In our sixth genus, we dive deep into the Dragons of Sunk Cost – the investments that work against our climate interests.
Some of these may simply be financial, but they may also be emotional: our goals and aspirations, our patterns of behaviour, and our attachments to the places around us.
In this episode, we focus our attention on Place Attachment, as we tag along with the ṮEṮÁĆES Climate Action Project: a W̱SÁNEĆ-led eco-cultural revitalization project.
Visit futureecologies.net/dragons to learn more about the Dragons of Inaction (including their names, descriptions, and phylogeny).
You can hear all of Scales of Change on its own dedicated podcast feed.
Guests: Robert Gifford, Leila Scannell, Josphine Henry, Nadia Nowak, Eric Pelkey, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jim, and Lael Rathje
See also: ṮEṮÁĆES Climate Action Project
Music: Loam Zoku, Radium88, Blear Moon, Ben Hamilton, dustmotes, and Sunfish Moon Light.
Other Recordings: bulldozia, xenognosis, JohnsonBrandEditing, yosarrian, moose13088, Jaylew1987, akemov, 13GPanska_Stanek_Vojtech, sterferny, deleted_user_7709760, YoloSwaggings, CuddleNucks, belthazarus, craigsmith, blouhond, 190042, zatar, blaukreuz, digifishmusic, luis2004lima, cliftonmcarlson
Citations:
Nikiforuk, A. (2012) The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude. Greystone Books. ISBN 1553659783
Scannell, L, Gifford, R. (2010) The relations between natural and civic place attachment and pro-environmental behavior. Environmental Psychology, 30, 3. pp. 289-297
Scannell, L, Gifford, R. (2014). The psychology of place attachment. Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition, Chapter: 9, Publisher: Optimal Books, Editors: R. Gifford
Schwartz, J. (2018, June 25) Judge Dismisses Suit Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change Costs. New York Times