Hubbell, MI
“River of Words” K-12 Poetry & Art
Environmental and nature art by K-12 students from around Michigan is currently on display in the Youth Gallery of the Copper Country Community Art Center (CCCAC) in Hancock.
The art in this exhibit represents a wide range of entries to the River of Words Poetry and Art contest, a national Library of Congress and River of Words project coordinated at the state level by the CCCAC staff. Each year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, River of Words conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of watersheds. The contest is designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live and to express, through poetry and art, what they discover.
The River of Words exhibit will be on display though July 3. The Community Arts Center is located at 126 Quincy Street, Hancock. For more information call 482-2333 or e-mail ccarts@chartermi.net.
Terra Preta Update
Our Science Research Team Leader, Amanda Taylor (first-year, Chemical Engineering), is quoted in the February 2009 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, a journal dedicated to research on the impact of the environment on human health.
Our project is also discussed in the 3.3.09 issue of Science News: “Getting The Dirt On Carbon.”
Learn more about our project here: terrapreta.mtu.edu.
Rong Shang
I met my collaborator and friend Rong Shang — poet, calligrapher, and artist — for the first time in person, in San Francisco in December.
Two poems by me, translated by Ruiquan Deng, Beijing Teacher’s University, calligraphy by Rong Shang.
“Gardening”
“Valentine”
Nature & Community Writing Workshop
Sunday, September 14th, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Nature & Community Writing Workshop
Putting pen to paper, or fingers to the keyboard, in the service of sustainability, community, and nature is a powerful act. This is an opportunity for you to share your current writing related to nature and community.
All genres are welcome — poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, song lyrics, technical reports, impeachment proceedings, grants, autobiographies, personal narratives, etc. — in any stage of drafts or completeness.
We will also discuss venues for publishing if you desire wider audiences for your work.
More info, via the Keweenaw Sustainability Project.
Reading the Landscape: Summer 2008
Writing in a New Ecology:
Revised Landscapes & Home Grounds
Reading the Landscape
Summer 2008 Writing Workshop
Boston Pond and the Paavola Wetlands Reserve
Saturday July 19th, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Sponsored by
Gratiot Lake Conservancy
Keweenaw Land Trust
Workshop Leaders
Michael Moore
Heather Wright
Michael and Heather will lead participants on a nature walk and a writing workshop in and around Boston Pond and the Paavola Wetlands Reserve. Discussions along the way include the kinds and causes of environmental change—some natural, some human-made—in these local ecologies. While visiting the sites, we also discuss the technical, environmental, and figurative language we use in apprehending and describing nature. No previous formal writing experience is necessary and writing journals are provided.
