Engaging People With Climate Action: From Doom and Despair to Engagement and Collective Action
Dr. Amiera Sawas | Director of Programmes & Research, Climate Outreach
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Children’s innate connection to nature lies latent in most due to the ‘static’ (barriers and distractions) interfering with nature’s beckoning signals to seek and connect. Clearing that static allows children to more frequently play and learn in this developmentally supportive setting. Dr. Faber Taylor will present some of the latest research evidence demonstrating greater outcomes in many areas of child development when children experience nature at home and school.
About the Speaker
Amiera Sawas is the Director of Programmes and Research at Climate Outreach, which is an organisation that works with people from all walks of life to engage with climate change. Climate outreach believes we need a social mandate on climate change - where everyone, regardless of their background or identity - feel part of the climate story and feel they have agency to take action and hold decisionmakers to account. Amiera has diverse experience in climate and human rights work,in various countries including the UK, Sweden, Pakistan, Jordan and Kenya. As a result, she’s really passionate about the potential of bringing diverse stakeholders together to combat climate change and set an inclusive vision for our collective future. Amiera has a PhD in Human Geography, a Masters in Global Politics and a Bachelors in Psychology. In her spare time she can be found dancing samba, listening to hip hop and endlessly watching true crime documentaries.
