Literature, Art, and the Environment
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Although we think of writing and thinking about the environment as mostly being done by scientists and scholars, important contributions have also been made by artists, writers, painters and photographers.
See also Writing page
Science fiction dealing with the environment can be found on the Ecological and Social Utopias page
Contents
Nonfiction:
E. Abbey Desert Solitaire
W. Berry, Unsettling America
Mike Davis City of Quartz McHenry 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
Mary Oliver "Straight Talk from a Fox"
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 |
