Sean Holman on Facing Facts and Holding Onto Hope as the World Burns
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Sean Holman @Seanholman founder and lead of the Climate Disaster Project @cdp_community talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the past and future of the media's climate coverage, fighting fires with facts and sharing stories to save the future. Shownotes: 5:00 Welcome Sean Holman. Why he challenged journalists to do better in their climate coverage. 10:57 The challenge of news cycles moving faster than science 15:10 “There is a lot that we can individually do about combat climate change creating collective action around that. as an example In the United States if everyone switched from eating beef to beans the United States would have actually met the greenhouse gas targets that were set by Obama.” 16:34 "“Almost all of us are climate disaster survivors in one way shape or form but many of us are also perpetrators of climate change as well in our individual lives.” 17:01 Climate impact on the oceans. 21:53 Climate impact on the economy 23:44 How the smoke from the 2017 BC Wildfire season changed the way he saw the world 26:40 The origins of the Climate Disaster Project and the importance of creating community 29:33 What gives Sean Holman hope Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas. * Join the Pod......https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll * Spotify...............www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana * Apple Podcasts.........www.skaana.ca * The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor).........www.orcabites.com - * Skaana home......www.skaana.org * Skaana on Medium......www.orcatales.com * Our Latest Orca Videos...www.jpod.news - * Facebook............https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ * Twitter...............https://twitter.com/leirenyoung * Instagram............https://www.instagram.com/skaanapod/ Support Our Guest * Share your story: https://climatedisasterproject.com/share-your-story/ * Sean Holman's open letter to the media on how to improve climate coverage https://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2019/05/28/Start-Reporting-Climate-Change-Emergency/ * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/climatedisasterproject/posts/pfbid02JCusgzYCq8smYQY4eKMfG1DwcQp28VUvZKJDzyac8WuCR54y9Hs3duzYecCxZPnml * Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdp_community/status/1669849939822907393 * Mastodon | https://mastodon.social/@climatedisasterproject/110556503719617598 For more on the climate disaster project  * Official website: https://climatedisasterproject.com/ * The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/Surviving-In-Their-Own-Words/
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