Warrior Writers (5/3/13)

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🗓️ 9 May 2013

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The urgency of the climate crisis has compelled writers such as Bill McKibben and Antonia Juhasz to cross the line into advocacy. “Often facts can be disempowering” if it feels like there is nothing you can do, says Juhasz. “Understanding the direct human impact right now, the real facts, and the sense that you can do something about it” is what you need to get people to change she says. But convincing people is no longer the main battle, according to McKibben who says that “75% of Americans know that climate change is real and want something done about it.” The issue is making their voices heard against the influence of the resources of the fossil fuel industry. The answer to this, he says, is divestment. “We’re not going to bankrupt Exxon,” he says, “but we are going to start morally bankrupting them.” Juhasz agrees that “you can’t undermine the significance of the symbolism of divestment.” A discussion with two of the environmental movement’s leading communicators on speaking up and being heard. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on May 3, 2013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.9	them all. I'm Greg Dalton. Today we're talking with writers and advocates Bill McKibben and Antonia
1:10.6	Youhaz about the nexus between journalism and advocacy and the age of climate disruption.
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1:21.4	The urgency and scale of that imperative has compelled Bill McKibbin and other writers to cross the line into direct political action.
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