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Petrocultures

Climate change, culture, and society

Energy transitions are often considered a scientific or technical issue. However, University of Waterloo’s Imre Szeman argues that climate change is fundamentally a cultural issue. He argues that responding to climate change requires a shift in the way we think about cars, energy, chemicals, over-consumption, and other aspects of the fossil-fuel dependent “petrocultures” that permeate our everyday lives.

 

Recommended Video Citation

Climate Atlas of Canada. (2018). Petrocultures: Climate change, culture, and society. Prairie Climate Centre. https://climateatlas.ca/video/petrocultures