Resources
Videos
Climate Creativity
An animation exploring the relationship between the climate crisis and creativity, created by Dr Philip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at The Open University.
The Language of Protest
A film, focusing on the work of Extinction Rebellion, which examines how protest movements go about communicating their message. Why are we seeing such an upsurge in demonstrations? What impact are they having on the political process? And how do those without access to traditional forms of power get their voice heard?
Writing the Climate videos
How do we write about the climate crisis? Dr Sally O’Reilly discusses existing fiction and non-fiction books which address the climate crisis, and suggests writing exercises for you to explore the climate crisis in your own writing.
Writing the Climate #1 - 'Weather'
Writing the Climate #2 - 'Findings'
Writing the Climate #3 - 'The Machine Stops'
Blogs
Climate Change and Creativity – an interview with Dr Sally O’Reilly and Dr Emma Sweeney about Sally’s work around climate change and creativity.
Reading List from the Contemporary Cultures of Writing Climate and Creativity seminar series - Autumn 2021.
Telling the Story of Climate Crisis – written by Dr Philip Seargeant for Writers Rebel.
My Tipping Point - written by Sally O’Reilly for Writers Rebel.
Other resources
A selection of poems exploring intersections between human and non-human worlds, by Siobhan Campbell:
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