with Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. NOTE: This class will be held live on Wednesday, June 21, at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific We will contact you regarding Zoom information so you can participate live. If you can’t make the live class, it will be recorded so you can access it here anytime after. In The …
with Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. While many people find the winter dreary, it can also be an opportunity to go within and reflect on what inner strengths might be revealed in darkness. Through a combination of eco-poetry and philosophical reflection inspired by the book Earth Joy Writing, participants respond to guided journaling prompts and engage in …
with Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. In this recording of a live, interactive online workshop, participants have the opportunity to reflect on the wisdom inherent in this changing season. This workshop brings bravery and balance into our lives through a combination of philosophical reflection, readings of eco-poetry and eco-fiction, guided journaling prompts, trauma-informed movement, and mindfulness-based …
with Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. Dig in the dirt. Get grounded. Sow your seeds. In this workshop inspired by the book Earth Joy Writing, participants will be led gently through techniques to inspire their writing in conjunction with the spring season. Combining mindfulness practices, ecofeminist poetry, and practical stress reduction techniques, participants will use the energy …
Enjoy all four workshops led by Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., based on her book Earth Joy Writing, a writer’s guide to reconnecting to the earth. These four workshops, aligned with the seasons, are designed to help you harness your creativity, connect more deeply with yourself and others, and to access the healing power of nature from …
The world is chock full of poems that treat animals like objects, vehicles, stepping stones—anything but vibrant individuals. Can we put work in the world that counters that? One way is through persona poems, poems in the voice of another, which focus us on their agency and selfhood. And writing from another perspective, including animals’ …
Writing for Animals is a self-paced writing program designed to help writers become more effective advocates for animals. Using Writing for Animals as a text (included in your registration fee), we’ll examine the ways in which writers from myriad genres—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and activist writing—handle the portrayal of animals in their work. Each of the …