Losing Alaska
this is an old episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, but it came up on my newsfeed today and is just as relavent today as it was five years ago, unfortunately. Ostensibly about glacial retreat in Alaska over the last thirty years, the discussion later delves into why people have such a hard time accepting and acting on climate change.
"It's very clear that just hitting people over the head with more and more and more data and graphs isn't working."
-George Marshall, author of "Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change
Audio and Transcript from NPR- Losing Alaska: Why Our Brains Weren't Made To Deal With Climate Change
"It's very clear that just hitting people over the head with more and more and more data and graphs isn't working."
-George Marshall, author of "Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change
Audio and Transcript from NPR- Losing Alaska: Why Our Brains Weren't Made To Deal With Climate Change