CHID 234 A: Environmental Justice and the Humanities

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EMOTIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE HUMANITIES (AH, SSC) ___ THE EFFECTS OF A WARMING WORLD ARE EVER MORE APPARENT. AND THE ECOLOGICAL LOSSES OF OUR TIME REGISTER EVEN MORE PROFOUNDLY WITH THOSE AT THE FRONTLINES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THIS COURSE TAKES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTIMEDIA APPROACH TO THE FEELINGS THAT ARISE IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS, SUCH AS ECOANXIETY AND ECOLOGICAL GRIEF, WHILE EXPLORING OTHER AFFECTS THAT STEM FROM OUR DEEP CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD, INCLUDING WONDER AND LOVE. THE PREMISE OF THIS COURSE IS THAT FEELINGS ARE INEXTRICABLY CONNECTED TO POLITICAL POSSIBILITY, AND THAT NAVIGATING AND ENGAGING WITH CLIMATE EMOTIONS IS CRITICAL TO THE TASK OF PURSUING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.