The Environmental Storytelling Studio (TESS)

THE IDEA

The Environmental Storytelling Studio (TESS) is a writing initiative and studio that helps academics marry scholarship with storytelling, so their work more artful and more accessible to a wider audience. TESS was founded by Kerri Arsenault & Bathsheba Demuth, with the support of The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, and the first studio was held in May 2023 at Brown University.

THE UPDATE

In 2024, TESS continues as an independent entity in 2024. This allows us to bring our studios to any institution, organization, or classroom, making our work more mobile, more accessible, more global, and more flexible.

ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES? 

Environmental stories are about the complex relationships among living beings and nonliving elements, and the impact of those relationships. We consider the examination of these relationships the most pressing issue of our time.

Here are some stories and books we love, appreciate, admire, and/or recommend!