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Poems, Kelly Morse

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Three poems:

• “Snow Sowing”
• “When I Say ‘Geoengineering’ You Say ‘What?'”
• "A Lyft Driver Dreams of Home”

Territory, J. R. Léveillé

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

From Sûtra. Éditions du Blé, 2013. (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

Architectonics, Catherine Fletcher

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Catherine Fletcher.

I & Ii, Virginia Psemapeo Bordeleau

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Virginia Psemapeo Bordeleau. From Je te veux vivant. Éditions du Quartz, 2016. (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

These poems are a tribute to my son, who passed away in 2012.

Rest Stop #9 And Rest Stop #10, Gabriel Robichaud

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Gabriel Robichaud from Acadie Road. Éditions Perce-Neige, 2018. (Translation Katia Grubisic)

Photographs, Talor Stone

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Three photographs of Greenland: an icefiord, village house in Sisimiut, and church in Ilulissat.

Author Interview With Novelist Esther Laforce, Esther Laforce

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Novelist's Corner:

Author Interview with novelist Esther Laforce, author of: In the Early Days of the Anthropocene (Aux premiers temps de l’Anthropocène). Ottawa, CA: Leméac Editeur, 2018

Clothing Autonomy, Audrée Wilhelmy

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

(Translated by Lucas Zabotin)

The Spruce Tree Metaphor, Mélanie Loisel

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Translated by Peter Schulman.

Includes photo of spruce tree.

Mass Tourism And The Arctic: The Impacts Of Globalization On Peripheral Communities, Talor Stone

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph of Introduction] In the last 20 years, the number of tourists venturing into remote parts of the Arctic has increased dramatically. This rapid growth has shifted the region from a niche expedition destination reserved for hardy explorers to a popular bucket list item luring tourists with the promise of an exotic adventure to be experienced en masse. Although the phenomenon of mass tourism in the Arctic is relatively new, it fits into broader themes of globalization in which today far more people are aware of distant places, interested in global travel, and are able to afford both the …

Writing On Occupied Land, Joëlle Papillon

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] Reading Indigenous poets such as Joséphine Bacon (Innu) and Jean Sioui (Wendat), one is struck by how marvel before “nature” is intertwined with loss and mourning. The experience of loss derives from the interrelated ills of territorial dispossession and environmental destruction caused by settlers’ violent relationship to the land. When reading their verse, we are reminded that today’s Indigenous poets are writing on occupied land. All of us on Turtle Island are writing on occupied land, of course, but it remains easy for settlers to delude ourselves into thinking the land is either everyone’s or rightfully ours. We …

Unearthing Montreal’S Past In Hochelaga, Terre Des Âmes, Marla Epp

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] In his 2017 film, Hochelaga, terre des âmes (Hochelaga, Land of Souls), Québécois filmmaker François Girard delves into the complex history of Montreal. When a sinkhole appears in a football stadium, the site becomes an archaeological dig, led by a Mohawk graduate student at the Université de Montréal. The film tracks the progress of the dig, unearthing layers of history and revealing the stories of the generations of people who lived on the land, including the Indigenous peoples who lived there first.1

Aircraft And Field Study / Search Field, Laura-Gray Street

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Laura-Gray Street.

What I Ate At The Zombie Apocalypse, Anthony Lioi

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Anthony Lioi.

Dakota Zea Mays Popcorn Seed Packet, Tricia Knoll

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Tricia Knoll.

Home/Practice, Eric Magrane

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Eric Magrane.

A C Is A C Is A C And Sots, Madeleine Aktypi

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Madeleine Aktypi

Water In Native American Spirituality: Liquid Life—Blood Of The Earth And Life Of The Community, June-Ann Greeley

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] Water: The life force of all creation, the generative dynamism of existence. Long before scientific experimentation and quantifiable instrumentation verified the facts, human beings have perceived and understood water to be the essence of all life, both material and spiritual. From the beginnings of recorded history and even before, across the expanse of human settlement and migration, indigenous as well as extraneous religions and spiritual traditions have celebrated water as the primordial source: water was sacred before it was material and water took on for multitudes of generations until even today an expansive inclusivity that scanned the literal …

Taiwan And The Pacific Islands: Exploring The Green/Blue Possibilities, Fabrizio Bozzato

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] The Pacific Island nations face unique developmental challenges and vulnerability issues that, in some cases, threaten their very existence. The Islands’ political and civil society leaders have recently embraced a vision of inclusive and sustainable development for remodeling their countries’ ‘brown economies’ into people-centered green/blue economies fostering poverty eradication. However, moving to a new socio-economic paradigm is a goal that the Pacific Island countries cannot achieve alone. They need reliable partners with green-tech capability and innovative aid policies. Taiwan is potentially the ideal partner for building a new framework for Pacific islanders and enabling them to reach for …

Solving Our Bread Problem: Gnostic Trends In Environmentalist Thought And Janisse Ray As Solution, Jeremy Elliott

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] One would be hard pressed to find a book more significant to the modern American environmentalist movement than John Muir’s seminal My First Summer in the Sierra. It gathered support for Muir’s fledgling Sierra Club and raised Muir’s national profile as he influenced Teddy Roosevelt on the creation of the National Park Service, thus serving a key role in perhaps the two most influential environmental organizations in the 20th century. Muir’s work is interesting, though, for another reason, as well: the way that Muir deals with the reality of his own physical body. Muir’s body is almost completely …

Vagabond: The Trans-Species Ecologies Of Plant/Human Encounters, Hubert Alain

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] The opening scene of the acclaimed documentary King Corn (2007) shows Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis, main protagonists, learning that corn constitutes one of the main carbon molecules of their hair. Segue to introduce the crop’s omnipresence in North American processed foods, principally used as sweetener, starch and animal feeds, the almost banal scientific fact presented in this scene is mesmerizing, providing a somewhat embodied support to the popular environmentalist saying “you are what you eat,” or to Donna Haraway’s poetic understanding of bodies and species as “full of their own others, full of messmates, of companions” (Haraway …

Language And Power In Social Movements: Hearing All The Voices In Food System Advocacy Narratives, Dianna Winslow

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[From first paragraph] Everyone must eat. It is this immediate and personal connection to food which drives public and scholarly interest in the complex narratives emerging in what is becoming known as the “food movement”—activism on a global scale that is challenging how the industrialized production, distribution and consumption of food is affecting environmental conditions, food sovereignty and security, human health and wellness, and cultural identities. As the number of food advocacy groups promoting different, yet overlapping, public concerns continues to increase, so does the flow of language used by these groups to shape collective identities and political stances, which …

Contemporary Art Exhibitions As Places Of Learning About Reflexive Food System Localization, Andrew Bieler

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[From first paragraph] This paper describes the role of socially engaged art practices in opening up our pedagogical imaginations to foster reflexive and creative approaches to building the local food movement. These contemporary artistic engagements with local food or ‘food system localization’ are in the genre of what has been called social practice artwork or, in other words, art practices that focus less on the production of a singular aesthetic object and more on the relational and experiential aspects of participatory interaction in a creative process (e.g., Kester; Finkerpearl). In this context, I examine social practice artworks that create experimental …

Sustainability Studies, Jesse Curran

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Jesse Curran.

I Hear This Once Was Prairie, Elizabeth Walden

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Elizabeth Walden.

Curing It, Joel Weishaus

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Joel Weishaus.

Baneheia Park, Kristiansland, Robin Chapman

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Robin Chapman.

Pithy, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Donna J. Gelagotis Lee.

Mobiles, Terry Gifford

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Terry Gifford.