Broader perspectives on biomass - The opportunity to change our conceptions of nature and energy
(2023) EUBCE 2023 — Location: Bologne (5.June.2023)
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- Abstract
- In this poster, the authors present how biomass can broaden our conception of nature to ensure a sustainable future. It is a collaborative and inter-disciplinary work that criticises the modern concept of resource and recognises the interdependence within ecosystems and their limits. Biomass reanchors our needs in their materiality and reminds us that interactions on ecosystems cannot be seen solely through the prism of services and production. Non-humans are not just a decoration to be used for human consumption but are an ally for sustainable prosperity thus they should be treated as such – and biomass is a good place to start. The authors argue that there is an urgent need to redefine our sensibility to the non-humans, the ethics of our interactions and of our own needs which goes hand in hand with a necessary arbitration and debate on the useful and the superfluous final services for humans.
- Affiliations
Thermo and Fluid dynamics (FLOW) VUB
Citations
Colla, M., Jeanmart, H., Julien Blondeau, & Frogneux, N. (2023). Broader perspectives on biomass - The opportunity to change our conceptions of nature and energy. EUBCE 2023, Bologne. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/103390