This intensive six-week writing course takes students through the basics of successful personal writing, persuasive writing, and college level research. In the spirit of UH’s sustainability summer, students will be encouraged to select research projects related to specific food, energy, resource, and environmental issues both locally and nationally. Featured texts will include excerpts from:
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
- Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braugart
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster-Wallace
- Eating Animal by Jonathan Safran-Foer
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba