Hello, everyone

Our special event: A Conversation about the Climate Crisis is coming up next week, Oct. 24th at 6pm. In this event we want to hear from you. There is no speaker. This is planned as a discussion, a space where people concerned about the climate crisis can ask questions, share their views, learn from others, etc. We will have a general discussion, and then break out into separate rooms to discuss specific topics. Please join us! Here is the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuc-qsrjkqH9A3je048d2pfcfpLlabHhLl

NOTE: Register today because in the next day or two, we are going to send all registrants a survey to help determine what the break out room topics will be.

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Fine Tune Your BS Detector to Spot Climate Misinformation -- Nov. 13, 6pm central

Climate misinformation causes damage in a number of ways – not just confusing people about the reality of climate change but even reducing trust in science and civic engagement. Communicating facts – including fact-checking – is an important and common way to push back against misinformation. However, another powerful tool can neutralize misinformation across topics – critical thinking. Learning the tricks used to deceive helps people spot attempts to mislead them, and builds their “immunity” against being misinformed. Another powerful benefit of the critical thinking approach is that it conveys immunity across topics – once you know a misleading technique, you can recognize it whether it’s used in misinformation about climate change, health issues, or in political arguments. Critical thinking is a universal vaccine against misinformation. In this presentation, Dr. John Cook will delve into the research on countering misinformation using critical thinking and how it can be practically implemented in fact-checking as well as other applications such as misinformation games.

Thank you for your time! Hope to see you at these events!