Check the website for the most up-to-date information and instructions on how to join the online lectures: https://marinesciences.uconn.edu/lectures/
Please join us as we celebrate 25 years of coastal perspectives!
All lectures will be offered solely online. We will not meet in person this season.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021; 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Gibson; Connecticut State Poet Laureate, Prof. Emerita, UConn &
David K. Leff; Poet, Lecturer, Former Deputy Commissioner of CT DEEP
Rousing the Ecological Imagination Through Poetry
Poetry is a means by which people can deeply connect with the world around them. Ecology is a science of connection. As we rush headlong into the Anthropocene, earth’s complex systems are increasingly lashed to and influenced by human activity. If the delicate balances among the planet’s organisms and habitats are to survive, humanity has to be roused to good stewardship. Poetry’s fresh images and concise, musical language has the voltage to strike that emotional chord supporting science and public policy by rousing consciousness, amplifying compassion.
For more information, contact: Jamie Vaudrey at coastalperspectives@uconn.edu