We all are immersed in culture, and influenced by culture, often without recognising its powerful effect on how we think.
behaviour change What is large-scale behaviour change? Climate change is a global crisis that requires international collaboration. As an individual you might feel small, thinking, “What can I do to help fight climate change?”. Your actions matter, but different types…
Climate denial What is climate denial? Climate denial is when people contradict, minimize, or find other ways to avoid the overwhelming evidence from climate science that global warming is real, human-caused, and largely the result of burning fossil fuels. To…
Climate education (k-12) Why do we need climate change K-12 education? Climate change education is necessary to address climate change, and is overwhelmingly supported across the world. While climate education is important across all levels of education, offering curricula during…
Climate justice and reparations What is climate justice? Climate justice refers to the need to redress the gross and continuing global injustices that: This situation of unequal impacts of global warming, along with the many ongoing debates on how to…
Climate stories & cli-fi What are climate stories? Today, climate stories are emerging in all genres and in all media, grappling with climate directly and indirectly. Climate stories are not only about oil, weather, the natural world, politics, science, colonialism,…
Confirmation bias What is confirmation bias? There is overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real, important, and human-caused. So why do many remain skeptical about climate change, or unmotivated to reduce its impact? Confirmation bias is the tendency to…
Healthcare policy in the climate crisis (United States) Why the climate crisis is a human health crisis The World Health Organization (2021) has declared the climate crisis “the single biggest health threat facing humanity.” The climate crisis threatens human health and well-being…
suicide risk in the climate crisis The relationship between the climate crisis and suicide There are many complex reasons for suicide, but research shows that climate change can be linked to rising suicide rates, making it an issue of global…
Talking to children about the climate crisis Why talk to children about the climate crisis We and our children are living in a world that has already been significantly altered through human actions, and will live with the impacts of…