What: Why Hope Matters: The Practice of Evidence- Based Hope in a World of Climate Doom
When: 7:00pm to 9:00pm on Thursday 15 May 2025
Where: Online Webinar
Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/how-to-be-hopeful-in-a-world-of-climate-doom
Website: 
Nith Valley Ecoboosters
E-mail: nvecoboosters@gmail.com
When it comes to the ongoing fight against climate change, it is easy to lose heart as stories about the disastrous impacts of global warming seem to make headlines every day. To flip the script on this “climate fatigue”, the Nith Valley EcoBoosters are hosting a free webinar on May 15th at 7:00 p.m.
Why Hope Matters: The Practice of Evidence- Based Hope in a World of Climate Doom, will feature guest speaker Dr. Elin Kelsey, an international thought leader, scholar and science communicator on climate emotions and the role of evidence-based hope, and the author of 
Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis. Dr. Kelsey will share positive climate success stories and where to find them, and discuss how they help us to be more enthusiastic, optimistic and hopeful with respect to our capacity to tackle the climate crisis.
You can register for this free webinar at Action Network or Nith Valley Ecoboosters
Our Speaker: Dr. Elin Kelsey
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Award-winning author of more than a dozen books for children and adults including: HOPE MATTERS: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis.
- Learn about evidence-based hope, a concept based on real progress and effective solutions that shifts the focus from fear to empowerment. While there are reasons to be anxious about the climate crisis, there are also reasons to be optimistic due to meaningful accomplishments.
- Q&A will follow Dr. Kelsey’s presentation.
