Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues

Close-up of tree bark, with the forest in the background.

The bark of a tree. (Image courtesy of Aayesha Siddiqui.)

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MIT Course Number

21W.775

As Taught In

Fall 2006

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

Course Description

This course focuses on traditional nature writing and the environmentalist essay. Students will keep a Web log as a journal. Writings are drawn from the tradition of nature writing and from contemporary forms of the environmentalist essay.

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Anthony Lioi. 21W.775 Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues. Fall 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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