Category: Climate Change
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Putting Into Practice the Principles of Effective Climate Change Communication
Thank you for coming to my workshop at the 2025 Midwest Climate Resilience Conference! Here are the references, grouped by section of the session. You can also download my slides and the worksheet (Word document or PDF version) we used. If you have trouble accessing any of the papers below, feel free to email me…
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In the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, Taking Small Steps Toward Healing Our Relationship with Nature
In the Anthropocene, to pay attention to nature is to fall in love, only to watch your beloved fade away. To marvel at the wonders of the present, only to yearn for the far more abundant past. To live in comfort, only to realize that your stability is a house of cards—and a windstorm is…
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Bird, Tree, and Me: Resolutions for the Climate Crisis
By Scott Hershberger Note: A previous version of this piece was a winner of the 2023 University of Wisconsin–Madison Sustainability Writing Awards, and I was interviewed about the piece on an episode of the SustainUW podcast (starting at 12:15). Eastern Wood-PeweeHi, friend! As you rise from slumber this serene spring day, I belt out my…
Scott Hershberger 