Bringing personal stories to climate action: Our partnership with Change Narrative

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By Janiece Watts and Isak Kvam | February 25, 2025 Nick Haeg (left) and Anjali Bains (right) working on their climate stories during Fresh Energy’s fall retreat. In September 2024, Fresh Energy began an innovative partnership with Jothsna Harris, founder of Change Narrative, to explore how personal storytelling can strengthen our climate advocacy work. This collaboration comes at a crucial time …

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Society of Mother Earth (S.O.M.E)

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Society of Mother Earth (S.O.M.E) is an invitation to connect, particularly around climate. It is intended to foster relationships between humans and the environment and prompt healing in our broken world through performances, gatherings, and storytelling initiatives.  Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dYoBfrkTLao, a short film by Nick Kapanke Society of Mother Earth is a climate-action project of Oyate Hotanin (Voice …

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Change Narrative Receives 2023 Creative Climate Communications Award

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The Minnesota Climate Adaptation Awards, presented annually since 2014, celebrate exceptional achievements in leadership, education, research, policies, and practices that improve resilience or climate justice through the development, advancement, or implementation of climate adaptation strategies. We know that celebrating success and showcasing the actions and leadership of our peers can help to accelerate adaptation across Minnesota, and …

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Cracking Open the Possibility Of Joy: Collective Power Is Needed For Climate Healing

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Reflections on Climate Grief to Joy, Healing Circle Programming at Crosby Farm Park Written by Guest Author: Grace Generous, Intern at Change Narrative LLC. Originally Published in Mississippi Park Connection’s Annual Report 2022 The crisp October day welcomed us into the circle as we gathered in the clearing at Crosby Farm Park. Jothsna, Buffalo, Laura, …

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Change Narrative welcomes Grace, a Macalester College student interning this fall 🍂

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Grace invites the following reflection prompt while also sharing parts of her journey and what motivates her in this work… ~~~ What’s Your Favorite Memory From the Summer? ~~~ Mine is planting sunflowers 🌻 It was mid-July, 2021, and we were in the process of clearing overgrown weeds off walkways at the Danny Woo Community …

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The Importance of Storytelling

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CITY CLIMATE CORNER PODCAST Listen to the episode: https://www.cityclimatecorner.com/episodes/the-importance-of-storytelling Episode Summary: Climate change discussion is often filled with science, data, and graphs. But to move people, organizations, and governments to action requires emotional connections and empathy. It requires storytelling. We interview Jothsna Harris, founder of Change Narrative, who is dedicated to building capacity in the …

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