Difference between revisions of "Literature, Art, and the Environment"
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Although we think of writing and thinking about the environment is mostly done by scientists and scholars, important contributions have also been made by artists, writers, painters and photographers. | Although we think of writing and thinking about the environment is mostly done by scientists and scholars, important contributions have also been made by artists, writers, painters and photographers. | ||
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McH Stacks HN80.L7 D38 2006 | McH Stacks HN80.L7 D38 2006 | ||
| − | [http://www.ludd.net/essays/davis.html summary] | + | [http://www.ludd.net/essays/davis.html summary] <br / > |
| − | [http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~broglio/1101/davis.html excerpt on urban space] | + | [http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~broglio/1101/davis.html excerpt on urban space]<br / > |
[http://www.salon.com/it/feature/1998/12/cov_07feature.html critique] | [http://www.salon.com/it/feature/1998/12/cov_07feature.html critique] | ||
Aldo Leopold ''A Sand County Almanac'' is a 1949 book by American ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sand_County_Almanac | Aldo Leopold ''A Sand County Almanac'' is a 1949 book by American ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sand_County_Almanac | ||
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| − | Robinson Jeffers | + | [http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/jeffers/jeffers.htm Robinson Jeffers] |
| − | Jane Hirschfield | + | [http://www.poetseers.org/contemporary_poets/jane_hirshfield/ Jane Hirschfield] |
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Snyder Gary Snyder] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Snyder Gary Snyder] | ||
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Many anime movies by Hayao Miyazaki carry a hidden environmentalist message. The best-known is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, but also well known is Pom Poko as well as Princess Mononoke, which is based on a conflict between technology and nature | Many anime movies by Hayao Miyazaki carry a hidden environmentalist message. The best-known is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, but also well known is Pom Poko as well as Princess Mononoke, which is based on a conflict between technology and nature | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams Ansel Adams] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams Ansel Adams] | ||
Revision as of 04:01, 26 September 2007
Although we think of writing and thinking about the environment is mostly done by scientists and scholars, important contributions have also been made by artists, writers, painters and photographers.
Contents
Nonfiction:
E. Abbey Desert Solitaire
W. Berry, Unsettling America
Mike Davis City of Quartz
McH Stacks HN80.L7 D38 2006
summary
excerpt on urban space
critique
Aldo Leopold A Sand County Almanac is a 1949 book by American ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sand_County_Almanac
Poetry
Film
Many anime movies by Hayao Miyazaki carry a hidden environmentalist message. The best-known is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, but also well known is Pom Poko as well as Princess Mononoke, which is based on a conflict between technology and nature
Photography
The Roots of California Photography [videorecording] : The Monterey legacy c2002 McHenry Library Film & Music VT8907
| Course Themes |
| Ecological and Social Utopias |
| Literature, Art, and the Environment |
| Environmental Science and Skeptical Challenges |
| Activism and Entrepreneurship |
