Stream the Climate Consciousness Summit!
Wanted to tune into the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024 but didn't have time? This weekend only, you can stream all the summit keynote conversations for free by registering here!
Listen to more than 30 speakers including Indigenous activist Tiokasin Ghosthorse; poet Lyla June Johnston; psychotherapist Francis Wheeler; grief-rage ceremony leader Kritee (Kanko); and climate scientist Karen O’Brien, who is pioneering new theories of quantum social change.
“I’ve felt so moved and inspired by the incredible stories of courage, resilience and wisdom shared by our speakers,” said Matthew Green, DeSmog’s global investigations editor, who is a co-host of the summit. “If you’re needing an antidote to climate despair, this is the place to be this weekend.”
You can read abridged versions of key interviews published by DeSmog below.
Q&A: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of Your Voice. Because It Will Make a Difference.’
— By 12 min. read —
Lucy von Sturmer and Duncan Meisel are building communities of creatives dedicated to preventing the advertising and public relations industry from casting polluters as climate saviours.
Q&A: How a Former ExxonMobil Employee Confronted the Climate Disinformation Machine
— 7 min. read —
Former ExxonMobil climate scientist Lindsey Gulden: “It was after I was fired for reporting a garden variety fraud that I really sat back and thought about the implications for climate change.”
Q&A: How Refugees Are Regaining a Sense of Agency as Climate Impacts Bite
— 11 min. read —
Immad Ahmed explains how “human-centered design” is helping displaced people in South Sudan and Bangladesh overcome daunting odds.
Q&A: Meet the Lawyer Fighting To Pry the ‘Jewel’ From ExxonMobil’s Crown
— 15 min —
Melinda Janki wants to protect her home country of Guyana from the harms caused by Big Oil.
Q&A: Cold War Foes Made Treaties to Limit the Spread of Nukes. Could a Similar Approach Wind Down Fossil Fuels?
— 14 min —
Canadian environmentalist Tzeporah Berman makes the case for a “bold idea” to end the era of coal, oil and gas.
