Addressing the climate crisis will require us to change everything – including the stories we tell ourselves about who we are, what we desire and who we are becoming.
With a particular focus on narrative non-fiction and memoir, this workshop will explore how writers are engaging with the overwhelming and multi-faceted problem of climate change and where we might go next.
Through writing exercises, instruction and discussion, we will look at how personal narratives can provide a lens through which to see the climate crisis differently – from illuminating and challenging prevailing power structures, to revealing humanity’s profound interdependence with the more-than-human world, to telling stories of struggle, solidarity and resistance.
- When: Sunday 18 May, 10am–4pm
- Where: Online
- With: Lauren Fuge
About the Tutor
Lauren Fuge is a writer who lives and works on Kaurna Country. She’s currently undertaking a PhD exploring storytelling and the climate crisis, as well as organising with grassroots community and climate groups. She previously worked as a science journalist and editor at Cosmos. She won the 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards (magazine category) and the 2022 UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing. Her book, Voyagers: Our Journey into the Anthropocene, was published by Text in 2024.