Dr. Jacquelyn Gill on Being a Climate Musk Ox and Fighting Defeatism with Ice Age Resilience.

As the climate crisis escalates, we’re seeing the rise of an unprecedented movement, but also a growing sense of despair as world leaders fail to step up. We're long past the old framework of climate "hawks" and "doves" when it comes to climate action; its impacts are already here, and they are affecting vulnerable communities the first and the most. Dr. Gill will argue that we should instead be climate musk oxen, and that these resilient ice age survivors can help us transition from grief and despair to action, as we take inspiration from public health and social justice movements.
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill is an internationally recognized paleoecologist and an outspoken science communication advocate. She is an Associate Professor of Paleoecology & Plant Ecology and the Director of the BEAST Lab at the University of Maine. In addition to her passion for research and teaching, Dr. Gill is also dedicated to sharing science with the public. Her writing is featured in Not Too Late, a recent anthology edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young-Lutunatabua.

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