It’s Time For A New Kind Of Conversation About The Planet

Through my work at the Arbor Day Foundation, I’ve learned that progress and positivity go hand in hand. 

Indeed, the environment faces many challenges. The effort to restore, replant, and renew nature has never been more urgent as our world’s communities endure the mounting consequences of a changing planet. We need to take this work seriously because the stakes are high. But committing ourselves to spirals of doom and gloom won’t help us find a way forward. 

That’s why the Arbor Day Foundation is digging into a new kind of conversation about the planet. 

In our podcast, “Unearthing Optimism”, I talk one-on-one with a series of influential and trusted voices shaping culture, science, and how we understand our changing world. Together, we explore fresh and hopeful perspectives on the future and consider the meaning nature can bring to our lives and to our planet. This isn’t about closing our eyes or turning our backs on environmental challenges. This podcast is about choosing hope in the face of those challenges. It’s about being bold enough to believe that things will get better and that we can help make them better, in our own individual ways. 

Negativity weighs us down, trapping us in a single moment in time. Positivity propels us forward. It motivates us to keep moving and to keep growing. 

We know more than half of Americans feel a sense of “climate dread” and we want this season of “Unearthing Optimism” to be an antidote. 

“Unearthing Optimism” is available to stream or download on all major podcasting platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music. Subscribe now and tune in to our first episode.

Until then, keep planting those seeds of hope.