How do we cultivate agency in the face of climate change? • Autumn Brown + Nicole Diroff Titelbild

How do we cultivate agency in the face of climate change? • Autumn Brown + Nicole Diroff

How do we cultivate agency in the face of climate change? • Autumn Brown + Nicole Diroff

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In this episode of Climate Changed, Autumn Brown and Rev. Nicole Diroff continue the conversation sparked by Autumn’s interview with disaster-response specialist Katie Mears. Together, they explore what disaster can reveal about human beings and the communities we create. They discuss the limitations of the term “climate refugee,” the difference between charity and solidarity, and the importance of preserving agency when people are displaced or forced to adapt. Drawing on the work of Rebecca Solnit, Amitav Ghosh, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, and Colette Pichon Battle, Autumn and Nicole consider how faith communities can become places where people practice democracy, collective care, moral imagination, and self-determination. They also imagine public rituals for a climate-changed world, including the practice of witnessing high tides. Key Themes and Conversations Disaster as an Opportunity Multiplier: Climate change magnifies existing threats, but Autumn and Nicole ask whether it can also multiply opportunities to rethink how we live in community. The Language of Climate Displacement: Terms such as “climate refugee” may make sense to scholars and policymakers but may not reflect how displaced people understand their own experiences. From Extraction to Collective Care: Nicole draws on Amitav Ghosh’s work to suggest that displacement is often rooted in longer histories of exploitation, conflict, and violence—not simply a single climate event. Safe, Sanitary, Secure, and Chosen: Disaster recovery must include more than technically adequate shelter. People and communities need agency in determining where and how they live. Practicing Democracy: Faith communities and other “third spaces” can help people develop the skills required to listen, disagree, make decisions, and shape a shared future. Charity and Solidarity: Charity asks what we can give. Solidarity asks how we can come alongside others, accompany them, and recognize that their well-being is connected to our own. Witnessing High Tides: Nicole considers public ritual as a way of noticing climate change, accompanying the more-than-human world, making space for grief, and cultivating hope. Next Steps Autumn and Nicole remind listeners that imagination becomes meaningful when it enters our shared lives through practical action. Explore your community’s disaster preparedness. Ask what plans your congregation, neighborhood, or community organization already has in place. Is there a communication plan, phone tree, emergency contact list, or strategy for checking on vulnerable people? Look for preparedness resources offered by your denomination or local emergency-management organizations. Resource: United Church of Christ Disaster Preparedness Resources https://www.ucc.org/disaster_index/disaster_resources/ Listen to a story of displacement. Speak with someone who has experienced uprooting because of weather, housing costs, evacuation, or housing loss. Listen without trying to fix the story. The practice of witnessing and accompaniment can itself become part of rebuilding community. Notice what water is doing where you live. Find a local tide, river, rainfall, drought, or watershed resource. Spend time observing how water is changing in your region. Consider how witnessing these changes might become a personal or public ritual. Move from charity toward solidarity. After offering money, supplies, or practical assistance, ask what relationship might come next. How can your community accompany people rather than simply deliver resources? Share what you discover. Email: podcast@thebtscenter.org Voice Message: 207-200-6986 People and Resources Mentioned Katie Mears Senior Technical Specialist for U.S. Disaster and Climate Risk at Episcopal Relief & Development https://www.episcopalrelief.org/?s=katie+mears Episcopal Relief & Development https://www.episcopalrelief.org/ Adaptation Through Shock — Katie Mears and Sarah Labowitz https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/10/adaptation-through-shock A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster — Rebecca Solnit https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301070/a-paradise-built-in-hell-by-rebecca-solnit/ The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis — Amitav Ghosh https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson https://www.getitright.earth/ Colette Pichon Battle and Taproot Earth https://www.taproot.earth/ Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean — Jonathan White https://www.trinity.edu/directory/jwhite1/tides-science-and-spirit-ocean United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries https://www.ucc.org/disaster_index/disaster_resources/ NOAA Tide Predictions https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html About the Hosts Autumn Brown is a mother, artist, facilitator, and freedom worker who supports communities in cultivating resilience, imagination, ...
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