Maggie Strecker

Senior Project Advisor

Zander Albertson

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Keywords

fiction, climate change

Abstract

This project takes ideas and concepts like risk perception and cultural theory and using fictional storylines as an attempt to communicate them to a broader audience. Telling these stories in this way is an attempt to bridge the gap between groups of people who might have different life experiences, and hopefully use the power of storytelling to demonstrate an optimistic view of the future in order to drive change towards a better future. The actual content of these stories is summarized as: In a world where Climate Change was long ago recognized as the biggest threat to the United States and scientists took charge of the government to change our society to save us from ourselves, overtime factions broke off from the greater cities to govern themselves how they wanted. Missy Avers, a girl born in one of these communities and raised in one of the great cities, attends the prestigious Academy that trains the new scientists and policymakers. Much later in an attempt to bridge the gap between the communities and the cities, two students participate in a cultural exchange.

Department

Environmental Studies

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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