RMV 16 Dr. Mick Smyer: You Can Design Climate Action

On the newest episode 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. Among his many accomplishments,
Mick is the former Provost and a current Professor of Psychology at
Bucknell University. In addition, currently on his second year of
sabbatical, he is working on Graying Green as a Civic Innovation
Fellow at Stanford d.school, learning the power of applying design
thinking to social activism. And maybe most impressive are his
prodigious skills as a washboard player with New Orleans’ own
Rustical Quality String Band. Show Links Follow Mick on Twitter Old
People Don't Care About Climate Change is Mick's Facebook page
prototype for one of his d.school assignments. Before The Flood is
the powerful National Geographic documentary starring Leonardo
DiCaprio as he travels the world to witness climate change
firsthand. Laura Carstensen, author of A Long Bright Future, gives
a compelling TEDTalk on how people become happier as they age.
Yale's Program on Climate Change Communication conducts scientific
studies on public opinion and behavior; informs the decision-making
of governments, media, companies, and advocates; educates the
public about climate change; and helps build public and political
will for climate action.