Getting Off the Sidelines: Climate Activism and Civil Disobedience with Peter Kalmus

Peter Kalmus interview

Peter Kalmus is a climate scientist and activist. He is the author of Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution, and he has been arrested for carrying out acts of civil disobedience. In this interview with Post Carbon Institute’s program director, Rob Dietz, Peter covers how his scientific understanding has changed his life, explores the difference between climate anxiety and climate grief, discusses the ins and outs of civil disobedience, and describes a hopeful pathway for responding to the climate emergency.

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