Author: cleoschoep

I like to think that I am, on a daily basis, passionate about preserving the natural beauty of planet Earth, conscious of social and political actions towards climate change, and committed to living a sustainable lifestyle. But on Monday morning, while I was looking through the materials for class, I was filled with feelings of … Continue reading Shared Humanity in Cry You One

Amitav Ghosh in The Great Derangement questions whether fictional climate change novels can be considered literary novels or if they must fall in the genre of science fiction. He argues that “fiction that deals with climate change is almost by definition not of the kind that is taken seriously by serious literary journals: the mere … Continue reading The Improbable in Climate-Change Magical-Realism

Inspired by Evelyn’s post, I was also very interested to see the teaching power of climate related games but in terms of the audience they are geared towards. I was most interested in exploring the possibilities of climate games geared towards children because children are very receptive to new information and can more easily integrate … Continue reading Climate games for children

Snowpiercer ends with the train – the vessel supposedly containing all life that is left on planet Earth – freefalling to the passengers’ certain death. The film primarily human oriented; all animals and plants we see are there to provide for the humans, and it is a closed ecosystem so we are never lead to … Continue reading Humans are like Dinosaurs