The Santa Cruz Community Calendar
Santa Cruz County, California
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Free Monthly Learning Circle.
Come to learn what the Rights of Nature are, what is happening with them in Santa Cruz, and how you can be part of more-than-human Santa Cruz
October 21
Topic: Why stories matter for thinking with nonhumans
Reading: César Rodríguez-Garavito, "More-Than-Human Rights: Law, Science, and Storytelling Beyond Anthropocentrism," in More-Than-Human Rights, NYU Law, 2024, pp. 23-49. (online: part of a free, open-access book)
November 18
Topic: Indigenous Philosophy & the "More-than-Human" World
Reading: Ailton Krenak, Life Is Not Useful, Polity Press, 2023. Purchase from Bookshop or email Amanda if purchase is an obstacle. She will provide a copy.
December 16
Topic: Rights of Nature Controversies
Reading: Donna Haraway, "Species Matters, Humane Advocacy: In the Promising Grip of Earthly Oxymorons." In Species Matters: Humane Advocacy and Cultural Theory, Columbia University Press, 2012, pp. 17-26.