This is our final chapter, and our last genus of Dragon: Immobilis – the dragons of Limited Behaviour. This genus contains only two species: Immobilis signum, or the Dragon of Tokenism, and Immobilis jevonsii, or the Rebound Effect. They are among the most pernicious dragons, especially for people who already care deeply about the climate.
As we unpack this small but important genus, we discover how they are tied to the global movement to divest from fossil fuels. Once again we find ourselves with the themes that have run throughout our entire series: the power and flexibility of language & narrative.
Visit futureecologies.net/dragons to learn more about the Dragons of Inaction (including their names, descriptions, and phylogeny).
You can hear all of Scales of Change on its own dedicated podcast feed.
Guests: Robert Gifford, Bill Carroll, James Rowe, Candis Callison, Elin Kelsey, and kQwa’st’not Charlene George
See also: Corporate Mapping Project, mediaINDIGENA Podcast
Music: Loam Zoku, Soda Lite, Anitek, Damon Boucher, Daniel Birch, IKSRE, and Radioactive Bishop
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