About this Event
To move beyond the Anthropocene, the geological epoch in which humanity's imprint is evident in the actual geology of the earh, Dr Glenn Albrecht, author of 'Earth Emotions', is proposing we develop the concept of the Symbiocene: the next geological epoch in which we live in a symbiotic relationship with one another and the rest of the natural world.
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, Walter 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 and music.
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 mega-meme of the 'Symbiocene', a future state where humans re-integrate with the rest of nature. A book of that title should be completed and published by the end of 2024.
Blog: Psychoterratica: https://glennaalbrecht.wordpress.com/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/glenn.albrecht.73/
Recent Talks/Publications:
Albrecht, Glenn (October 2023) Keynote Speaker on ' The Symbiocene: Order from Chaos'. Brainwash Festival, Amsterdam, Holland. (online)
Albrecht, Glenn. (July 2023). Keynote presentation on 'The Symbiocene Revolution'. Free Cultural Spaces Festival, Amsterdam, Holland.
Albrecht, G. (June 2023) Keynote Presentation on 'The Age of Solastalgia', Land, Body, Ecologies Festival, Wellcome Institute, London, UK.
Albrecht, G.A. (April 2023) 'The Symbiocene Revolution', Talk and Workshop for the Climate Action Camp, Newcastle, NSW.
Albrecht, G.A. (2023) From Moping to Solastalgia, Foreword, in Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World. Edited by Paul Bogard, University of Virginia Press.
International Symbiocene References/Projects
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/exiting-the-anthropocene/exiting-the-anthropocene-exploring-fundamental
Welcome to the Symbiocene, VPRO Dutch documentary:
https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/kijk/afleveringen/2022-2023/welkom-in-het-symbioceen.html
Exiting the Anthropocene and entering the Symbiocene: https://humansandnature.org/exiting-the-anthropocene-and-entering-the-symbiocene-2021/
Recent articles about Glenn's work:
PLP Architects: https://plplabs.com/symbiocene/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/climate-change-damage-displacement-solastalgia/670614/
Google Scholar
Professor of Sustainability, Walter Murdoch University (2008-2014).
Honorary Associate, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney.
Book: 'Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World', Cornell University Press 2019, in French as, Les émotions de la Terre-Des nouveau mots pour un nouveau monde. Les Liens Qui Libèrent, 2020 and in Spanish as Lasemociones de la Tierra: Nuevas palabras para un neuvo mundo, by MRA Ediciones, Barcelona, in September 2020. In Dutch in 2024 and as an audiobook in 2023
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Katoomba Office - NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 33-39 Acacia Street, Katoomba, Australia
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