Climate consciousness and environmental activism in composition [electronic resource] : writing to save the world / edited by Joseph R. Lease.
"This volume addresses the pressing need to continue the work of bringing sustainability into the college classroom. It provides accounts from a variety of instructors' experiences with and best practices for incorporating climate change issues into writing-intensive courses"--
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2020]
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| Series: | Ecocritical theory and practice
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Climate consciousness and environmental activism in composition: writing to save the world |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Intoduction : now more than ever / Joseph R. Lease
- Sustainability and writing: radishes, scythes, Thoreau, and students / Ron Balthazor
- Ecotopia revisited in image: the imagined (and enacted) and promise of Portland / Hill Taylor
- "Meanderings to the river": a sustainable approach to teaching sustainability in first-year composition / Deborah Church Miller, Lindsay Tigue, and Kim Waters
- Reflecting on action & acting on reflection: high-impact practices for transformative learning in sustainability / Justin Rademaekers and Cheryl Wanko
- Design thinking and sustainability problem solving: reconceptualizing a first-year, writing-intensive seminar / Joseph R. Lease, Matthew R. Martin, and Joanne Chu
- Creating sustainability through creativity: using creative writing to reframe and build connections / Lesley Hawkens
- East to West-the interconnectedness of all things created / Pamela Herron
- "Against sustainability": and other provocations for a first-year writing -intensive seminar / Abby L. Goode