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Informationen zum Autor Joseph R. Lease is associate professor and department chair of English at Wesleyan College. Joseph R. Lease is associate professor and department chair of English at Wesleyan College. Klappentext This volume addresses the pressing need to continue the work of bringing sustainability into the college classroom. It provides accounts from a variety of instructors experiences with and best practices for incorporating climate change issues into writing-intensive courses. Zusammenfassung This volume addresses the pressing need to continue the work of bringing sustainability into the college classroom. It provides accounts from a variety of instructors experiences with and best practices for incorporating climate change issues into writing-intensive courses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Now More Than Ever (Joseph R. Lease) Chapter 1: Sustainability and Writing: Radishes, Scythes, Thoreau, and Students (Ron Balthazor) Chapter 2: Ecotopia Revisited in Image: The Imagined (and Enacted) Peril and Promise of Portland (Hill Taylor) Chapter 3: "meanderings to the river": A Sustainable Approach to Teaching Sustainability in First-Year Composition (Deborah Church Miller, Lindsay Tigue, and Kim Waters) Chapter 4: Reflecting on Action & Acting on Reflection: High-Impact Practices for Transformative Learning in Sustainability (Justin Rademaekers and Cheryl Wanko) Chapter 5: Design Thinking and Sustainability Problem Solving: Reconceptualizing a First-Year, Writing-Intensive Seminar (Joseph R. Lease, Matthew R. Martin, and Joanne Chu) Chapter 6: Creating Sustainability through Creativity: Using Creative Writing to Reframe and Build Connections (Lesley Hawkes) Chapter 7: East to West-The Interconnectedness of All Things Created (Pamela Herron) Chapter 8: "Against Sustainability": And
