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Earth Day Speaker: Camille Dungy
The Environmental Studies Minor, the Office of Sustainability, and the MFA program in English will host the 2018 Earth Day Speaker, poet and essayist Camille Dungy, April 22, 7 p.m., in Overby Auditorium. Her talk will be titled “It’s ALL Environmental Writing.” Camille Dungy is author of Smith Blue (Southern Illinois University Press, 2011), winner […]
Environmental Film Screening: “Food Chains”
The University of Mississippi Environmental Studies Minor and Office of Sustainability are sponsoring a film screening of Food Chains on Wednesday, February 21 at 6 p.m. in Overby Auditorium. Food Chains follows the Coalition of Immokalee Workers as they protest low wages and poor working conditions on Southern Florida’s farms. According to The Food Chains team, supermarkets receive […]
Environmental Psychology in Tanzania!
Join the June 2018 Study Abroad Expedition and Get Involved in International Conservation Research and Community Participation. Apply now online through Study Abroad, contact Dr. Laura Johnson, associate professor of psychology, at ljohnson@olemiss.edu for more information. 3-6 hours, various credits. Special scholarships available for ENVs minors!
Oceanic
By Aimee Nezhukumatathil, professor of English and environmental studies COPPER CANYON PRESS, 2018 “Nezhukumatathil’s poems contain elegant twists of a very sharp knife. She writes about the natural world and how we live in it, filling each poem, each page with a true sense of wonder.” ―Roxane Gay “Cultural strands are woven into the DNA […]
Mississippi: Poems by Ann Fisher-Wirth, Photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay
By Ann Fisher-Wirth, professor of English and director of the environmental studies minor, and Maude Schuyler Clay WINGS PRESS, 2018 This gorgeous large-format hardback (11 x 9.25 inches) features 47 poems and 47 color photographs that explore the history, culture, and ecology of the state of Mississippi. The epigraph for the book is taken from […]
Challenge Invites LOU Community to Explore Resources for Green Week
UM, Oxford to host annual sustainability observance April 17-22 APRIL 12, 2017 BY STAFF REPORT The University of Mississippi and Oxford community will celebrate Green Week April 17-22. The annual series of events focuses on bringing awareness to sustainability topics, resources in the area and the importance of living a resource-conscious lifestyle. “We all want to make the world a better […]