Description
Eco-Writing introduces students to writing practices that directly engage with how we see, represent, experience, damage, draw inspiration from, and create the physical environment. Such writing practices in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been born out of a response to the ecological crisis. Creative people find we need to process and respond to the crisis in order to not become totally numb. Art enables us to sort out how this ecological emergency is impacting our lives and those of our communities. The writing practices also help us to imagine a future where humans can live in better harmony with each other and the natural world. Students will experiment with different types of eco-writing and approaches and develop some aesthetic strategies for engaging an audience in environmental concerns.