Category Archives: ALECC

 

Eco-lit in Portland

Jul 14

I’ve gone to quite a number of ASLE and ALECC conferences over the years. This year’s ASLE conference – its first post-pandemic gathering – was in Portland Oregon. Unusually for an organization that normally meets on campus in a smallish … Continue reading →

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Poetry walking in Saskatchewan

Jun 27

A week spent with environmental literati from around the country and beyond was stimulating, delicious and rather warm at times. The first ALECC conference since pandemic times was, as they say, an intimate affair – not everyone who could have … Continue reading →

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ALECC 2012 – Space + Memory = Place (days 4&5)

Aug 15

Saturday morning we repaired (by schoolbus) to the beautiful spaces at Okanagan College, where the luckiest presenters spoke in the curvy pod at the top of the stairs, but really everything was lovely there, including a fine breakfast of fresh … Continue reading →

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ALECC 2012 – Space + Memory = Place (day 3)

Aug 15

We began our Friday in a state of suspended animation, awaiting the arrival of various participants and speakers who were caught in a spectacular traffic snarl caused by a 3am accident that took down power lines in central Kelowna and … Continue reading →

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ALECC 2012 – Space + Memory = Place (day 2)

Aug 12

The conference got properly underway on Thursday, commencing with an afternoon reading by Cornelia Hoogland, who offered us her essay “Sea Level” which had been finalist in the CBC Nonfiction contest this year, and which opened things up with thought … Continue reading →

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