Writing the Lives of Plants and Animals with Gary Nabhan

Ethnobotanist and author Gary Nabhan is a pioneer of the local food movement and the heirloom seed-saving movement, with a focus on Southwestern plants and cultures.

How do we get inside the distinctive intelligence of each plant or animal species to tell their stories in a unique way? What options are there to anthropomorphizing or romanticizing nature that allow us to write about lives different from our own? We will do hands on in the field exercises of observing, tasting, smelling and writing to get us closer to how plants and animals themselves communicate.

$20 for students, $60 for community
The Norris Center is located on the UCSC campus in Natural Sciences 2, Room 239