Fear of the Flood
Maria Trafford |
TEDxJohnLyonSchool
• October 2019
Why do we always focus on human concerns when we read stories? English teachers are great at pointing out inherent prejudices in a text when it comes to gender, race or class. What about the Planet?
Maria Trafford, teacher of English Literature for 30 years in Secondary Schools, explores the eco-friendly possibilities of reading texts with the Earth’s concerns at the centre of our interpretation.