Ecology as Method – in theory: Planetarity and Relation is a free 9-part reading and discussion series exploring how ecological thought emerges through relation - between people, histories, and the living world. Across these sessions, we will listen to writers who have reimagined what it means to live and think on a shared planet: poets, philosophers, teachers, and revolutionaries who understood that the question of the human is always also a question of the earth.
Each 90-minute gathering invites both conversation and creation. For the first 50 minutes, we’ll discuss the week’s reading together, followed by a short break, then 35 minutes of creative writing and sharing. The sessions take place every other Tuesday evening, 6.30–8pm, at the Radical Ecology Studios on Webbers Yard in Dartington and are aimed at artists, activists and all kinds of humans who wish to explore how earth, race, gender and class may be intertwined within their practice and everyday lives. No specific experience/academic background required! Come as you are, having read all the readings for that week or not, this is a space for imperfection, community and learning.
The readings assembled trace an evolving conversation - from Black feminist classrooms to Caribbean poetics, from planetary philosophy to cosmic jazz - all asking what becomes possible when we understand ecology not as a thing, but as a way of being and creating meaning in the world.
These will take place on the 04.11, 18.11, 02.12 * then break for holidays * 13.01, 27.01, 10.02, 24.02, 10.03, 24.03.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at studio@radicalecology.earth