Date/Time: January 22, 2026 at 02.00 p.m. – 03.00 p.m. Arizona/USA Time
In-person venue: Payne 129, Ira D. Payne Educational Building, Arizona State university, 1000 S. Forest Mall
Tempe, AZ 85281
Online live link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/6498126288
Given the increasing global concerns regarding deforestation, global warming, and climate change—and their connection to human activities that neglect the ethics of care, relation, and response-ability—this session aims to bring the consciousness and consciences of empathy, relationality, and response-ability to the “table” of scholars and stakeholders through ecopoetry.
Berdinesen (2018) described:
“ecopoetry is biocentric (all organisms have objective purposes), it is anti-anthropocentric (not just humans have moral rights), it is environmentally ethical (recognizes and builds on ethical principles about the environment), and it presupposes an understanding of the fact that our natural environment consists of dynamic processes (nature is not static). (p. 88)
Consequently, ecopoetry fosters a heightened consciousness and conscience regarding human empathy, relationality, and response-ability toward nature. Through the use of videos, images, and artifacts of nature, participants in this event will engage with and create ecopoetry as a medium to give voice to the natural world.
Cited Work:
Berdinesen, H. (2018). On ecopoetry and ecocriticism. Philosophia, 20, 88-99.
