Education is Activism.
Courses can be adapted, expanded and age-adjusted.
Delectable: An Introduction to Food Writing
Readings, discussion and in-class writing experiments investigating food systems, production and distribution, culture and class, and ideas of service. Reading from Best American Food Writing of 2018.
--Offered online Winter 2023 and Winter 2025 for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts University (Sign up for this winter.)
In the Woods: An Exploration of Science and Nature Writing
A forest-focused wander through poetic ideas of the pastoral, anticipatory climate fiction, and contemporary essays and journalism in the Best Science and Nature Writing of 2022.
--Offered online Spring 2023 for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts University
Kids Ecology I & 2
Four-week sessions for grades 3-5 addressing Bird Life, Tree Ecology, Upcycled Art, and Trash Systems. Games, role-play, hands-on creation and essential environmental understanding for tomorrow’s citizens. (Not a writing class.)
--Offered in-person winter and spring 2024 as a collaboration of Driscoll Afterschool Activities and Kids Expect Environment Protection (KEEP), Brookline Public Schools