ENGL1928

We create the future in part by imagining it, and this course will seek to understand how we have imagined our environmental futures over the last few decades. We will look in particular at popular nonfiction writing about three interconnected issues — food, climate, and decolonization — exploring how contemporary writers have not only warned us of environmental dangers but also tried to point us toward healthier, safer, and more environmentally-just futures. Authors whose work we will likely read include Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, and topics we will likely address include plant-based eating, Slow Food, climate justice, Land Back, and scientific expertise. Requirements include attendance and participation, a series of short reading responses, several reflective writing assignments, and a final project exploring some aspect of our subject in greater depth.

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