Speaker: Karen Shragg
Subject: Reaching Eco-decency by Embracing Eco-history
Time: 25 March, 2026 at 13:30 EST
Summary:
Eco-decency is about finding balance in treating both each other and the earth’s systems with the respect they deserve, recognizing the importance of dignity in our interactions with people and the planet. Our ecosystems have developed on this third rock from the sun over billions of years of evolution. Understanding the complexity and fragility of these life-supporting systems should stop us from assuming they can endlessly withstand our harmful extractions. We need to identify where short-term actions that seem to benefit human life actually create long-term unsustainable problems. We can’t abuse human life, nor can we allow growth and human advancement to destroy the other life forms we depend on. This is a challenging but essential journey, one we must define and protect through new stories of genuine sustainability.
Biography:
Dr. Karen I. Shragg is a naturalist, writer and speaker with a passion for wildlife. She has written numerous articles on the relationship between overpopulation and the health of ecosystems and the dismal future of humanity if it is not addressed properly. She ran an urban nature center for 28 years and has authored 16 books for adults and children including, “Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation” and co-authored the Nature’s Yucky series for children. Her degrees in education are from the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas where she did her doctoral research in critical pedagogy. Shragg now runs an LLC, MoveUpstream Environmental Consulting and works with NGOs in their efforts to bring awareness to the overpopulation issue.
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