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Climate Reality: Understanding and Taking Action

Explore the scientific consensus on climate change, address pluralistic ignorance, and discover ways to cope with eco-anxiety through positive actions. Join the movement for a sustainable future!

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Climate Reality: Understanding and Taking Action

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  1. An Adaptation of the Climate Reality Slideshow • Kathy Washienko, FJV ‘90-91 • JVC Northwest OrientationAugust 8, 2019

  2. Eco-Anxiety • Let’s acknowledge it. • But not let it paralyze us.

  3. Turn to person sitting next to you. • Spend ~30 seconds each.Something positive you’ve seen or heard about clean energy or clean transportation or energy efficiency, etc. in last year. (Big or small . . . )

  4. Which comes closest to your own view? • Most scientists think global warming is happening • There is a lot of disagreement among scientists about whether or not global warming is happening • Most scientists think global warming is not happening • Don’t know enough to say

  5. What is the Scientific Consensus? • 97% • While 97% of climate scientists are convinced that human-caused global warming is happening, most Americans are unaware of this scientific consensus.https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/even-americans-highly-concerned-about-climate-change-dramatically-underestimate-the-scientific-consensus/

  6. “. . .Improving people’s estimates of the scientific consensus can have cascading effects on their beliefs that climate change is happening and human caused, which then increases their sense of worry, and in turn increases their support for climate policy.” • https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/even-americans-highly-concerned-about-climate-change-dramatically-underestimate-the-scientific-consensus/ • the-scientific-consensus/

  7. Pluralistic Ignorance • People tend to misjudge what the beliefs and actions of others actually are • People underestimate how many other Americans believe climate change is happening (69% actually do).https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/americans-underestimate-how-many-others-in-the-u-s-think-global-warming-is-happening/

  8. One Way to Help:Talk to your family & friends about climate.Research shows climate conversations lead to greater acceptance of climate science.

  9. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/01/climate/us-biggest-carbon-polluter-in-history-will-it-walk-away-from-the-paris-climate-deal.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/01/climate/us-biggest-carbon-polluter-in-history-will-it-walk-away-from-the-paris-climate-deal.html

  10. www.wearestillin.com

  11. The Sunrise Movement https://www.occupy.com/article/can-blue-wave-deliver-green-new-deal

  12. Best Way of Coping with Eco-Anxiety • Taking Action! • Quoting Duncan Geerettps://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/b2e7ee32-ad28-4ec4-89aa-a8b8c98f95a5 • “Firstly, make climate change a factor in the decisions you make around what you eat, how you travel, and what you buy.” • “Secondly, talk about climate change with your friends, family and colleagues.” • “Finally, demand that politicians and companies make it easier and cheaper to do the right thing for the climate.” • Quoting Me, Kathy Washienko? Reverse the above order.

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