Letters to a Warmer World
How we talk about climate matters. This blog explores stories, science, and everyday experiences that help people care and act.
“Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
— Mary Oliver, “Sometimes”
About Letters to a Warmer World
Letters to a Warmer World is a space for rethinking how we communicate the climate crisis, and how we might do it with more empathy, clarity, and honesty.
Too often, climate communication leans on fear, guilt, and abstraction. It’s filled with technical language and moral pressure, making people feel overwhelmed or ashamed rather than equipped or included. But if we want people to act, to care, to change, to participate, we have to speak differently.
We have to meet people where they are, with empathy instead of guilt. We need stories that connect the crisis to everyday life, honour the pressures people already face, and make action feel both meaningful and possible.
That’s what Letters to a Warmer World is about.
This blog explores how we can reframe climate storytelling, using insights from behavioural science, lived experience, and culture to build narratives that resonate. It reflects on how climate is represented in the media, questions the stories we've inherited, and asks: How do we communicate in ways that move people, not just inform them? How do we build a narrative people feel part of rather than pushed out of?
The name carries two meanings: a planet that’s warming, yes, but also a world that might grow warmer in connection and care. These aren’t solutions. They’re reflections, written by one person trying to understand the space between urgency and empathy, and what it might take to close it.
Say Hello!
I’m always interested in hearing new perspectives, especially when it comes to climate, communication, and resilience. If you’d like to share a thought, ask a question, or get in touch about the blog, you can reach me here by sending an email or filling out the form below
letterstoawarmerworld@gmail.com