wrote that for most people the phrase “climate change” is just white noise. We know it’s out there, but it is often hard to relate to the mundane details of our daily lives.
describes the climate crisis as one “of culture and thus of the imagination”. But if it is a question of “imagining the unthinkable”, as Ghosh puts it, we’ve also been slow to ignite our human creativity to go beyond the doomsday scenarios and begin to envisage an alternative and better future.
time bomb and asks what it is. Something that will be dangerous, her mother says, if it’s not dealt with before it’s too late:to hear what her mother will say. Beyond facts people need to see themselves in the complexity of the story; to see their daily lives reflected in what’s happening and what is possible. First-person stories of impact and positive change, likerestorative approach to land use show how transformative action demands personal ownership. To cut through the “white noise” people need to know what agency they have.