Spencer Robins is a PhD candidate in the English Department. His research focuses on narratives of collective action and worldmaking in response to environmental change. He has also worked as a writer and researcher on projects with the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS). His writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and at kcet.org.
Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles is a creative film project that repurposes the game engine and design of the video game Grand Theft Auto V to explore possible eco-futures of Los Angeles in the year 2050.
California state parks are a tremendous, potentially underutilized resource to promote youth health. More than half of young people under 18 in California live within the “visitorshed” of one or…
LENS has partnered with KCET, the nation's largest independent public media company to produce engaging, research-driven environmental stories.
