One way to make the urgency of the climate crisis tangible is through storytelling, especially elevating the stories of underrepresented, frontline, and community climate leaders. In this interactive workshop, Matt Scott, the Director of Storytelling and Engagement at Project Drawdown, will explore why inclusive storytelling and tapping into our own experiences are critical to spreading awareness, shaping attitudes, and sparking action. Using examples from Drawdown’s Neighborhood, a series of short documentaries that showcase community leadership, as well as participatory exercises, each participant will be invited to develop a storytelling approach with climate justice in mind. Participants will leave with ideas for uplifting community voices and bolstering work that puts frontline communities first.

Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.