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VIDEO
CLIMATE
COMMUNICATION
There’s a Better Way to Talk About Environmental Issues
Political pollster and strategist Frank Luntz, known for pioneering political focus groups, believes we can be having more productive conversations about climate change. "It doesn’t matter what you say," he says, "it matters what people hear." In this highly interactive talk, he shares the best verbal and visual
messaging to break through the logjam of polarized political discourse and generate meaningful movement among American voters.
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PODCAST
ECO ANXIETY
Climate Change and Mental Health
If we’re in a more positive headspace, we’re more likely to take environmental action, says scientist Alaina Wood, who is known for her TikTok video series "Good Climate News." She believes that we need to move away from narratives of climate doom and apocalypse in order to keep people engaged in activism. She’s joined by psychologist Thomas Doherty, who specializes in working with people on their concerns about the environment. "Hopelessness is in some ways a perceptual problem,"
Doherty says. "There's millions of environmental groups, there's tons of solutions happening, but we have a hope blind spot." NBC correspondent Gadi Schwartz moderates their conversation on eco-anxiety, environmental identity, and how to channel angst into action.
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VIDEO
ENVIRONMENT
Ending the Plague of Plastic
The 1869 development of plastic was a revolutionary technological shift that allowed humans to create beyond the confines of natural materials. But today, plastic is found in everything, everywhere — even in the most remote places on Earth. What can we do to end the plague of single-use
plastic, especially as recycling systems are failing? And how are corporations starting to take accountability for the waste they create? Hear from Laurel Zaima, education and outreach coordinator at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, as they discuss consumption, the transition away
from fossil fuels, and just how much plastic we ingest each week (hint: it’s the equivalent of a credit card).
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