Events & Outreach

HMEI Faculty Seminar: “‘The Science Is Clear’: Why the Climate Crisis Needs New Narratives”

Allison Carruth, professor of American studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, will present “‘The Science Is Clear’ — Why the Climate Crisis Needs New Narratives” for the third talk in our spring 2022 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Carruth will discuss how appeals to both big data and apocalyptic alarm define the most widely circulated environmental stories. While powerful for some groups, these appeals do not speak to the increasingly unequal impacts of global warming. Carruth will make a case for narratives that develop localized, lived accounts of climate change by drawing from examples that at once contribute on-the-ground knowledge and envision possible futures beyond catastrophe.

This seminar will be held via Zoom livestream (open to all) and in person (PUID holders only).

UPDATE: Face coverings are OPTIONAL for in-person attendees; boxed lunches will be available at noon in the Guyot Atrium for registered attendees.

Additional speakers and dates in this series are below.

February 8

“Weather Fluctuations, Migration and Inequality” — Filiz Garip, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

March 1

“Volcanoes, Climate and Mass Extinction in Earth History” — Blair Schoene, Professor of Geosciences

May 3

“Inside the Colorful World of Birds and Their Eggs” — Mary Caswell Stoddard, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology