I just wrote and published a book! Reclaiming the Climate Narrative – Using language, stories, and identity to move people to action. Nothing happens after you write a book. You get a few copies with which you can impress your friends and family. You can proudly place it on your [...]
Why So Much Reaction To Project 2XXX and So Little About Chorus 2026? I see a lot on social media about Project 2XXX and how bad it is. It is indeed dark. I read a lot about how the president is a Nazi, a fascist, and a dictator. He would [...]
Why are you paying to build pornographic storage data centers powered by dirty fracked gas? Language is the key to winning the political debate. Unfortunately, as climate activists build fact sheets on data centers, we have failed to learn the lessons of language and framing from conservatives. Do you [...]
Leapfrogging the era of carbon pollution There’s a maxim by Dr. George Lakoff, a neuro-linguist and professor emeritus at U.C. Berkeley that says, “All politics are moral. Our political debate is about what is right and wrong.” Instinctually, this is why many politicians and demagogs try to frame their [...]
- To Fight Right Wing Climate Fascism Follow Sefton Delmer (trigger warning – profanity ahead) In America, we now live in a full blown world of climate disinformation, propaganda, and political obstruction. The climate issue and politics are inextricably linked. One side has formed a coalition of fossil fuel [...]
When we look back at the election or the climate challenge, we will see that our success was determined by the stories we told. Politics and climate are now inextricably linked. So we can also apply the same observations about political stories to the stories we tell about the [...]
Why do Exxon Mobil and Donald Trump get to determine the fate of our children and a livable planet? Both use the language of violence. Both are a huge threat to our future and democracy. Both are connected. Our leaders are calling for us to calm our rhetoric in [...]
"For the first time in its history, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has named the spread of climate misinformation as an obstruction to climate action, particularly in the United States.[i]" The question becomes, how do we deal with this onslaught of misinformation and disinformation? The first step is [...]
I have a confession. I read eclectically, and a portion of what I read is absurd. I am fascinated by Bigfoot, aliens, and Elvis. It’s not that I believe in Bigfoot or aliens, but I am curious this may be a reality for others. I guess it makes me [...]
You can’t put together a review of “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” without mentioning Al Gore. That’s because the movie is more about Al Gore than it is about new climate revelations or solutions to global warming. In its simplest form, it is a movie of what has [...]
