CRITICAL ECOLOGY LAB
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MISSION STATEMENT

Headline statement — one bold sentence naming the connection between social inequality and Earth systems.

One-sentence description of the lab: who we are, what we study, and what it makes possible. Two lines maximum.

OUR MISSION

Critical Ecology Lab

Science, training and cultural organizing towards a functioning Earth system and a just society.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Critical Ecology Lab is a startup environmental research institution, people’s think tank, and creative community hub.

We investigate and explain the ways that the natural world, from soils to the atmosphere, has been shaped by the ideas of racial and cultural supremacy, natural resource exploitation, and social exclusion.

APPLICATIONS OPEN · CEFA 2027

The Critical Ecology Field Academy is accepting applications.

A 16-week incubator where professionals learn critical ecology, the study of how power shapes environmental outcomes, and apply it to their own work.

DEADLINE 29 November 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific

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APPLICATIONS OPEN

Apply to the 2027 Critical Ecology Field Academy.

CEFA is a 16-week incubator where professionals learn critical ecology, the study of how power shapes environmental outcomes, and apply it to their own work.

DEADLINE 29 November 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific
FORMAT 16-week incubator
DECISIONS Early January 2027
ORIENTATION 1 April 2027
VIRTUAL Eight live sessions, every other Thursday, April to 8 July 2027
IN PERSON Mid-July 2027 · locations to be announced

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