Event Title
Climate Change and Human Rights: Lessons from Alaska
Description
Lord will present ways in which Alaska Native populations, with long histories of resilience and adaptability, are challenged by climate change that threatens their abilities to live on ancestral lands and gather traditional foods. She'll share examples of their strategies for coping with environmental change and suggest what we might learn and do as good global citizens
In conjunction with Western Reads, Lord will present ways in which Alaska Native populations, with long histories of resilience and adaptability, are challenged by climate change that threatens their abilities to live on ancestral lands and gather traditional foods. She¹ll share examples of their strategies for coping with environmental change and suggest what we might learn and do as good global citizens.
About the Lecturer: Nancy Lord, author and former Alaska State Writer Laureate
Document Type
Event
Start Date
12-2-2014 12:00 PM
End Date
12-2-2014 1:00 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Climatic changes--Alaska; Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs--Alaska; Human beings--Effect of environment on
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Climate change, Alaska Native populations, Environmental change
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Climate Change and Human Rights: Lessons from Alaska
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Lord will present ways in which Alaska Native populations, with long histories of resilience and adaptability, are challenged by climate change that threatens their abilities to live on ancestral lands and gather traditional foods. She'll share examples of their strategies for coping with environmental change and suggest what we might learn and do as good global citizens
In conjunction with Western Reads, Lord will present ways in which Alaska Native populations, with long histories of resilience and adaptability, are challenged by climate change that threatens their abilities to live on ancestral lands and gather traditional foods. She¹ll share examples of their strategies for coping with environmental change and suggest what we might learn and do as good global citizens.
About the Lecturer: Nancy Lord, author and former Alaska State Writer Laureate
