Climate Fiction: How Stories Can Shape Our Future with Steve Willis

Creating optimistic and realistic narratives about the future is essential for inspiring collective action against climate change.

In this episode, we meet Steve Willis, an author and innovator, who discusses his climate fiction novel "Fairhaven," which explores solutions to pressing environmental challenges.

Steve emphasizes the need for large-scale projects to address the climate crisis and highlights the potential for industries traditionally seen as part of the problem, like oil and gas, to contribute to the solution. The conversation delves into the importance of fostering dialogue between the traditional energy sector and renewable solutions, as well as the role of storytelling in shaping a compelling vision for the future.

Takeaways:

• Creating optimistic and realistic narratives about the future can inspire collective action.
• The oil and gas industry must adapt to meet climate challenges and leverage their resources.
• The importance of engaging diverse voices in the dialogue about climate solutions cannot be understated.
• Despair in the face of climate change leads to inaction; hope can ignite progress.
• We need multi-million dollar projects to combat climate change at the necessary scale.
• Fiction can be a powerful tool to visualize and communicate potential climate solutions.

Links referenced in this episode:

• storiesforthefuture.com
• Herculean Climate Solutions
• Fairhaven: A Novel of Climate Optimism
• Fairhaven on Amazon

Get in touch with Steve on LinkedIn

The chart and LinkedIn post mentioned in the episode