THE TRAIL

MAY 30, 2024 |  EDITION NO. 1

WELCOME TO THE TRAIL 2.0

I am a reporter at heart. I interview people. I write about books and articles. I teach. I podcast. I investigate. 

 

I've started publications and have had the opportunity to work alongside incredible people and collaborate with them on publications, too. This newsletter reflects this work and what is happening with The Freelance Project at TALATERRA.

 

I am changing the newsletter layout because I need a publication that reflects all of my activities, which are all related to each other. I am not changing the newsletter's name because it still fits. I chose the name because of a question I heard Seth Godin ask a while back about the trail one leaves behind. We are each on different paths. What we share in common is our independent spirit and the smart ways we take action.

 

Turn around.

What do you see?

How did you get to where you are now?

What needs to happen to move yourself forward?

 

For me, a slight fine-tuning of this newsletter is what I need to move forward. Thank you for joining me. I appreciate your interest in my work and the environmental literacy work independent professionals do in communities worldwide.

 

 

In the Summer of 2021, an opportunity arose around a book chapter about visual science communication. Scientific illustration has been an interest of mine for over two decades and was a big part of my previous endeavor. I expressed my interest in participating in the book chapter, and this led to a collaboration with four extraordinary science communicators – Kalliopi Monoyios, Kirsten Carlson, Taina Litwak, and Fiona Martin. The task assigned to us was to address what visual science communication looks like and what it accomplishes in formal and informal situations. I am excited to share that this chapter is now published and available. You can read our chapter in Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions (Springer Nature, 2024). Emily Coren of Stanford University and Hua Wang at the University of Buffalo are the editors of this new book. Our chapter about visual science communication and 19 other chapters addressing various forms of storytelling used in climate communication are now available online. This book is an Open Access title which means the book (and individual chapters) are free. 

It is exciting to finally see the other chapters. While I still need to read the book cover to cover, my initial review tells me I will be highlighting passages and writing in the margins a lot. I've already started doing this in the EPUB edition.

 

Editors Coren and Wang collaborated with 44 authors affiliated with colleges, universities, news organizations, nonprofits, production companies, medical centers, the entertainment industry, small businesses, and independent practices. With this book, they've created a climate communication guide that practitioners can use across sectors.

 

How do you use storytelling in climate communication?

 

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