Environmental Writing: Inspire, Observe, Inhabit
Saturday, April 16 2016 9am – 5pm

$100 registration fee; $90 for Burke members

Sign up soon, class space limited; lunch provided

Scholarships available with valid student ID; request an application

Join award-winning authors Knute Berger, Michelle Nijhuis, and Maria Mudd Ruth in a workshop devoted to writing about the environment. Based at the Burke Museum, this one-day program will include classroom and field-based sessions. Maria, Michelle, and Knute bring unique and complementary perspectives as authors who have written deeply and provocatively about wild and urban landscapes.

A new style of writer has begun to explore the relationship between people and place. Their writing brings in not only plants and animals, but also the human inhabitants, past and present, who dwell on the land. In doing so, they are forging a new way to look at nature and to develop deeper connections to place.

Knute “Skip” Berger is a Seattle author, columnist, and radio commentator. He is the award-winning “Mossback” columnist for Crosscut.com where he focuses on place and politics; Editor-at-Large and writer for Seattle Magazine; and a regular guest on NPR affiliate KUOW. He has authored three books, the latest being the eBook Roots of Tomorrow: Tales of Early Seattle Urbanism (2014).

Michelle Nijhuis writes about science and the environment for National Geographic and other publications. She is also a longtime contributing editor of High Country News, a magazine known for its in-depth coverage of environmental issues in the western U.S, and the co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook. Her work has won several national awards and been included in three Best American anthologies.

Maria Mudd Ruth lives in Olympia and is the author of more than a dozen natural history topics, including Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet. This work represents a turning point in the author’s life—from accidental naturalist to active environmentalist dedicated to the conservation of this imperiled seabird and its Pacific Coast habitats. Through her advocacy, writing, and talks, she stresses the importance of forging personal connections to the natural world.

More information at burkemuseum.org/calendar/environmental-writers-workshop
To register, call Burke Education at 206-543-5591 or email burked@uw.edu.

Environmental Writing:
Inspire, Observe, Inhabit
Made possible by the Rebecca S. and Robert M. Benton Endowed Fund
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206-543-6450 (voice); 206-543-6452 (tty); 206-685-3885 (fax); dso@uw.edu (E-mail).