. One example is Simon Dalby's discussion of 'the "planetary" as policy context' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The aforementioned Children of a Modest Star also has a companion anthology in The Planetary (2024) edited by @nilsgilman.bsky.social berggruen.org/library/the-...
The Planetary
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The aforementioned Children of a Modest Star also has a companion anthology in The Planetary (2024) edited by @nilsgilman.bsky.social berggruen.org/library/the-...
This should all be read in combination with the recent Children of a Modest Star (2024) on 'planetary thinking for an age of crises' also by the Berggruen Institute's Jonathan Blake & @nilsgilman.bsky.social
www.sup.org/books/politi...
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Children of a Modest Star | Stanford University Press
A clear-eyed and urgent vision for a new system of political governance to manage planetary issues and their local consequences.
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This should all be read in combination with the recent Children of a Modest Star (2024) on 'planetary thinking for an age of crises' also by the Berggruen Institute's Jonathan Blake & @nilsgilman.bsky.social
www.sup.org/books/politi...
www.sup.org/books/politi...
The Planetary Reading List curated from Noema and introduced by Jonathan Blake prior to the Planetary Summit in Venice last November is also great for context and finding additional reads berggruen.org/news/planeta...
Berggruen Institute
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Planetary Reading List curated from Noema and introduced by Jonathan Blake prior to the Planetary Summit in Venice last November is also great for context and finding additional reads berggruen.org/news/planeta...
Adam Frank's prize-winning essay on how 'the planetary is a new “cosmology” — emerging as an alternative to the social, cultural and political-economic orders of global modernity' @adamfrank4.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/the-coming-s...
www.noemamag.com/the-coming-s...
The Coming Second Copernican Revolution | NOEMA
Astrobiology is rewiring our understanding of the intimate connection between life and planets as they appear in the universe.
www.noemamag.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Adam Frank's prize-winning essay on how 'the planetary is a new “cosmology” — emerging as an alternative to the social, cultural and political-economic orders of global modernity' @adamfrank4.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/the-coming-s...
www.noemamag.com/the-coming-s...