Communicating about Climate Change

Session 10: Communicating About Climate Change

Essential Questions:

• How do we talk with people who don't believe in climate change?
• What are some effective techniques to for talking with a group about climate change
• What are things to avoid when talking to someone with a different perspective?

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Rick's Rap: George Marshall, news

Gathering:  "One word to describe my experiences in talking to another person about climate change is..."

Videos: (1) "Are our brains wired to Ignore Climate Change," George Marshall, You Tube Marshall/Youtube
            (2) "How and How Not to Communicate about Climate Change," Yale Climate Connections , 2017 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/15f3a383c5e3cc6e?projector=1
            (3) " The Secret to Talking about Climate Change," Yale Climate Connections link to video

Exercise: "In Common"
Exercise: "Concentric Circles"

Brainstorm: Effective strategies that one can use in speaking with someone with a different idea

Video: George Marshall, "How to talk to a climate denier," YouTube, 2012 Marshall/Youtube

Exercise: Role Plays

Closing: Something that I learned today was...


Resources:
• Matt Newfield, "5 Tips for talking about climate change: A guide for the holidays," Flickr Creative Commons 5 Tips
•  EcoAmerica, 2016, "Let's talk Communities and Climate : Communication Guidance for City and Community Leaders,"Path to Positive Communities. Washington. D.C. EcoAmerica
• "Your Climate Change Conscience," 8/8/17 click here

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.
                        Red Auerbach