NR 6990 OL2 (CRN: 61927) —

Natural Resources: Poetry as a Survival Engine (OL2)

3 credit hours—Seats Available!

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About NR 6990 OL2

Graduate topics and material that may eventually develop into a regular course offering.

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Synchronous online

Section Description

Co-Instructor: Elena Georgiou

This beginner poetry course is an opportunity for students who are interested in using a creative medium to witness, document, and respond to current ecological and social upheavals, using a personal lens and free-verse form. It will also be a space to express and explore our interconnectedness with the planet and our connection to the idea of community.
The invitation of this course is to choose your own landscapes—the physical, the natural, the spiritual, or a combination of everything, everywhere. Through guided writing prompts and workshop sessions, you will be asked to compose a series of free-verse poems that explore what you love (e.g., oceans, street vendors, music) and what you loathe (e.g., plastic, flags, water parks). You will be introduced to the core elements of poetic craft (word choice, imagery, lineation, diction, and sound) and asked to engage, experiment, and revise your poems with these practices in mind. The intention of this course is to learn how your craft choices influence meaning and tone and deepen the emotional impact of your work.
Each student will finish the semester with a series of poems that reflects their personal connection to their immediate environment, as well as possibilities for imagining a future of sustainable relationships—with the world and with one another.
BIO: Elena Georgiou is an adjunct faculty in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and instructor in the Leadership for Sustainability Graduate Program. Elena has published three books (two poetry collections, one short story collection). Her first book won a Lambda Literary Award for poetry and was a finalist for the Publishing Triangle Award. Her third book was a finalist for the Vermont Book Award and the New American Voices Award. She has also received a New York for the Arts fellowship, a Vermont Center for the Creative Arts fellowship, and an Astraea Foundation Emerging Writers Award.

Section Expectation

• Synchronous Online Meeting Dates: 5 Thursdays: (May 21, June 4, June 18, (July 2—no class), July 9, July 23
• Time: 1pm to 3pm ET, 10am to 12pm PT
• Asynchronous Classwork as Assigned
• Final Portfolio Due: July 30

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