How is conflict present in our work as environmental storytellers, at macro, meso, micro, and “me-cro” scales? In this interactive workshop, we “pay attention to the tension to set intention” vis-a-vis diverse stories, places, and people. Centering the role of tension, we move from observation and critique to awareness-raising, advocacy, and action with distinct groups and audiences. Participants deepen key knowledge, skills, and dispositions to productively transform conflicts in the service of meaningful social change.

Do you ever start, continue, or finish a story with the feeling that there was more than one story hidden within its creation? We often dismiss the seemingly basic but essential elements of our own processes. The challenge of getting the story is often just as valuable AS the story, and so this workshop will help explore creative ways to capture those qualitative data points that, when strung together, charge the meaning of the work we do.

Using examples from an episode of “Wild Hope,” Alex Duckles, Digital Media & Impact Producer for Tangled Bank Studios, shows how to take your environmental story to the next actionable step.

Students, be sure to bring YOUR story that’s already published, as each breakout group will need an example to explore how to turn your story into action.

Join an interactive workshop, led by Dell Technologies, where teams will explore the issue of ocean-bound plastic, or OBP, which is defined as “at risk of ending up in the ocean,” and is estimated to generate 80% of plastic marine litter. As plastics cannot yet be avoided completely, Dell is working to build the circular economy to prevent plastic waste from reaching the ocean. You will learn how to incentivize the marketplace, deal with competing needs and tradeoffs, and actually address the intense challenges and sustainability. From the pickers to the recyclers and marketers. Can the marketplace solve our biggest sustainability challenges? Learn how to tell that story.

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Please check out the Case Study before the workshop!