Literature, Art, and the Environment
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
Robinson Jeffers
Jane Hirschfield
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 |
