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We offer a variety of in-person and online classes to help you improve your writing skills, as well as discover new ways to see and experience the world through writing. Browse this section to learn about our ongoing classes and one day workshops.
7/30 – Creative Nonfiction (In Person, Outdoors)
In this class we will introduce the poetry of acclaimed nature poet Mary Oliver and cover the essence of four different thematic techniques of observation which will greatly enhance our ability to write nature poetry spontaneously and regularly.
In this class we will learn how to efficiently read for writing, draw essential material from daily life, the advantages of free verse, natural line lengths, the fun of sound, and most importantly the benefits of mindful and spontaneous writing.
First we will learn several essential tenets of eastern thought so that we have a firm understanding of what mindfulness is and then will learn how it is represented in ancient Chinese poetry.
This class offers an accessible and engaging nature writing process emphasizing the importance of place-based writing based on nature journal techniques.
Celebrate the Earth by working through the mindfulness practices offered us by Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Peace is Every Step and draw insights to write your own daily meditations and poetry.
This class uncovers secrets to writing engaging, meaningful, even humorous, nonfiction by presenting the process of writing nonfiction as weaving together essential thematic strands.
The feedback Troy provides is like headwind. The teaching, support, and encouragement he offers is outstanding. He has an enormous knowledge of nature writing craft. In assisting me with a lyrical essay, he not only helped to define and articulate what I was laboring to create, but he helped me discover resources I never could have found on my own, and he prescribed enlightening exercises to support me in moving my essay forward. Troy also includes plenty of livening praise and validating encouragement. He understands that this is as essential to the learning process as craft knowledge.
Tricia D. Wagner, Author of Where Fish Can Breathe
What Harvey is saying is that as the diversity of the natural landscape on schoolyards increases, there’s an increase in children’s appreciation of experiences in the natural world. These changes in environmental attitudes provide the affective basis for stewardship behavior–for acting in ways that improve the quality of the environment.
David Sobel, from Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities
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