Communication
How to Communicate About Climate Actions
There are several, even many, great websites out there about how to communicate to friends, families, and others about climate change – and today’s crisis. This site references those, but we focus here on how to communicate and encourage climate *action.* Once people understand climate change, how do we help move folks’ mindsets away from neglect or doom to actual action? Every single 0.001 difference in a climate degree helps protect not only us, but plants, insects, mammals and other types of life, who deserve life as well. Every single action counts. Further, we can help show others the more impactful actions available.
Climate Steps: Communication
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Talk about climate.
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Climate Communication Articles
Communicating with industry to mitigate climate change
Communication, Industry, Interviews, Minimization/mitigation, Politics Can we successfully communicate with industry about their greenhouse gas emissions? In May, 2024, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego reported...
Our Own, Amazing Lisa Howard!
Our own Lisa Howard, CSteps' website designer (YAY!), a good friend, and the California State Coordinator for Citizen Climate Lobby (CCL), is interviewed here in this podcast, and she is Marvelous. The first 30 minutes is about communication about climate change,...
How to Create an Impactful Ripple Effect through Effective Communication
As the world continues to warm, we must take whatever steps we can to slow down and then stop that process. And although we as individuals can definitely take worthwhile steps, we can achieve greater success if more of us participate. Luckily, we can influence other...
Better access to fresh, local food helps your community fight climate change
A wonderful, essential concept to build your community around is food. There are three main areas in which we can do so. First, by working with our neighbors to improve our community’s access to local, fresh food, we can spend more time in healthy environments while...
Pollinating Ideas and Planting their Seeds
We are in the first week of June and the global atmospheric CO2 level is 424.44 ppm, as compared to 420.69 ppm a year ago. When I was born in 1954, the average was 313.20 ppm. For the past several weeks, there've been statements from scientists at the United...
An Earth Day 2040 Climate Vision for a Healthy Planet
Note from Climate Steps Founder and Editor, Dr. Annette Olson: We welcome Dr. Krista Kurth as a regular contributor to Climate Steps. She will be sharing her articles with us, as well as on her own site: https://www.climateactionforeverydaypeople.com/. As you can...
Videos About Climate Change Communication
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About Climate Change Communication
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Useful links:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/toolkit.htm
Cranky Uncle’s HomePage! Yes, it’s an app about how to approach your cranky uncle:
https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/whats-wrong-with-the-way-we-communicate-climate-change
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2017/08/Climate-Outreach-IPCC-communications-handbook.pdf
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/communicating-climate-change-focus-framing-not-just-facts