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Hello and welcome to speaking of psychology, a podcast produced by the American Psychological Association.

I'm your host,

Audrey Hamilton. In this episode, I talk with a psychologist about why climate change scientists,

communicators, and policymakers should be looking at older adults as an untapped resource for green thinking. A lot of the research has overlooked older people in the climate discussion.

I find that I'm either an aging whisper to climate groups

or a climate whisper to aging groups,

because both groups are sort of like ships passing in the night.

They're not talking to each other.

In fact, psychology research has shown that older adults are primed to think about their own legacies and future generations.

And while older adults also are more likely to vote and have time to act on climate change-related issues,

they are usually left feeling anxious, invisible, and undervalued. Mix Meyer, a professor of psychology at Bucknell University, has leveraged his work in gerontology, the study of aging,

into developing and evaluating effective climate action strategies for an aging world.

His graying green project works with climate communicators, climate scientists, and community

and business leaders to make older adults more visible, valued, and effective in climate action

strategies.

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