Local Culture seeks the submission of undergraduate essays for its upcoming edition. Submission length should range from 1,500 to 8,000 words (approximately 5 to 20 pages, double-spaced). We welcome discussions related to any issue of sustainability or ecology, including but certainly not limited to arguments favoring/opposing a piece of ecological legislation, commentaries on environmental writers or works, interviews with figures in the contemporary sustainability movement, personal or narrative essays, research essays on the ecological views of an historical or philosophical figure, accounts of the sustainable (or unsustainable) practices of foreign cultures, works on environmental/sustainable economics and politics, non-technical scientific essays, local histories, appreciation pieces on lesser-known writers or artists from your area, and pieces related to any question of sustainability generally.

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