The Confluence Lab

Members of the Fire Humanities project team will lead a discussion of this emerging new field on Thursday in Seattle. Stephanie LeMenager will talk about fire (among other things) tonight. Join us if you can!
https://calendar.washington.edu/sea_uwch/Katz-Distinguished-Lecture-Stephanie-LeMenager-Fiction-and-Lies-in-the-Shadow-of-Climate-Change/E189396115
https://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/fire-humanities-panel-discussion-and-storytelling-0

We're doing some fundraising for Vandal Giving Day! Please share in your networks and consider donating if you can. Every little bit helps to support our many projects and our new internship program. See links in comments, and check out our website for details: https://www.theconfluencelab.org/!

Kylie Mohr--"Fighting fire with fire: Forest fires are devastating America. I'm helping to start more of them."

https://www.businessinsider.com/america-wildfire-crisis-labor-shortage-prescribed-fires-climate-change-2024-12

Check out Keeping Watch, a fantastic new project from friends of the Confluence Lab Michael Decker, Jack Kredell, Christopher Lamb, and Devin Becker.

https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/keeping-watch/

Check out Keeping Watch, a terrific new project from Confluence Lab friends Michael Decker, Jack Kredell, Christopher Lamb, and Devin Becker.

https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/keeping-watch/

Hey, educators: please tell your most adventurous students about our Semester In The Wild program! I just finished week two of the 2024 environmental writing course, and I'm here to tell you that spending time at the Taylor Wilderness Research Station is an incredibly unique experience. Wilderness areas provide so much for us: moments of awe and wonder; feelings of peace, mindfulness, and serenity; a healthy sense of scale and perspective on our lives; and a chance to build strength, resilience, and community with others (human and more-than-human). Students in our program gain knowledge of ecology, history, sustainability, leadership, and writing in a range of genres, while also learning skills such as cutting wood, harvesting animals and plants, planning a backpacking trip, saddling horses, packrat-proofing a 100-year-old cabin, cooking a healthy, delicious meal for 15+ people, and more. It's the BEST. Spread the word about the amazing opportunity that is !

It was fun thinking about nostalgia in conjunction with these "weatherwave"/vaporwave videos and talking with Wired magazine!

Lo-Fi Weather Channel Videos Are Soothing Climate Fears on YouTube Hours-long videos of ’80s and ’90s Weather Channel broadcasts set to vaporwave tunes are all over YouTube. They’re perfect for those moments you want to remember a time when weather was a little less scary.

Check out this new book, edited by the brilliant Jennifer Atkinson and Sarah Jaquette Ray! Lab co-director Jenn Ladino is among the many contributors to this accessible and inspiring resource for educators working for climate justice.