Fostering Student Resilience Through Climate Storytelling
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Presenters:Roberta Richards, Peter Ritson, Stefania Fergosi, Tuba Kayaarasi, and special guest Jason Davis
As the impacts of climate change grow, many students experience increasing levels of climate anxiety. In this session, members of PCC’s SPARC (Sustainability Curriculum Committee) team and guest speaker Jason Davis from the Climate Stories Project explore how climate storytelling can build student resilience and engagement. By focusing on personal experiences and local connections rather than overwhelming data, educators can humanize climate science and foster meaningful discussions in the classroom. Presenters share practical strategies, real-world examples from geography and chemistry courses, and funding opportunities to help faculty integrate climate storytelling and climate justice into their curriculum across various disciplines.
Presentation Outcomes
- Understand the value of climate storytelling in reducing climate anxiety and fostering student agency.
- Explore international and local examples of climate stories to use as educational tools.
- Learn strategies to connect course-specific concepts to human experiences and climate justice.
- Identify institutional resources, grants, and funding opportunities at PCC to support sustainability curriculum design.
- Discover how storytelling connects to PCC’s Climate Action Plan and broader community engagement efforts.
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