What should we do about the notoriously problematic cost/benefit models for acting on climate change?
My simple answer: we need to tell better stories. They need to be deeply emotional and brave and truthful stories. We need to help people imagine: devastation, yes, but more so— VICTORY. As @DrKateMarvel said recently: facts don’t move people, stories do.
https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1228531957174157313?s=21 …https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1228531957174157313 …
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Better than stories, people talking to each other:https://twitter.com/NetZeroUK/status/1230876920973316096 …
0:43Another observer from our first weekend of#ClimateAssemblyUK,@KateGreenSU shares her thanks for all those working towards#netzero.
http://climateassembly.uk #ClimateAction#YoCA2020 pic.twitter.com/M0sHkF2NDB -
Human beings talking to each other as equals, in a deliberative setting, can produce the most powerful change. There are lots of reasons to be cautious about stories alone, when people don't invent the story being told. A set of notes from a while back: http://www.one-country.com/081Polletta.html …
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