While climate change can feel enormous, it can also be deeply personal. Add on politically charged, and climate change becomes especially hard to talk about. Yet, communities and classrooms cannot respond fully to the climate crisis without also addressing how people experience it. Fear, grief, anger, uncertainty, and hope all shape whether people engage, withdraw, connect with each other, or take action.

Climate conversations are not easy. Yet, talking about climate change can also be an opportunity to build trust, strengthen community, and help people imagine ways forward together.
The HOPE Framework can help.