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All I Want for Grandparents Day Is a Climate Conversation

What’s one thing you can do to combat climate change? Talk about it.

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Kids, it’s time to give your parents ‘the talk.’ Not that one, the one on climate change.

Confronting your family and leaving them upset is not the goal. Keep it positive, and you might be surprised by what happens next.

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4 questions for Mick Smyer

The Bucknell University geropsychologist is tapping the considerable power of older adults to help protect the environment

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What will we tell our kids and grandkids about climate change?

Because when our kids and grandkids ask us what we did about climate change, we need to have a simple, true answer: “Our best.”

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Speaking of Psychology: Graying Green

Climate change will have significant psychological effects on many people, including older adults, according to a report published by the American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica. In this episode, Michael Smyer, PhD, talks about how to get older adults to move from anxiety to action in reducing the effects of climate change.

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Dr. Mick Smyer: You Can Design Climate Action

On episode 16 of Results May Vary, we introduce you to aging and climate change expert, Dr. Mick Smyer, and his Graying Green movement, which aims to engage more older adults in taking impactful action on climate change.