What is environmental writing?
(from Bill McKibben in American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau)
Writing that
 | deals with the "collision between people and the rest of the world" (people and nature) |
| deals with controversy |
| "sounds an alarm" |
| gives answers and offers "consolation" (sometimes by celebrating nature) |
| asks questions like: is this necessary? what are the effects? is there a better way? |