Chasing Connections in Climate Action

There is scientific consensus on climate change and its human cause, but how to understand and address global warming remains a divided topic in American life. Art and religion are two lenses through which new perspectives on climate change might be discovered. In this episode, we talk to photographer James Balog and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about how their work creates connections across different ways of knowing, such as art, science, or religion. How can these connections—along with a better understanding of influences such as personal geographies and socioeconomic backgrounds—inform meaningful ways to confront climate change?

Resources:

·  Visit Katharine Hayhoe’s website for more of her work and links to her social media.

·  Visit James Balog’s website and the Earth Vision institute to learn more about James.

·  Extreme Ice Survey: James’s innovative, long-term photography project to give a visual voice to the planet’s changing ecosystems.

·  Read James’s new book, The Human Element: A Time Capsule from the Anthropocene

·  Watch James’s movies, The Human Element and Chasing Ice.

·  Read Katharine’s new book, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

·  Watch Katharine’s Global Weirding: Climate, Politics, and Religion videos on Youtube