poetry + environmental science + community =
a joyful rising in our climate-changed world
News & Upcoming Events:
The applications for our inaugural gathering will open this coming Monday, April 13! For more information, visit this page.
Our next generative session will feature David George Haskell and is set to happen on Sunday, March 29. You can register for this free session here.
The Dark Mountain Project recently published an essay on the origins of Hellbender called “A Story in Three Floods.” You can read that piece here.
Hellbender’s first collaborative effort—a short documentary with the intention of speaking for the Swannanoa River a year after Hurricane Helene—was featured in Orion Magazine. Read about that project and watch the film here.
Announcing Our 2026 Poetry Faculty
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David Baker
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Camille Dungy
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Jane Hirshfield
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Tim Seibles
We believe in the transformative power of poetry to rise up during these most challenging times, and we nurture those who are determined—hellbent—to find words that protect, repair, and bear witness to this earth and our non-human kin of plants and animals.
Come. Join us.
Alone, each of us is one person. But together we are a chorus of voices heard over the coming storms.
