Climate Journaling in the End Times

with Callum Angus

First Tuesdays April-July (April 1, May 6, June 3, July 1) 5-7PM Pacific over Zoom
(A recording will be made available to all registrants for a limited period afterwards.)

The title of this course is a bit of a misnomer. However much grief and rage you may feel in this moment when those in power continue to gaslight the masses and perpetuate genocide and ecocide against our loudly stated wishes, there is still more future to be had. Writing about the climate—that is, a sustained and regular practice of journaling, drawing, record keeping, and writing poems about the changes you notice to the environment around you—helps process feelings of helplessness and rage, grief and nostalgia, and encourages a feeling of agency. Having a written record of even the most mundane places—the weeds along the railroad tracks on your commute; the rewilding superfund harbor; the public park, the empty lot, the fallow field—is not only emotionally useful, but it keeps track of the small changes to our everyday that go unnoticed or unremarked upon. Something as simple as noting the temperature and describing the sunset, when repeated overtime, can give texture to remembrances of how you spent your days. These events might happen for the last time or the first time, but noting their coming and going is worthwhile.

Together we will share our observations and practice different strategies of climate journaling in order to build a shared record of climate change, one that will help us remember the past and navigate the future in the places we live.

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Pricing:

The following payment model is inspired by and borrowed from the payment model of Bayo Akomolafe’s class, We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks.

This workshop offers a sliding scale based on your relative financial standing. In an effort to reflect disparity in economic condition and access to wealth, the following payment system is designed for those with more wealth to help cover the costs of those with less access to wealth and resources. We trust your discernment of your current financial situation and how you fit into the global economic context.

As you decide what amount to pay, please consider your present-day financial situation governed by income, but also the following factors: historical discrimination faced by your peoples; your financial wealth (retirement/savings/investments); your access to income and financial wealth, both current and anticipated (how easily could you earn more income compared to other people in your community, country, and the world; are you expecting an inheritance); people counting on your financial livelihood including dependents and community members; the socio-economic conditions of your locale (relative to other places in your country and in the world); your relationship to food & resource scarcity.

$250 Partner

$175 Supporter (Note: This amount reflects the “real” value of this course.)

$100 Companion

$50 Friend

Scholarships are also still available for anyone needing further financial assistance. Please email Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com for more info, or if you are feeling challenged in any way by the financial requirements of participation.

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Callum Angus is a writer, editor, and literary organizer who believes publishing can still have a soul and make a difference in the world. He is publisher of smoke and mold, a literary journal invested in the narrative possibilities trans lives bring to our changing nature-culture. Based in Portland, he can be found teaching online and in person, and working in the garden. His first story collection, A Natural History of Transition (Metonymy Press, 2021) was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Fiction, the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, and an Oregon Book Award. His nonfiction chapbook CATARACT was published in 2024 by Fonograf Editions. His work has appeared in Joyland, Orion, Nat. Brut, and elsewhere, and he writes the newsletter Sex Weather Climate Death, monthly(ish) meditations on a body and the planet in transition.