For the Love of Nature Ecowriting the World

This engaging collection posits the value of and need for instruction on ecowriting that fosters students’ relationships with the natural world and an appreciation of Indigenous/Non-Western ecological perspectives. The book includes useful essays on teaching various types and genres of ecowriting, including the use of digital media productions such as video and multimodal essays. It also includes examples of students’ essays, letters, and poems from Jeff Share’s environmental justice class that illustrate the instructional methods described in the book. Therefore, this book is a useful resource for teachers to incorporate ecowriting into their teaching to engage students in creatively portraying their experiences with the natural world for having them address the need for action about the global climate crisis.

Richard Beach
Professor Emeritus of English Education, University of Minnesota
Drawing upon Indigenous wisdom and critical pedagogy, For the Love of Nature: Ecowriting the World is both a call to action and an important resource for teaching, learning, and enacting environmental justice. The beautiful collection of essays is a must-read for all K-12 educators interested in advancing educational and climate justice to create a more sustainable and caring world for our present and our future.

Annamarie M. Francois
Ed.D. Executive Director Center X, University of California, Los Angeles

Jeff share, PhD has worked for three decades researching and teaching critical media literacy and environmental justice. He was an award-winning photojournalist, bilingual elementary school teacher, and since 2007, he has been teaching in the School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). With Richard Beach and Allen Webb, Share co-wrote (2017), Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents: Reading, Writing, and Making a Difference.