Climate Stories Project
Climate Stories Project is an educational and artistic forum for sharing personal stories about the changing climate. Sharing your climate story helps build an inclusive and effective movement to confront the climate crisis.
We facilitate climate storytelling workshops for organizations, communities, and schools! Please visit the workshop page for more details.
We are currently seeking K-12 and university educators to collaborate with us as we develop educational curriculum modules based on the Climate Stories Project format! Please contact us if you are interested or would like more details.
Stanley Tocktoo and Sam Tocktoo conducting a Climate Stories interview in Shishmaref, Alaska.
Become a Climate Stories Ambassador!Applications for the Spring 2025 Climate Stories Ambassadors cohort are open!
The online training dates are Thursday, April 3, Thursday, April 17, and Thursday May 1, all at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time. Are you excited about becoming an ambassador for climate storytelling in your community? Join Climate Stories Project and participants from around the world for a 3-part training series to learn about climate storytelling, develop interview skills, and record and share climate stories.
As a Climate Stories Ambassador you will:
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A climate story by Climate Stories Ambassador Ken Pitts of Portland, Oregon.
As an Ambassador, you'll record your own climate story and record 1-3 climate story interviews with people in your own community during a 6-week time span. Following the initial online training, you'll take part in two additional online meetings to discuss your progress with other Ambassadors and learn from each other about using climate storytelling to promote an effective response to the climate crisis.
Participation is free and open to all. Ambassadors who submit their own story and at least one interview will receive a certificate of completion of the Climate Stories Ambassadors initiative. |
Featured Climate Story: Dan Kriesberg, Bayville, New York
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This week we are featuring a climate story from Dan Kriesberg in Bayville, New York. Here Dan speaks about the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on his town and his recognition of the need to prepare for future climate impacts. Take a moment to listen to his story here!
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Climate Music
Climate Stories Project promotes art and music projects which engage with the climate crisis through stories.
Exponential is a solo bass and electronic music piece featuring the voices of Colby College students speaking about their personal responses to climate change. The students' stories were recorded as part of a climate storytelling workshop at Colby College in spring 2021.
Jason Davis, bass
Recorded by Joe Musacchia
Jason Davis, bass
Recorded by Joe Musacchia
Climate Stories Project is supported by the Earth Rising Foundation and fiscally sponsored by the Hitchcock Center for the Environment.