Literature as a Lens for Climate Change: Using Narratives to Prepare the Next Generation

by Rebecca L. Young (Editor), Suzanne Keen (Afterword), Alexa Weik von Mossner (Foreword), Anna Bernstein (Contributor), Rachel Cohen (Contributor), Timothy J. Duggan (Contributor), María Encarnación Carrillo-García (Contributor), Lorraine Kerslake (Contributor), Marek C. Oziewicz (Contributor), David Robinson (Contributor), Ryan Skardal (Contributor), Kaela Sweeney (Contributor), Natalie Valentín-Espiet (Contributor), Suhasini Vincent (Contributor), Judith Wakeman (Contributor), Sarah Wyman (Contributor)

Each chapter in this collection offers a practical approach for using literature to engage and empower students to confront aspects of climate crises. Educators from different backgrounds and parts of the world share their experience using novels, short stories, drama, poetry, and nonfiction to help students understand the causes and consequences of climate change as well as how they can contribute to potential solutions.