Communicating Climate Change Call-In Show #1

This time, instead of chatting to a special guest, listeners just like you are joining the conversation. It’s a Call-In Show!

Over the last couple of months, all kinds of voice messages have been submitted by listeners to act as a springboard for brainstorming, problem solving, and broader discussion around a range of climate communication challenges, observations, and questions. 

Through the course of this episode, we’ll dig into a number of them, exploring themes like greenwashing, backfire effects, and some other fundamentals of the craft. 

But we won’t just be pointing out flaws and failures. This is a show about solutions. So, I’ll be looking to a kaleidoscope of disciplines and perspectives, as well as the wisdom of previous Communicating Climate Change podcast guests, to find a path forward in each case.

If you want to leave a voice message of your own, whether to respond to a topic discussed in this episode or to raise a new one for consideration for the next call-in show, just head over to the Call-In Show page. It couldn’t be easier to get involved!

Guidance on submitting to the Call-In Show:

Step 1: Go to the Call-In Show page.

Step 2: Hit the “Start Recording” button.

Step 3: Describe your challenge, example, or observation.

Step 4: Hit the “Stop” button when you’re done.

Step 5: Enter your name and email if you want (it’s optional) and hit “Send”.

Step 6: Tune in to the Call-In Show to see if your message gets featured!

I can’t wait hear from you!

Additional links

See Ellie’s original post about the restaurant here

Read the original magazine article here (note that this has now been updated and no longer features the steak restaurant being discussed)

Check out the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency documentation for the Alpro and BrewDog cases

Explore the Creatives for Climate Greenwash Watch Training

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Alexandra Borchardt exploring climate journalism that works

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Jennie King digging into climate mis- and disinformation

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Harriet Kingaby on all things greenwashing

Here’s the Guardian article raised in Joseph’s call

Discover my foundational course in climate change communication on the Creatives for Climate community hub

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With John Marshall about climate messaging that works

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Thomas Coombes about hope-based communications

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Florencia Lujani about engaging the persuadables

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Funmibi Ogunlesi about communication framing

Read the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication article about pro-climate voters

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Kevin Green about behaviour change

Listen to Communicating Climate Change With Marcos Pelenur about what we can learn from behavioural insights