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The Department of Religious Studies, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies and Environmental Studies at the University of Oklahoma invite you to join us for a conversation with author and University of Oklahoma alumna Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on her publication, Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn from Nature's Mothers in a Time of Unraveling. Snacks will be provided. This event will take place on Tuesday, April 15th from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, in the Bartlett Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Mother, Creature, Kin is luminous nonfiction about the natural world from essayist Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder, who asks: what can other- than-human creatures teach us about mothering, belonging, caregiving, loss, and resiliency? In prose that teems with longing, lyricism, and knowledge of ecology, Steinauer-Scudder writes of the silent flight and aural maps of barn owls, of nursing whales, of real and imagined forests, of tidal marshes, of ancient single-celled organisms, and of newly planted gardens. The creatures inhabiting these stories teach us about centering, belonging, entanglement, edgework, homemaking, and how to imagine the future. Rooted in wonder while never shying away from loss, Mother, Creature, Kin reaches toward a language of inclusive care learned from creatures living at the brink.

On April 20th, 2023, Environmental Studies majors hosted a workshop on consumption and climate change. "Fighting Against Climate Change Today" highlighted how the choices we make in our everyday lives can change our carbon footprints.

Over the course of three sessions, attendees tested their knowledge of the "embedded carbon" in our food, sampled climate-friendly treats by a local coffee shop, and learned about the climate consequences of our personal transportation choices.

The F.A.C.C.T. workshop was organized by the Environmental Studies Learning Community class, which is part of the core curriculum for the Environmental Studies major.