SES seminar queer ecology
SES Seminar: Queer Ecology in Practice—Nature Beyond the Binary
On February 12, Dani Abboud of the Brushwood Center will discuss the topic of queer ecology as part of the School of Environmental Sustainability's monthly seminar series.
Join the Seminar:
- February 12, 2025
- 3:30 p.m.–4 p.m. - Reception and refreshments in the SES atrium
- 4 p.m.–5 p.m. - Presentation in SES room 124
The February SES seminar will feature Dani Abboud of the Brushwood Center.
Queer ecology examines how we understand the natural world beyond human binaries. Abboud's presentation investigates the connection between nature access and health equity as it relates to Queer and other marginalized communities and unpacks the history of how humans separated from nature.
Topics of discussion will include the problematic legacy of Western science and ecology, the violence of socially constructed rules on gender and nature, and an exploration of paths forward through concepts like queer theory, multi-species entanglements, and futurity. The discussion will also address the current status of LGBTQ+ community engagement and activism in Chicagoland.
As senior program director at the Brushwood Center, Dani Abboud (they/them) oversees collective strategy for community art and nature programs and the organization's community programs. They cultivate strategic, long-term partnerships across the region, working with community partners to increase equitable access to nature and the arts through community-determined youth and family programs, resource sharing, and curriculum training.
Abboud graduated from Loyola University Chicago's Institute of Environmental Sustainability in 2018. They are currently pursuing a master's in social work at Loyola. Abboud has also served as co-chair of Chicago Wilderness Alliance's Increasing Equitable Access to Nature Initiative and on the leadership team of Out in Nature.
Queer ecology examines how we understand the natural world beyond human binaries. Abboud's presentation investigates the connection between nature access and health equity as it relates to Queer and other marginalized communities and unpacks the history of how humans separated from nature.
Topics of discussion will include the problematic legacy of Western science and ecology, the violence of socially constructed rules on gender and nature, and an exploration of paths forward through concepts like queer theory, multi-species entanglements, and futurity. The discussion will also address the current status of LGBTQ+ community engagement and activism in Chicagoland.
As senior program director at the Brushwood Center, Dani Abboud (they/them) oversees collective strategy for community art and nature programs and the organization's community programs. They cultivate strategic, long-term partnerships across the region, working with community partners to increase equitable access to nature and the arts through community-determined youth and family programs, resource sharing, and curriculum training.
Abboud graduated from Loyola University Chicago's Institute of Environmental Sustainability in 2018. They are currently pursuing a master's in social work at Loyola. Abboud has also served as co-chair of Chicago Wilderness Alliance's Increasing Equitable Access to Nature Initiative and on the leadership team of Out in Nature.