The table below lists university classes addressing the arts and climate change. Click on the course title for more information, including a link to the course syllabus (if the instructor has provided one). If you’re looking for our listing of degree programs in this area, click here.
We hope this resource can function as a guide for students looking for a place to start or deciding where to pursue their research, a site of exchange for professors and teachers looking to share knowledge, and a well of inspiration for artists working at this intersection.
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| Course Title | School | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Staging Sustainability | Allegheny College | Michael Mehler |
| Greening Your Nonprofit Arts Organization | Arts Extension Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Dee Boyle-Clapp |
| Climate Fiction | Boston College | Min Hyoung Song |
| Eco-Performance | Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music | Alyssa Schmidt |
| Art and The Environment | Bradley University | Margaret LeJeune |
| Contemporary Environmental Writing | Brandeis University | Caren Irr |
| Human Tracks in the Urban Landscape | Brooklyn College | Noel Hefele and Linda Louis |
| Creating Ecolibrium | California Institute of the Arts | Shannon Scrofano |
| Special Topics in Drama: Ecodrama | Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama | Wendy Arons |
| Sustainable Exhibition Management Short Course | Central Saint Martins | Alice Bonnot |
| Guilty Reading: Topics in Popular Genres | Charles Darwin University | Adelle Sefton-Rowston |
| Climate Fiction | Colby College | Christopher A. Walker |
| Climate Futures in Fiction and Film | Eckerd College (St Petersburg, FL) | Amanda Hagood and Joanna Huxster |
| Performance and the Environment | Eckerd College (St Petersburg, FL) | Antonia Krueger |
| Performing Ecologies | Griffith University | Linda Hassall |
| Art and Climate Change | Gustavus Adolphus College | Betsy Byers |
| Cli-Fi: Science and Stories | Holyoke Community College | Elizabeth Trobaugh |
| Scriptwriting Workshop: Eco-Theatre | Iowa State University | Charissa Menefee |
| Earth Justice: Introduction to Sustainability Studies | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | Milena Popov |
| Eco Art and Design | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | Milena Popov |
| Environmental Justice | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY | Milena Popov |
| Creativity in the Community | Massey University | Elspeth Tilley |
| Eco-fictions and Non-fictions | Massey University | Ingrid Horrocks and Laura-Jean Mckay |
| Dramatic Writing and Climate Change | Northwestern University | Kristin Idaszak |
| Solar Power for Artists | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | Alex Nathanson |
| Theatre in an Age of Climate Change | Pomona College | James P. Taylor |
| Sustainable Environments | Queensland College of Art, Griffith University | Tanja Beer |
| Texts: Climate Change Theatre | Quest University Canada | Elaine Avila |
| Art and Urban Sustainability | Rutgers University, Camden | Elizabeth Demaray |
| Climates of Resistance: Environmental Racism and Collective Action | Syracuse University | Becca Farnum |
| Cli-fi: Science Fiction, Climate Change, & Apocalypse | Temple University | Ted Howell |
| Environmental World Literature: Encounters with Water | Unity College | Sam Collier |
| Introduction to Drama: Home and the Natural World | Unity College | Sam Collier |
| Art and Social Practice | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Creative Activism: Art, Media, and Social Justice | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Creative Communication and Engagement | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Indigenous Performance Practices | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) | |
| Shakespeare and Ecology | University of California, Merced | Katherine Brokaw |
| Creative Climate Communication | University of Colorado, Boulder | Beth Osnes and Max Boykoff |
| Theatre for a Changing Climate | University of Exeter | Evelyn O'Malley |
| The Future of the Arts | University of Hull | Helen Prior |
| Environmental Literatures and Cultures: Climate Change Fiction | University of Idaho | Erin James |
| Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental Problems in the Twentieth Century | University of Kent | John Wills |
| Introduction to Climate Change Fiction | University of Oregon | Stephen Siperstein |
| Climate Crisis — An International Perspective: Science, Art, and Activism | University of Washington | Robert Pavia |
| Eco-Art: Art Created in Response to Environmental Crises | University of Washington-Tacoma | Vaughn Bell |
| Perspectives on Climate Change: Ecopsychology, Art and Narratives | Uppsala University | Malin Östman |
| Unveiling the Anthropocene | Utah State University | Robert Davies |
| Contemporary American Literature: Cli-Fi | Western Illinois University | Everett Hamner |
| Art & Earth | Wofford College | Kaye Savage |
| Introductory Seminar in Environmental Studies | Wofford College | Kaye Savage |
| EcoScenography | York University | Ian Garrett |
| Sustainable Staging Techniques | York University | Ian Garrett |