Environmental Storytelling and Digital Media
Description
This experience encourages students to merge academic research with creative media components and environmental activism to learn how to communicate complex environmental issues to the public.
Examples
Examples Include:
- Short films on sustainability
- Digital story maps on conservation
- Podcasts debating anthropogenic impacts
- Social justice media campaigns
Faculty Involvement
Environmental storytelling emphasizes narration and its potential to mobilize as students learn to frame environmental knowledge through ethical storytelling, visual literacy and advocacy. Faculty facilitate these projects by guiding students through methods of ethical narrative construction, media production and communication in activist promotion. Collaborations with York University’s media labs, journalism faculty and environmental NGOs may enrich the experience.
Partner Involvement
Share effective storytelling techniques, offer critique on student projects and provide media platforms or case studies.
Other Options to Explore
Studio Work, Guest Speaking, Field Trips, Labs, Workshops, Case Studies, Research Design, Simulations.