Socioecological Challenges in the Global North and the Global South: From Solar Power Waste to Justice for Indigenous Peoples
Speak4Nature Seminar Series
27.05.2026 12:15 – 14:00
Location: 4th floor conference room
Moderator: Jonatan Palmblad
In this interdisciplinary Speak4Nature seminar, Johan Camilo Navarro Batista and Juan Camilo Motaña Parra from EcoCastulum, Spain, will present on the challenges presented by solar power and socioecological justice.
Much important work has been done to conceptualize how justice can be done for Indigenous peoples, but turning theory into practice has often proven to be difficult. With a focus on Colombia, Juan Camilo Motaña Parra will apply a critical intersectional perspective to propose a vital shift from traditional territorial justice toward a comprehensive ecological and restorative justice in the Global South. At the same time, industrialized nations in the Global North struggle to make reality out of the idea of an energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable resources. Johan Camilo Navarro Batista will discuss how this must be realized within the framework of a circular economy, since even the much-lauded solar power is generating at the end of its use. Together, Juan and Johan will demonstrate how critical thinking is needed in both the Global North and the Global South if socioecological justice and sustainability are to be achieved.
Feel free to bring your lunch to the seminar.
Speak4Nature is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie-funded staff exchange action of the European Commission, with the specific object of transferring both theoretical and empirical knowledge related to the techniques that assert the voice of non-human nature in social and legal instances. Read more about the Rachel Carson Center's and LMU Munich's involvement in the project here.