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If you can't imagine a future, how can you create it? The collective stories we tell ourselves have a powerful role in how we understand our climate agency, says Pip Wheaton, from the Planet & Climate team at Ashoka, on Climate Curious by TEDxLondon. Tune in to learn about Ashoka’s latest research which gives actionable insight on how to activate climate changemakers: making it personal, curating support, and realigning systems.  Recorded live at Skoll World Forum in Oxford. 

Further resources:
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Listen to more Climate Curious episodes on the psychology of climate action:
How cognitive dissonance impacts your climate agency, with Pip Wheaton 
Why you’re hardwired to dislike climate change, with Kris De Meyer
Why climate doomism needs to stop, with Josephine Latu-Sanft
What is the climate positive movement? with Jessica Kleczka 
Why mindfulness is key to climate action, with Sister True Dedication 
Why there’s much more to climate action than reducing your carbon footprint, with Kris De Meyer


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Created by TEDxLondon
Produced by Josie Colter
Edit, mix, master by Ben Beheshty
Curated by Maryam Pasha 
Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst 

 

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Kynan Tegar, an 18-year old filmmaker and Indigenous Dayak Iban, joins Climate Curious to unearth the truth behind Indonesia’s capital city relocation. Specifically, why the government’s move of the capital from Jakarta to Borneo – to become a so-called “sustainable forest city” – is a pipe dream. Kynan shares how the capital city move imperils Indigenous communities throughout Borneo that have stewarded the land successfully for centuries. Recorded live at Our Village NYC Climate Week. 

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Learn more about the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities: https://globalalliance.me/ 

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Nicknamed the 'Oscars of Oil’, this October, the biggest names in the fossil fuel industry will gather for the exclusive Oil & Money summit in London, slickly rebranded as the ‘Energy Intelligence Forum’. Robin Wells from Fossil Free London joins Climate Curious to share why Londoners want Oily Money Out. 

Learn more about Oily Money Out: https://www.oilymoneyout.uk/

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Drag artist, cultural icon, and general good egg – Cheddar Gorgeous – joins Climate Curious to share why drag artistry is the perfect trojan horse for climate action. Over to Cheddar to share why drag is an incredible medium to one, create spectacle and grab awareness, and two, disrupt the master narratives that dictate our society.

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Featured quotes from the episode: 

 🐴 "I always think of drag and as a bit of a Trojan horse. We tease you in. With an entertaining prospect, without enmeshment, and then we like to hit you with something maybe you're not expecting."

🤝 "Drag at its best drag at its best builds connection, to be a place where people can come together."

🎭 "Drag can disrupt the master narratives that dictate our society. I love drag that makes you look at yourself and look at the world in a different way. And that can be deployed in all sorts of exciting ways."

💖 "An activist is a very special kind of person. And the only attention they get is very negative attention, usually."

🛡 "Ironically, I think I actually face more abuse out of drag than I ever do in drag. I think people are a little scared to confront a seven foot tall, bald, human-looking creature, with sclera lenses. It's quite a good armour."

💌 "It's in forgiveness that you will really find the drive for action with one another. Because we have to work with one another."

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Living in Chile, Catalina Santelices regularly experiences firsthand the effects of a changing climate – droughts, floods, polluted food, ruined crops. That’s why Catalina co-founded Latinas for Climate, a movement that embraces young Latina identities and perspectives in climate action. Catalina joins TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious to share what’s going on in Chile, why we need an intersectional approach to climate justice, and how you can help support Latinas championing climate via HERO | herocircle.app.

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Read more about them and support on latinasforclimate.org

TEDxLondon Countdown is happening, October 17th, showcasing leading voices across the climate sector on the TEDxLondon stage.  Grab your tickets. 

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200 farmers, 100,000 trees, 100 hectares of restored land. The Cacao Project in the Philippines is a restorative agroforestry initiative working to build climate-resilient livelihoods for farmers. Founder Louise Mabulo joins Climate Curious to share what climate resilience is, how planting toward a full moon or burying a rock under root crops can generate a better yield, and why invisible knowledge might hold the key to helping us adapt our ecosystems to a changing climate. Recorded live at TED Countdown Summit 2023.

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Next time you look into your wardrobe instead of seeing clothes, brands, logos, maybe your favourite dress, dig a little bit deeper into the story behind the clothes. Fashion designer Amy Powney joins Climate Curious to delve into the problems surrounding our pursuit of cheap clothing, from health and pollution to landfills that are visible from space. Whether you shop at Primark or Prada, Amy shares the one key strategy everyone can apply now to make a positive impact. Recorded live at TED Countdown Summit 2023.

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Xiaojun “Tom” Wang grew up in the Chinese province of Shanxi, the world’s largest coal producer. Tom joins Climate Curious to share the devastating impacts of coal mining; air pollution, landslides, acid rain, soil degradation, whilst asking, what really is China’s strategy when it comes to climate? And as the world’s largest producer of renewable technologies, how can Shanxi, and China, break free from its coal addiction? Recorded live at TED Countdown Summit 2023.

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Climate success story alert! Fifteen years ago, Uruguay was experiencing an energy crisis; today, the nation produces 98 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. That’s thanks to the work of just energy transition leader, Ramón Méndez Galain and his team, a former particle physicist who charted the country’s transition to renewables as head of the country’s National Energy Agency. Ramón joins us to share how he did it, and how you can, too. This episode was recorded at TED Countdown Summit 2023.

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Indigenous communities protect, nourish and heal ancestral forests: 470 million Indigenous Peoples care for and manage 80 percent of the world's biodiversity, in fact. So why are their rights under attack from companies, miners and illegal loggers? Nonette Royo, a human rights lawyer and executive director at the Tenure Facility, an organisation providing financial and technical assistance to Indigenous Peoples to support their efforts to secure their land rights, joins Climate Curious by TEDxLondon to explain why. 

Learn more about The Tenure Facility: https://thetenurefacility.org/ 

Watch Nonette’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/nonette_royo_why_indigenous_forest_guardianship_is_crucial_to_climate_action

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