Nature's Glow: Poetry, Art, and Ecology on the Interconnectedness of Everything

This course invites students to reflect upon the interdependence between humans and the natural world through the voice of poets, philosophers, filmmakers, and artists whose attention focuses on nature's glow, that is, on its inspiring aura. Can a work of art or a cultural artifact help us understand the connection of all living and nonliving things? Can it allow us to deepen our understanding of our place on earth? Can art's insight inspire compassionate knowledge, and spark action? The final project for this course will be to imagine and craft an ecological restoration project.