Climate Stories Ambassadors
Spring 2026 Climate Stories Ambassadors Applications now Open!
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 free online training series to learn about climate storytelling, develop interview skills, and record and share climate stories.
As a Climate Stories Ambassador you will:
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.
As a Climate Stories Ambassador you will:
- Craft and share your own climate story
- Receive training and guidance to conduct climate story interviews
- Connect with other Climate Story Ambassadors from around the world
- Learn valuable environmental communication skills
- Promote an inclusive and effective movement to confront 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.
The three 90-minute training sessions are:
1) Thursday, April 23, 12 noon Eastern Time: Telling your Own Climate Story
2) Thursday, May 7, 12 noon Eastern Time: Conducting Climate Story Interviews
3) Thursday, May 21, 12 noon Eastern Time: Leveraging Climate Storytelling for Positive Change
It is strongly preferred but not required that you attend all three training sessions. If you'd like to apply for the Spring 2026 Climate Stories Ambassadors cohort, please fill out this application form.
1) Thursday, April 23, 12 noon Eastern Time: Telling your Own Climate Story
2) Thursday, May 7, 12 noon Eastern Time: Conducting Climate Story Interviews
3) Thursday, May 21, 12 noon Eastern Time: Leveraging Climate Storytelling for Positive Change
It is strongly preferred but not required that you attend all three training sessions. If you'd like to apply for the Spring 2026 Climate Stories Ambassadors cohort, please fill out this application form.
The Climate Stories Ambassadors initiative is open to anyone from all ages and walks of life. You'll come away with a deeper connection to climate change as a vital personal and community issue, and make local, national, and international connections with people passionate about the climate storytelling movement.
The Climate Stories Ambassadors initiative can also be adapted for classroom or organizational use. There is no fee for participation, but registration is required.
The Climate Stories Ambassadors initiative can also be adapted for classroom or organizational use. There is no fee for participation, but registration is required.
Testimonials from Former Climate Stories Ambassadors:
I realize how invaluable CSP is as a history archive chronicling first hand accounts of a changing climate at a most crucial time in human history. By collating personal, heartfelt stories through firsthand witnesses, it offers an accessible platform communicating Climate Change where science and the media often fails. The more people who are ambassadors the greater the outreach globally.
Jane F.
Invernessshire, Scottish Highlands, Scotland
Fall 2024 Climate Stories Ambassador
Jane F.
Invernessshire, Scottish Highlands, Scotland
Fall 2024 Climate Stories Ambassador
Not only did the Climate Stories Ambassadors program teach me how to interview others, it helped me find the words to describe my own emotions, hopes, and experiences. Through the program I started to recognize and value resources in my community that I previously took for granted. Through the interview process I reached beyond my own network and got to know and connect with other members of my community in a deeper way.
Kate T.
Cordova, Alaska
Spring 2024 Climate Stories Ambassador
Kate T.
Cordova, Alaska
Spring 2024 Climate Stories Ambassador
Here is the Climate Stories Ambassadors Welcome Packet.
Stories and interviews from our Spring 2025 Climate Stories Ambassadors cohort:
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Dick Stemper was interviewed by Climate Stories Ambassador, Dave Stemper. In this excerpt, Dick speaks about how climate change is affecting the types of outdoor activities he can do.
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Neil Shepard was interviewed by Climate Stories Ambassador, Valerie Esposito. In this excerpt, Neil describes his town of Johnson, Vermont and how the town was built along a river that now poses an existential threat to the area due to more frequent damaging floods. After a recent flood, locals came together to reimagine how the town could interact with the river in new ways going forward, which included relocating the town library and grocery store to higher ground.
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Ana Swetish was interviewed by Climate Stories Ambassador, Gabby Laipenieks. In this excerpt, Ana speaks about her love of outdoor recreation and how climate change is affecting her ability to be outdoors. She considers how when people feel connected to nature this can empower them to protect outdoor spaces.
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Meghann Law was interviewed by Climate Stories Ambassador, Emma Wilkins. In this excerpt from the interview, Meghann speaks about growing up and seeing garbage on the roadways and in the mountains near where she lived. This made her aware of the sheer amount of packaging waste people produce which spurred her to create a zero-waste store, allowing people to refill household and personal products.
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