Once again I will be offering an online introductory course on environmental communication through the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA). Environmental Communication: Research into Practice will run for 10 weeks from  September 15 to November 21.

The course will survey the following topics:

• Understanding the field of environmental and sustainability communication
• Environmental discourses
• Language and metaphors
• Narratives
• Message framing
• The visualization of environmental issues and sustainability ideas
• News media
• Advertising and popular culture
• Advocacy campaigns
• Social marketing
• Public participation in environmental debates

This course will be relevant to the following participants:

• current environmental communication practitioners who want to brush up
• anyone looking to work in the field of environmental communication
• environmental science professionals who want a better understanding of the many ways effective communication is relevant to environmental affairs
• graduate and higher level undergraduate students in communication, environmental studies and sciences, or other fields
• concerned citizens who want to explore this area

All the details about the course format, objectives, registration, etc. are on the course page on the IECA site.