Panel on Human Rights, Critical Minerals, Extractive Industries and Climate Justice

What is the material ecology of artificial intelligence and other forms of "green tech"? How should we relate to infrastructures of extraction, including of critical earth minerals, human labor exploitation, energy, water and more?

In a panel moderated by Prof. Logan Hennessy (School of Liberal Studies, School of the Environment, and Climate HQ) we will hear from: Krista Shennum with Climate Rights International, SF State Prof. Leslie Quintanilla with the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ), and Environmental Studies student voices. Panelists will discuss global mineral mining, the dark side of "green" tech, and why climate justice requires human rights and ecological defense.