Re-stor(y)ing the Earth: How language shapes our world

The stories we tell - and the language we use - shapes how we understand the world and our place in it. As we grapple with the need to regenerate our world, recognising the power of language to shape our behaviour is critical for transformative change.
Professor Tema Milstein discusses how communication shapes ecological understandings, identities, and actions, and how shifting our language can forge paths toward sustainable, just, and regenerative futures.
This event was broadcast on 10 September 2024 and is the third event in our "Regenerating our World" discussion series.
About the series:
Regenerating our world is a discussion series exploring the issues that underpin our transition to a just, sustainable future - from what it means to be an active “citizen” of place and planet, to how we create thriving and abundant food-systems now and into the future. This series is a collaboration between RSA Oceania, the RSA Sustainability Network and IdeaSpies.
Speakers:
Tema Milstein is Professor of Environment & Society at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is an internationally recognised leader in environmental communication, a transdisciplinary field that understands communication as having far-reaching effects at a time of human-generated environmental crises.
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