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Climate consciousness and environmental activism in composition : writing to save the world

Joseph R. Lease (Editor)
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2020
Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, 2020
vi, 218 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
9781498528825, 9781498528849, 1498528821, 1498528848
1132282173
Introduction : 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<br>