“Imagination is necessary for my work both as a global change ecologist and as a writer.”
Madhur Anand
Imagination remains one of the most compelling instruments that humanity possesses to shape the realities in which we live. Through creative writing, interdisciplinary conversations, and a place-based audio walk, we will engage in the work of imagining the climates of our present and our future together. Imagining Climates brings together diverse practices, perspectives and cultures to explore how we might individually and collectively give voice to our relationship to the Earth, other life forms and each other, working through ecological loss, shame and grief to re-vision possible futures, communities and pleasures.
In order to create a future that is brighter than our present, we must first imagine it.
Told in 150 words or less, these Micro-Climate stories voice our relationship to the Earth, the climate emergency, and the ways in which we grapple with a changing world on a human or local scale. Imagined by noted writers and scientists, all members of the University of Guelph community, these micro-climates offer charged glimpses into altered and transformative worlds.
