Disasters & Dangers
Which author imagined a spring without birdsong to warn about the dangers of pesticides?
Rachel Carson
Which author contrasts different versions of the human creationism story?
Robin Wall Kimmerer
What author is a scientist who writes about her discoveries in the permafrost?
Jacquelyn Gill
Which author identifies strongly with hawks?
Helen Macdonald
Which labor leader and civil rights activist delivered a speech to raise awareness about pesticide dangers and asked for a grape boycott?
Cesar Chavez
Which author touches on cannibalism and its health effects on animals?
Michael Pollan
What author describes the aftermath of a storm in Fiji?
Thelma Young Latunatabua
This folk singer wrote a song that became an anthem for equality and environmental appreciation.
Woody Guthrie
This former U.S. Poet Laureate wrote a poem that embodies hope and responsibility even in the face of the world ending.
W.S. Merwin.
This Chickasaw poet and essayist reflects on how homes and habitats reveal our relationship with the Earth.
Linda Hogan
Which author grew up near Kansas City?
Sara Dykman
Which author uses storytelling to say that the Earth is not a resource to be used but a gift to take care of?
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Which author experienced a natural disaster and advocates for his home?
Julian Aguon
Which author fought alongside Dolores Huerta for the rights of farm workers?
Cesar Chavez
Which poet is known for his environmental themes and Hawaiian garden restoration?
W.S. Merwin
Who talked about observation and said “Every horizon line, every curve in hill or valley, every tree and rock and spring run, every turn in the road and vista in the landscape, has its special features and makes its own impression”?
John Burroughs
Which author saw human development as destruction rather than progress in the 1850s?
Henry David Thoreau
Which author talked about the seasons of the year and human health?
Henry David Thoreau
Which author wrote about passing messages between parking lot trees?
CAConrad
Which author used poetic rituals and sensory language to connect queerness, grief, and nature?
CAConrad