This episode of Climate Chronicles is about different dimensions of climate change with a special emphasis on its psychological impacts on people. Our host, Ali and our guest, Kerem are having a conversation about climate anxiety. They are discussing it from the angles of individual experience and collective action by touching on the power of (small) stories in imagining a more hopeful future.
Download the transcript here.
Credits in this episode:
- The first stanza of Nazim Hikmet's poem Nerden Geldik Nereye Gidiyoruz? [Where Have We Come From Where Are We Going] (1962) was translated via an artificial intelligence chatbot.
- Night Moves (2013)'s trailer
- Fantastic Fungi (2019)'s trailer
- Robin Wall Kimmerer's books Gathering Moss (2003) & Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)
- Britt Wray's TED-talk
- Julia Leyda and Kathleen Loock's video essay
- For more useful resources about how to cope with the anxiety caused by climate change, click here.