Our Approach
Through writer-in-residences, retreats, writing stipends, and our partnership with Milkweed Editions, The Lupine Collaborative catalyzes Black women, non-binary, and transgender climate and environmental writers to develop, create, and publish climate & environmental writing.
To achieve its mission, The Lupine Collaborative moves in the following ways:
Writing Retreats
The Lupine Collaborative hosts retreats that give writers space to rest, create, dream, imagine, and hone their craft in community.
In October 2024, we gathered at Lake Temescal Beach House in Oakland, CA for our inaugural writing retreat. Over 30 Black women, transgender, and non-binary climate & environmental writers gathered to dream, ideate, and write together.
Writer-in-Residence
We have partnered with Milkweed Editions to offer a yearlong writer-in-residence program designed to provide climate and environmental writers at all stages of their careers with financial and capacity-building support to work on their craft and to bring their writing to a larger audience.
Creative Grants
We provide writers with one-time grants to develop and complete their projects.