Saving Lives: Reframing Climate Change around Health, Wellbeing, and Livelihood

The presentation "Saving Lives: Reframing Climate Change around Health and Livelihood" makes the case for reaching out to conservative audiences so as to widen the political space for the necessary social-economic transition. It takes a critical look at climate change messaging to date, identifies its shortcomings, and, drawing on the cognitive sciences, outlines a human-centerd communication that acknowledges the threats, demonstrates agency and inspires empathy.

Killing Us Sotly: Women, Advertising, & Sustainability

Advertising shapes so much of what we believe and aspire to. What if those images are so contrived and without a basis in reality that they are not really achievable, except through extreme self-deprivation and photo-shopping? Participating in the glamor game is unsustainable on so many levels. What connections do you see to sustainability in this presentation?