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UC Merced students produce new play about environmental justice
Written, acted, and produced by students, "Fire, Water, Poison, Hope" seen by almost 200 people.
Students from an Environmental Humanities class visit the Merced Vernal Pools & Grassland Reserve on campus
New Environmental Humanities Major: First of its Kind in the UC System
Have you heard about Environmental Humanities (EH), launching in Fall 2024?

Environmental Humanities at UC Merced

“Art, like religion, is one of the ways we digest what is happening to us, make the sense out of it that proceeds to action... We can register what is happening with satellites and scientific instruments, but can we register it in our imaginations, the most sensitive of all our devices?” – 350.org founder Bill McKibben

The stories of biodiversity loss, climate catastrophe, and environmental justice need to be told. An increasing amount of research indicates that compelling, persuasive storytelling is vital to ensuring cooperative environmental action.

UC Merced's Environmental Humanities major and minor will equip students to be science writers, non-for-profit leaders, public relations and communications staff for environmental agencies, environmental lawyers, political advisors and politicians, interpretive rangers, environmental consultants and business workers, novelists, screenwriters, poets, and songwriters who tell ecocritical stories: graduates of this urgent and career-oriented program will be professionals who understand environmental science and environmental injustice and can tell compelling stories about the research and data that urges action.

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Events and Happenings

Aug
26
Get ready for ice cream and ice breakers! This special event for Carson House Living Learning Community (LLC) students will kick off our year! If you...
Aug
02
Curious to learn more about undergraduate research at UC Merced? Come check out the UROC Annual Summer Symposium! See all the details here:...
Apr
25
Many UC Merced students are involved with Shakespeare in Yosemite, an environmental humanities/arts project that has been going on since 2017. The...
Apr
22

University Main Campus

Join us for a free Arts & the Environment panel featuring Elizabeth Freestone, author of 100 Plays to Save the World, and a British theatre...
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Featured News

September 1, 2024
Our new Environmental Humanities program has made headlines once again!
August 28, 2024
Still looking for a class to take this fall? Environmental Humanities has you covered with seats still available in some fun classes!
Waves breaking on a beach
May 30, 2024
The program may be new, but it's already making waves!