IN CONVERSATION - How Media Builds a Love of Nature, Culture, and Community

With PBS Nature discover how storytelling can spark curiosity, care, and connection to our communities and the living world. Registration is FREE and open to all. Priority will be given to those active in climate work from most impacted communities. Curated by PBS NATURE, this session explores how public media and educational storytelling can help audiences deepen their connections to the natural world and to each other. At its core, climate and nature storytelling works best when it makes environmental issues personal, local, and social. Media that taps into emotion transforms passive viewing into active participation. Through narratives grounded in relationships, responsibility, and reciprocity, participants will consider how media can cultivate curiosity, care, and the collective imagination needed for a more regenerative future. Join a family-friendly conversation moderated by Ali Ciatti, YouTube's Social Impact & Sustainability Lead, Creator Partnerships, alongside: • Maggie Baird, Founder and President, Support + Feed, Host of WETA's Climate Kitchen • Alan Goffinski, Producer and Musical Director, Terrestrials, Radiolab for Kids, WNYC Studios • Sal Perez, Vice President and Executive Producer, Sesame Street Productions, Sesame Workshop • Sophie Shrand, Creator and Host, Science With Sophie and Sophie's Great American ELECTRIC Road Trip on PBS NATURE • Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, Host, PBS NATURE’s Going Wild podcast and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom on NBC. Kids and families are welcome! The conversation will include musical interludes and art activities. Thanks to funding for this program from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Justice Grants program. #CreativeClimateForum #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateJustice #CollectivePower #ArtForChange #Pier57