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John Muir Institute of the Environment



Arts & Literature

Art and literature are important means by which people communicate ideas and values. They are powerful tools of argument that can focus peoples’ critical attention on the way in which we interact with the natural world. Art can devastatingly highlight the destruction and suffering caused by the environmental exploitation, or it can provide a vision for a better way of life. Creating a culture that values the human connection to the natural world in necessary to provide the will and desire to create an environmentally sustainable society.

Faculty Experts

  • Joyce Gutstein
    Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Education and Outreach
  • Suad Joseph
    Healthy Environment, Healthy People | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
  • WScott McLean
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Wildlife | Rivers | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics | Education and Outreach
  • Roberta L Millstein
    Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics | Policy, Governance
  • Tim Morton
    Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Policy, Economics | History, Culture | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics
  • Sarah Perrault
    Healthy Environment, Healthy People | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
  • David Robertson
    Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
  • Stephen M. Wheeler
    Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Arts & Literature | Policy, Governance
  • Michael Ziser
    Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Environmental Justice | Food, Agriculture | Arts & Literature | Education and Outreach
UC Davis: John Muir Institute of the Environment

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University of California
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Davis, CA 95616-8527

530.752.JMIE (5643)
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