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Session 1
Wednesday, May 20
9:30AM - 11:00AM
Mobilizing Action on Climate during a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Climate Leaders
Harshan Radhakrishnan (attendee):
Climate Ready BC,
Andrea Reimer (guest speaker):
The book I mentioned in my remarks is A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit. Please consider buying it from an independent book seller. There are several great independent e-book sellers.
Final couple of books I would suggest reading to think about cultural narrative and the human face of the future: The Patch by Chris Turner and The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Another great read (article not a book) . Thanks to Vince Verlaan who passed it along.
Cathy Buckley (attendee):
Also The Future We Choose is amazing.
Julien Thomas (event co-organizer):
Also The Great Derangement by Amitav Gosh
Kamyar Razavi (co-organizer and event speaker):
Solutions journalism series:
, in the National Observer (note: National Observer is a media sponsor for ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Climate Change Reset event, and FNF lead reporter Emilee Gilpin will be speaking at the June 10 event
Tzeporah Berman (guest speaker):
stand.earth/safe
Mark Vardy, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Adaptation to Climate Change team:
Link to library of publications:
Tara Mahoney (co-organizer and event speaker):
Session 2
Wednesday, May 27
9:30AM - 11:30AM
Communicating Urgency: Motivating and Equipping the Public for Climate Action
Shane Gunster (speaker):
(as linked through the equality trust, a UK think-tank)
The on CBC radio
NYT story on
CCPA piece about
Globe story about
Kamyar Razavi (speaker):
Value-action gap
Barriers to engagement
Fear, efficacy, conflict
Hart & Feldman, (2014)
Kim Witte (1992),
CCPA report on
Tara Mahoney (co-presenter for Session 5 & Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication for the David Suzuki Foundation):
Tara Moreau (attendee):
Great book about imagination and ideas to create a future we want by Rob Hopkins
Session 3
Wednesday, June 3
9:30AM - 11:00AM
Activating Compassion and the Creative Spirit at a Time of Crisis
Oliver Lane (moderator):
Olive Dempsey (co-presenter):
bell hooks, All about love
Alice Walker, Living by the word
Kendra Fanconi (co-presenter):
Mike K (attendee):
Session 4
Wednesday, June 10
9:30AM - 11:00AM
Climate Justice and Over-Targeted Communities: Investing in Resilience
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