It’s been a very special NY Climate Week ✌️
Reconnecting with old friends and forging new relationships with a shared purpose. Through it all, our mission was very clear. To listen to what’s being said, and ask: what are the stories that feel urgent, emergent, resonant? And as a storytelling platform, how can we better service those stories that are underserved?
One thing was clear: whilst storytelling has never been more celebrated in theory – it’s also still chronically underfunded and underestimated. We also heard from collaborators all over that storytelling is also increasingly harder to do.
We were inspired to hear stories from so many different angles, including:
• The growing awareness of the entertainment industry that we need to underwrite and Trojan horse more climate stories into the mainstream
• How to rethink the economy, with a special lens on moral economies and bioregionalism
• The shift towards focusing on alternative systems for a thriving planet and societies rather than just focusing on the problem
• The rise of Indigenous storytelling collectives around the globe
* Rights of nature as an uncovered theme in storytelling, with its potential to reflect not only shifts on the systemic level but also spotlight positive community led stories
• A growing rise in threats towards environmental and land defenders, including lawyers and journalists around the world
We’re so grateful to have been Futerra media partner for #SolutionsHouse, getting to interview some of the most exciting solutionists of our time. We got to co-host the Rainforest Reception with Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, and more. And, we were so thrilled to preview our documentary, Our Oceans are on Fire, with Coral Gardeners at Hope House with Time for Better 🪸
What a special week. Alice Aedy Isabella Noero Chloe Puttock Isabella Noero
You did such a brilliant job with this edit + not to mention your help assisting on the production ❤️