Making Art for the Land that You Love with Ranae Hanson

About

Ranae visits us to discuss the topic of climate trauma and shares ways that you can use art as an effective response.An educator, writer and committed climate advocate, Ranae Lenor Hanson taught writing and global studies at Minneapolis College for thirty-one years.

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More about Ranae from her website:

“My roots are in the northeastern wilderness watersheds of Minnesota and in the headwaters of the Mississippi where I was born. Prairie grasses and native flowers filled my St. Paul yard. I am finding my way into community with my new neighbor plants and animals when I’m at the home in Seattle that my children and I are developing. I explore with others ways to protect and delight in all our watersheds.

I was born into a community of story-tellers; stories have been a way to explore, discover, comfort, and embolden. We know that the waters have stories. What I learned from the wilderness woods and waters, I have tried to pass on to others. What I have learned from the stories my students and others have offered to me has enriched my world and understanding.

After getting a BA in literature and writing and then a PhD in cross-cultural education, I taught writing and global studies at Minneapolis College for 31 years. Since becoming Type 1 diabetic, I’ve discovered ways that personal body troubles can parallel ecosystem distress and help us rise to the challenge of both.

I work for ecological justice and effective responses to climate trauma with my family, my students, my local Transition Town, Minnesota 350.org, Seattle 350.org, Quaker communities, the Minnesota Women’s Press, Climate Land Leaders – just about anyone who is willing to collaborate with me.”

Her award winning book, Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress, was published by the University of Minnesota Press and will be available to purchase onsite this evening.

Read more about the book and order online here.