Workshops & Seminars

ASLE is pleased to list workshops or seminars that may be of interest to our members.  To post a listing for your event here, please send relevant information to the ASLE Managing Director, including registration deadlines and contact information.

Wilderness Society Nature Writing Workshop

The Wilderness Society will be hosting a three day nature writer’s intensive with authorJanisse Ray at The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center from September 29th to October 2nd, 2011. The workshop is for writers committed to communicating the importance of place -- where you live, where you hike, where your drinking water comes from – and what matters about its present and future state. Participants will spend their time engaged in both dialogue and writing exercises in a spectacular natural setting with one of the south’s most eloquent voices on this subject. Janisse Ray is the award winning author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood of which the New York Times said, “the south has found its Rachel Carson.”

The Mountain is located in western North Carolina near the town of Highlands and borders the Overflow Wilderness Study Area. Included in the workshop agenda will be hikes into Overflow as well as evenings with special guests such as regional authors Thomas Rain Crowe, John Lane, and Barbara Duncan.

Early registration fee for this workshop is $450 per person, and includes 3 nights of doubleoccupancy lodging, as well as all meals and workshop materials. For more information about the Center, go to http://mountaincenters.org. For more information or to join us this fall for this unique opportunity, please contact Jill Gottesman at jill_gottesman@tws.org or call 828-587-9453.

Write about the Environment for Magazines

A 6-week online course led by veteran environmental writer Wendee Holtcamp is offered on a regular basis throughout the  year. Check www.wendeeholtcamp.com/nature.htm  for class start dates and more detailed information. The interactive course is geared to meet writers where they’re at - whether you’re an aspiring writer, or an established pro wanting to break into more “green” markets (environment, science, outdoor travel) or make more money writing. The class includes weekly assignments with instructor feedback plus invaluable resources including Q&As from editors at magazines like Sierra, Audubon, Orion, Mother Jones, Smithsonian and more.

Deadline to register is one week before class start date. The class is run through email, via a Yahoogroup, and includes weekly assignments and resources.

For more information please contact Wendee Holtcamp:
bohemian@wendeeholtcamp.com
281-798-8417
www.wendeeholtcamp.com