Writing to Save the Planet

Catalog description

Engages students in the reading and creation of texts that urge environmental action. Explores essays, non-fiction books, poems, plays, and stories about the natural world, ecological disaster and renewal, and climate justice, analyzing what makes this writing effective for its audience. Hones students’ skills regarding translating scientific research on the environment and climate catastrophe into op-eds, tweets, essays, screenplays, graphic novels, websites, and works of literature that could reach larger audiences.