Green Communities in Action

GEN2004 Green Communities in Action: Climate, Species, Crisis

Arguably, the most pressing contemporary issue that affects all of humanity is the global environmental crisis. This module aims to engage with Green Communities in Singapore in order to synthesise their common aim to fight the negative effects of climate crisis. It will examine cultural, political, and literary narratives, and draw on field studies to provide both knowledge-based and experiential insight into various green projects.

Syllabus

Cultivating Interest and Responsibility

This module exposes students from across disciplines to salient directions in the environmental humanities and to observe praxis methodologies in action. It approaches the climate crisis primarily from the angle of ecocritical textual analysis. Through community-based engagement, this module attempts to cultivate an orientation towards (and responsibility for) urgent social and environmental issues confronting humanity.