Listening, Sound, and Art: Transforming Climate Anxiety into Hope

Our guest-hosts today are Peterson Toscano & Elise Silvestra of Citizen's Climate Radio, bringing together voices exploring how emotional honesty, sound, and art can open pathways from climate despair to collective action. Guests include Kate Schapira, a writer and educator from Rhode Island who has run the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth, inviting people to share their fears and hopes about the climate crisis since 2014. Kate's new book is Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth. Next guest is Barbara Wankollie, a Liberian student at Bucknell University, who created a moving climate-themed soundscape as part of a course connecting music and climate studies. Final guest is Carrie Ziegler, a community-engaged artist in Olympia, WA, sharing the story of the Chrysalis Project: Transforming Together, an online collaborative climate art campaign. The final segment is a good news story from Tucson, AZ, where students passed a school district climate resolution—proof that youth leadership makes a difference. To learn more about Citizens Climate Radio, visit their blog. Learn how you can engage in meaningful climate work by visiting Citizens Climate Lobby. Learn more about Peterson at his website.