Care about the world, but find the climate conversation, well, a bit, meh? You’re not alone. Your brain isn’t optimised to process the climate crisis, but finding a personal connection with it can make it easier, says neuroscientist Dr Kris De Meyer. Tune in to this week’s Climate Quickie to understand the psychology of climate change and unleash your inner activist.
Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to the full Climate Curious episode with Kris on ‘Why there’s much more to climate action than reducing your carbon footprint’: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/climate-curious-why-theres-much-more-to-climate-action-than-reducing-your-carbon-footprint/
Grab your tickets for TEDxLondon, October 2nd: https://tedxlondon.com/bb2022/
About the author
Maryam is the Director and Curator of TEDxLondonWomen and TEDxLondon, co-host of ‘Climate Curious’ podcast and has been working on TEDx events since 2011. The world is full of fascinating ideas, knowledge and theories, but they are too often complex, abstract or hidden away. Maryam wants to give these ideas the chance to change the world. Through her company, X Equals, she works with organisations and individuals to give life to their ideas through storytelling, pitch coaching and events design and curation. Maryam is also a Visiting Fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford.
