Why the US South?

The Southern region of the United States is one of the most vulnerable areas in the country to the impacts of climate change. The South is also plagued by extractive storytelling practices and viewed through a very narrow lens perpetuated by mainstream media. Women, BIPOC, and low-income communities are often at the forefront of the climate emergency, yet rarely at the forefront of storytelling, both as makers and as protagonists. There is a critical opportunity to support sustainable infrastructure for Southerners to determine who the story is about, who is telling the story, how it’s being told, and how it gets shared.

About Climate Story Lab US-South

Inspired by the Climate Story Lab model, Climate Story Lab US-South is a co-designed initiative with local stakeholders in the Southern region of the US that aims to inspire & activate a regional cohort of storytellers, climate organizing groups and climate experts interested in using stories from their region to reach and engage diverse audiences around climate action. We have selected seven dynamic climate storytelling projects in the South for a week of radical collaboration with a variety of stakeholders. Together, this powerful group will strategize and imagine how best to build power, collaborate and leverage the power of storytelling to mobilize communities around climate action.