How Do We Focus On Climate Action Now? (w/ Ryan Hagen)

About this episode

The episode discusses how to focus on climate action in the current political climate with guest Ryan Hagen.

Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, The Climate Weekly , to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- This episode is another discussion between two Americans talking about climate action. To say it's a weird time to focus on climate action seems like a wild understatement. But the reality is even in the face of rising fascism, the climate crisis doesn't stop. There's much happening now that will only speed it up. So what do we do about it? On today's show, we discuss how to act in this perilous moment with Ryan Hagan, author of Your Guide to Climate Action . Hagen has spent countless hours researching and writing about the way you can make the greatest impact in your own life. In this episode, I ask him about his journey in climate action and how setting intentions has guiding his work. We also talk about the importance of engaging in local activism and finding our own unique, personal paths to contribute to a more climate-safe future. We also explore many practical steps we can all take to align our actions with our values, including financial decisions, job opportunities, changing our companies, local governments…

People in this episode

Host: The Climate Pod

Guest: Ryan Hagen

Topics covered

• climate action
• local activism
• personal impact
• financial decisions
• community engagement

Keywords

• climate crisis
• activism
• sustainability
• environmental impact
• local government

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Climate Weekly

Books & works: Your Guide to Climate Action

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