Primavera Verda arrives with activities on artificial intelligence and the climate crisis

On May 16th and 21st, we invite you to Primavera Verda, a series of activities, workshops, and talks related to artificial intelligence and social justice

Organized by Justícia Climàtica, the environmental activism group of SCI Catalunya, Primavera Verda is held again this year with the intention of fostering a critical view of how our society functions globally and locally, and to propose challenges and alternatives for living in a sustainable and more just world with our natural and social environment.

PROGRAM

Friday, May 16th | 17-20h

Mapping IA: capitalism, colonialism and systems of oppression

With echo [education for collective horizons and organising], a political education collective focused on issues such as climate justice, degrowth, decoloniality, nonviolent communication, and utopias.

– Mapping out of capital accumulation and systems of oppression.

– Exploring how the systems are connected and situate AI within them.

– Examining concepts such as longtermism, extractivism, environmental impact on the previously colonized world and green tech.

Wednesday, May 21st | 17-21h

17h The weight of the cloud: environmental impacts of digital infrastructure on the territory
With Anna Mundet, activist from Ecologistes en Acció, and Carlos Bajo, journalist and researcher on ICT uses.

*session in Catalan

– Context and overview of data centers in Catalonia, Spain, and Europe.
– Analysis from a Global South perspective: examples and effects of AI in other territories.

19h Future Scenarios: How do we address the ecosocial crisis?

With Futurs impossibles, a campaign of the Xarxa d’Economia Solidària and Coòpolis.– Practical workshop to propose future scenarios, starting from the premise of the ecological and ecosocial crisis we face, in order to carry out collective work of imagination and reflection.

*session in Catalan

Practical information
Dates: Friday, May 16th and Wednesday, May 21st
Location: La Vaqueria de l’SCI (Carrer del Carme, 95, 08001, Barcelona)
Time: Friday, May 16th from 17 to 20h and Wednesday, May 21st from 17 to 21h
Languages: Catalan and English
Price: Free for members. For non-members €10 or €5 refundable* if you want to attend one day.

* Enrollments through this form and payment for the entire course through this page. The full course fee will be refunded with 100% attendance at all sessions. If you want to attend only one day, you must make a €5 payment here that will be refunded with attendance at the session.

** To obtain the SCI’s own certificate, you must attend 100% of the sessions.