Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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On Environmental Grief and the Rights of Nature
Guest post by Kriss Kevorkian *Featured image: Jill Hein Twenty years ago, when I first coined the term environmental grief—the grief reaction stemming from the environmental loss of ecosystems caused by either natural or human-made events—I thought I was the only one grieving the destruction and ecocide I saw taking place around me. Fortunately, a…
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Snapshot: Valeria Berros Wins Berta Càceres Award
At the 2nd Conference for the Defense of the Environment and Good Living, alumna Valeria Berros was among the recipients of the Berta Cáceres Award, conferred by the Network of Women Defenders of the Environment and Good Living (RedDABV), together with authorities of the Argentinian senate. Named for the Honduran environmental activist and feminist Berta Cáceres,…
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The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement
Last night, the Carson Center co-sponsored a discussion screening of the documentary The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement at DOK.fest Munich. The screening was followed by a discussion with directors Val Berros, Hal Crimmel, and Isaac Goeckeritz, moderated by Christof Mauch. The documentary is one of the products of a fellowship collaboration and workshop hosted…