Season 2: "Dismantling the Fossil Fuel Industry – Fossil Fuel Expansion in Africa"In the second series of this podcast, we'll look at how countries on the African continent are becoming more involved in oil and gas projects. We examine how Big Oil and countries from the Global North are promoting a fossil fuel rollback on the continent, and how African leaders are adapting fossil narratives to promote questionable development pathways.
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Season 2: "Dismantling the Fossil Fuel Industry – Fossil Fuel Expansion in Africa"In the second series of this podcast, we'll look at how countries on the African continent are becoming more involved in oil and gas projects. We examine how Big Oil and countries from the Global North are promoting a fossil fuel rollback on the continent, and how African leaders are adapting fossil narratives to promote questionable development pathways.
S01 E05 – The Imperial Mode of Living – Meeting Markus Wissen
Climate Justice Central Podcast
31 minutes
3 years ago
S01 E05 – The Imperial Mode of Living – Meeting Markus Wissen
Professor Markus Wissen, who co-authored a book with Ulrich Brand, titled, “The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism”, visits the CJC podcast studio to speak with Southern African journalists Onke Ngcuka and Alexandre Nhampossa.
In the discussion, Professor Wissen explains to the audience that the lifestyles of the global north have had a significant impact on the lives of the global south. These imperial modes of living include, driving, extracting fossil fuels and relying on them, eating patterns etc, to name a few.
Climate Justice Central Podcast
Season 2: "Dismantling the Fossil Fuel Industry – Fossil Fuel Expansion in Africa"In the second series of this podcast, we'll look at how countries on the African continent are becoming more involved in oil and gas projects. We examine how Big Oil and countries from the Global North are promoting a fossil fuel rollback on the continent, and how African leaders are adapting fossil narratives to promote questionable development pathways.
