Climate Language
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Last year, the term 'climate crisis' was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
The words we use to talk about the environment are evolving. But could they motivate us to take action?
On this bonus episode, we bring you a guest story from the podcast Living Planet about the relationship between language and the environment. Plus, a behind-the-scenes conversation with one of Living Planet's hosts.
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| 1:04.3 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, |
| 1:09.1 | the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 1:15.3 | Last year, the term climate crisis was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. |
| 1:22.2 | Other terms like climate strikes, single use, carbon capture, and even smart charging were also recently added. |
| 1:31.7 | The words we use to talk about the environment are evolving, but could they motivate us to take |
| 1:38.3 | action? On this bonus episode, we bring you a guest story from the podcast, Living Planet. |
| 1:46.2 | Living Planet is a production of the German broadcaster Deutsche Vele, and it features environmental stories from around the globe. |
| 1:54.5 | Claire Wiley has our story for today, and stick around after it's over for a behind-the-scenes conversation with one of Living Planet's hosts, Sam Baker. |
| 2:06.8 | The so-called greenhouse effect is of CO2 are a cumulative dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. |
| 2:12.3 | The problem is global warming. Action for climate change. |
| 2:17.2 | Climate change is the global fight against climate change. Your first climate strike. |
| 2:22.7 | Climate justice. The climate crisis. Climate emergency. |
| 2:27.2 | That was a little trip down memory lane thanks to Elon Musk, Greta Tunberg, TED speaker, Chad Frischman, and Walter Cronkite on CBS from way back in 1980, |
| 2:37.8 | reminding us that we used to talk about the environment kind of differently. |
| 2:42.3 | I'm willing to bet it's been a while since you heard that 90s buzzword, greenhouse effect. |
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