Hopeful Climate Futures through Speculative Storytelling (Washington, DC)

Register (in person) Register (Zoom) Date and time: Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 12:00-1:30pm Eastern / 9:00-10:30am Arizona When we think of climate, the stories we tell about the future are

Speculative fiction writer and sustainability researcher Andrew Dana Hudson discusses his book, five interlocking novelettes exploring the possible realities of our climate future.

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow presents an opportunity for decisive global action amidst escalating climate chaos. Now, more than ever, we need narratives of positive climate futures

Today’s escalating climate chaos is intensified by global threats to democracy, violent backlashes to migration, and horrific biodiversity loss. Furthermore, environmental degradation is exacerbating existing inequalities, with poor and marginalized

If we hope to achieve the global will and cooperation needed to meet the challenges of the climate crisis, we need stories of hope and transformation, not just disaster and

Can we reimagine our relationship with nature and protect the future? How can we marshal our collective imagination to accelerate global transformations and move towards a sustainable way of life?

Join the Center for Science and the Imagination, the Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG), and the UK Science and Innovation Network for a workshop that brings together innovative

Create a digital postcard from the future, with concept art by João Queiroz.

When we imagine our climate future, it’s easy to drift towards catastrophe, especially in view of this summer’s shocking examples of climate chaos—from floods and sinkholes to heat domes and

Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho)

Tom Maxedon Word podcast, KJZZ 91.5 public radio

A collection of short stories by writers from around the world, exploring the climate crisis and how human responses to it will shape the futures we will inhabit. Featuring winning stories from our 2020 Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest.

Andrew Liptak, Tor.com

Justin Spangenthal, The State Press

What would our world look like if we actually respected and lived within planetary boundaries? We’re excited to announce our third global climate fiction short story contest. Learn more…

by Amy Brady, Literary Hub

by Chelsea Hofmann, The State Press

by Brooke Ruth and Mark Sauer, KPBS (San Diego)

by Jason Sheehan, NPR Books

by Zoe Sayler, Grist

By Zoe Sayler Grist

by Joey Eschrich, ASU Now

by Amy Brady,  Chicago Review of Books

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019, 6:00PM | Ventana Ballroom, Memorial Union In this year’s annual Imagination and Climate Futures Lecture, Omar El Akkad talks about how he came to write his debut novel, American War – the events that inspired it, the references buried throughout the text and the places he visited to research the book.

A collection of short stories by an international group of authors, drawn from our 2018 Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest, plus a foreword by our lead judge, Kim Stanley Robinson.

by Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

by Joey Eschrich and Angie Dell, iMPACT magazine

Ed Finn
Slate – Future Tense

Features short stories from our 2016 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest along with a foreword by science fiction legend and contest judge Kim Stanley Robinson, and an interview with renowned climate fiction author Paolo Bacigalupi.

This article originally appeared in ASU News. Internationally renowned novelist and environmental activist Margaret Atwood will visit Arizona State University this November to discuss the relationship between art and science,