Climate Stories Project
Storytelling is how we develop individual and collective identities that define the ends we seek... Storytelling is how we access the emotional, or moral, resources for the motivation to act on those ends.
- Marshall Ganz, The Power of Story in Social Movements
- Marshall Ganz, The Power of Story in Social Movements
Stanley Tocktoo and Sam Tocktoo at a Climate Stories Project workshop, Shishmaref, AK
Climate Stories Project gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives and to the positive actions we are taking in response. Often, we discuss climate change only from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, though, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on a personal and community level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a direct way.
How are you responding to climate change? Tell your story!
How are you responding to climate change? Tell your story!
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50 Climate Stories, 50 States
Climate Stories Project is launching a campaign to support the collection and sharing of climate stories from 50 people from all 50 US states. In this age of extreme political polarization, it may seem like climate change is only a concern for people from some states and from some political backgrounds. The goal of 50 Climate Stories is to demonstrate that people from the entire country and across the political spectrum are engaged with climate change, making detailed observations of how the changing climate is impacting their home places, and taking steps to respond proactively to the climate crisis. Your financial support enables the collection, editing, and sharing of 50 climate stories, and also supports the work of 10 student Climate Fellows who will receive training and financial support to become climate storytelling leaders in their own communities. Please donate to 50 Climate Stories today. Many thanks for your support! |
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Featured Story: Paul Leech, Cloughjordan, Ireland
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A Climate Stories Project interview with Paul Leech of Cloughjordan and Dublin, Ireland. Paul speaks about living in an eco-village, seasonal changes he has observed, and his hopes for a quantum change in human relations with the natural world.
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Are you a teacher? Climate Stories Project facilitates climate storytelling workshops with high school and college students! Please visit the education page and contact jason@climatestoriesproject.org for more details.
Here is a sample from the recently composed Climate Voices Suite by Jason Davis, which features the voices of five interviewees from around the world speaking about their personal responses to the climate crisis. You can receive access to the full piece when you submit your climate story and it is shared on the website. Click here for more Climate Music.