Developing Literacies through Place-Based Poetic Inquiry : A Curriculum of Movement, Travel, and Writing

Kulnieks' chapter celebrates the commons through poetry, song, travel, and movement. It examines how learners can develop a deeper understanding of intact-ecosystems through engaging in environmental learning over a course of time. In particular, Kulnieks uses his own poems in recounting a journey to the University of Saskatchewan, where Chet Bowers held his first academic appointment. By juxtaposing such inquiry with understandings of place, Kulnieks demonstrates the importance of local knowledge of, for example, food preparation as a way of strengthening the commons and reducing our environmental impact for the sake of future generations.