Climate Stories Ambassadors
Are you excited about building the climate storytelling movement and fostering personal communication around climate change in your community? If so, you should become a Climate Stories Ambassador!
One of the greatest barriers to an effective and inclusive climate change movement is the lack of everyday conversations between community members about the climate crisis, including observations of change, engagement with emotional responses, and envisioning positive ways forward. As a Climate Stories Ambassador, you'll receive training, structure, and guidance to tell your own climate story and to communicate with others in your community about their personal responses to the changing climate.
Here's what you'll do as a Climate Stories Ambassador:
Participate in an 75-minute online training to learn about strategies for effective climate storytelling. We'll discuss why sharing climate stories is an essential component of confronting climate change and what makes a great climate story, and learn skills for interviewing people about their climate story.
Plan, record, and share your own climate story. Brainstorm, write, and record your own story about your personal responses to the climate crisis.
Interview 3-5 people in your community about their personal responses to climate change. Reach out to 3-5 people in your community, including colleagues, family members, friends, or new contacts and interview them about their responses to climate change online, over the phone, or in person.
Communicate online with other Climate Stories Ambassadors. Participate in two online meetings with your fellow Climate Stories Ambassadors and discuss how the project is going.
Write a blog post about your experience as a Climate Stories Ambassador. Reflect on and share your experience as a Climate Stories Ambassador for the Climate Stories Project website.
One of the greatest barriers to an effective and inclusive climate change movement is the lack of everyday conversations between community members about the climate crisis, including observations of change, engagement with emotional responses, and envisioning positive ways forward. As a Climate Stories Ambassador, you'll receive training, structure, and guidance to tell your own climate story and to communicate with others in your community about their personal responses to the changing climate.
Here's what you'll do as a Climate Stories Ambassador:
Participate in an 75-minute online training to learn about strategies for effective climate storytelling. We'll discuss why sharing climate stories is an essential component of confronting climate change and what makes a great climate story, and learn skills for interviewing people about their climate story.
Plan, record, and share your own climate story. Brainstorm, write, and record your own story about your personal responses to the climate crisis.
Interview 3-5 people in your community about their personal responses to climate change. Reach out to 3-5 people in your community, including colleagues, family members, friends, or new contacts and interview them about their responses to climate change online, over the phone, or in person.
Communicate online with other Climate Stories Ambassadors. Participate in two online meetings with your fellow Climate Stories Ambassadors and discuss how the project is going.
Write a blog post about your experience as a Climate Stories Ambassador. Reflect on and share your experience as a Climate Stories Ambassador for the Climate Stories Project website.
The Climate Stories Ambassadors initiative is open to anyone from all ages and walks of life. There is no fee for participation. 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 use.
The Climate Stories Ambassadors initiative can also be adapted for classroom use.
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Kelly's interviews:
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A climate story from Climate Stories Ambassador Kelly Hydrick of Worcester, Massachusetts. Kelly speaks about some of her experiences with bees growing up and compares them with the experience that her two sons have since bees are disappearing, in part due to a warming climate.
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Sarika's interviews:
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A climate story from Climate Stories Ambassador Sarika from Gohana, India. Sarika speaks about her connections to the environment of here home region, and water quality and environmental decline due to climate change. She shares her concern for children growing up in her home area, who may not be able to experience the beauty of nature as she did.
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A climate story from Ambassador Kanika Prajapat from Churu, Rajasthan, India. Kanika speaks about her connection to her local landscape and some of the changes she is observing around her.
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Climate Stories Ambassador Anohar John speaks about his memories of fireflies in his region of Kerala, India, and his concern about the impacts of climate change on their populations.
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Sunset over Cerros la Ventolera
View of Cerros la Ventolera
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Climate Stories Ambassador Hannia Candelario speaks about her connections with the natural world around San José, Costa Rica, her observations of the impacts of the changing climate, and her pride in the efforts of Costa Rica to promote a healthy environment.
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Climate Stories Ambassador Muyunda Lindunda of Western Province, Zambia speaks about his observations of the changing environment around his home and how he is communicating with his son about the impacts of climate change.
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