The first edition of the Summer School of Environmental Philosophy took place from June 2 to June 8. The event was organized by the University of Pardubice in cooperation with the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P).

The event featured lectures and seminars by renounced researchers, which were the main focus of the school. The topics were wide-ranging, encompassing all facets of environmental philosophy and focusing on particular, interesting themes such as sustainable artificial intelligence, eco-feminism, bio-mimetic technologies, principles in climate change ethics, and many others.

The program also included a lecture on the aesthetics of mountains followed by a trip to the Jizera Mountains. Moreover, participants visited the Polish brown coal mine Turów, which then served as a practical case study for analysis and group work, later presented and discussed through the Latourian concept of “the Parliament of Things.”

The event took place in Hejnice Monastery and hosted 40 students from all over the world. Most of the participants came from a consortium of European universities which were part of the Erasmus BIP program (University of Pardubice, University of Wrocław, Comenius University in Bratislava, Wageningen University). However, there were also participants from other institutions and countries, including Finland, Spain, and South Africa.

After the successful first year, we are happy to announce that the Environmental Philosophy Summer School will continue. The next leading institution will be the University of Wrocław, and CETE-P will continue to be significantly involved in the organization.

Other Reports and Videos

• A CETE-P video report from the event is available here.
• More information about the summer school can be found on its website at this link.
• At this link, you can find videos of two online lectures from the summer school.
• The University of Pardubice prepared a report in the Czech language and uploaded videos from the Turów coal mine visit, available here.
• Moreover, a report in English was released by the University of Johannesburg about the summer school and their students' project presentations.
• There is also a report in Polish, written by Urszula Lisowska from the University of Wrocław who was lecturing at the summer school. You can find the report at this link.

Photo: Varvara Šatunová