Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on making climate action cool
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on making climate action cool

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 19, 202612 min
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is one of the most prominent voices in the climate movement. She’s a marine biologist by training, but as she saw the effects of the climate crisis intensify, she took on more public-facing advocacy work. Her work is expansive: She helped organize the March for Science, she founded a think tank focused on coastal cities, she’s started two podcasts about climate solutions, and she’s published a couple books, most recently “What If We Get It Right?” Flora sat down with Johnson on stage at a show produced by Grist to discuss...

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Hey, it's Flora and you're listening to Science Friday. Today we are bringing you a conversation we had during a live, on stage event produced by the media organization, GRIST. I sat down with Dr. Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson, one of the most prominent voices in the climate

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movement. She's a marine biologist by training, but as she saw the effects of climate change intensify, she's taken on more public facing advocacy work. And her work is expansive.

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She helped organize the March for Science. She founded a think tank focused on coastal cities. She's started two podcasts about climate solutions, and she's published a couple of books, including most recently, What If We Get It Right?

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