Events + Opportunities

Scroll down to explore upcoming MCS events and calls for proposals. 

TIME AND LOCATION

Location TBD
Wednesday, January 20, 2027
(TBD) Eastern

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Please note that this meeting will be held exclusively in person. For invitations, please contact bwiggin@upenn.edu.

TIME ZONES

New York: TBD PM

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Join My Climate Story for a statewide gathering bringing together climate educators, students, researchers, artists, storytellers, policymakers, advocates, and community leaders from across Pennsylvania. Building on the connections and conversations sparked at our November 2026 Philadelphia regional meeting, this event marks an exciting next step in our campaign to create, collect, and deliver 1,000 climate stories to Pennsylvania lawmakers in Harrisburg by Earth Day 2028.

Climate stories connect the global challenges of climate change to the people, places, and communities experiencing its effects firsthand. By bringing together voices from classrooms, universities, museums, environmental organizations, the arts, media, and public policy, we hope to build a stronger, more connected community dedicated to advancing climate literacy and inspiring meaningful climate action across the Commonwealth.

This interactive gathering will feature short presentations, participatory workshops, and opportunities to connect with fellow climate storytellers and potential project partners. Participants will share existing initiatives, exchange ideas, and collaboratively develop plans for a statewide network of climate storytelling hubs. Together, we’ll explore how storytelling can strengthen climate education, amplify diverse perspectives, and inspire new partnerships across Pennsylvania.

As we look toward Earth Day 2027 and beyond, this gathering will help transform shared ideas into collective action, laying the groundwork for a growing statewide movement to bring 1,000 climate stories to Harrisburg by Earth Day 2028.

TIME AND LOCATION

Max Kade Center, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
2:30-4:30PM Eastern

JOIN US LIVE

Please note that this meeting will be held exclusively in person. For invitations, please contact bwiggin@upenn.edu.

TIME ZONES

New York: 2:30-4:30 PM

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Join My Climate Story, Penn Climate, PHENND Sustainability, and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability for an in-person, collaborative workshop bringing together climate educators, researchers, storytellers, artists, policymakers, and community leaders from across the Philadelphia region. This gathering marks the beginning of a new chapter for My Climate Story: an ambitious campaign to create, collect, and deliver 1,000 climate stories to Pennsylvania lawmakers in Harrisburg by Earth Day 2028.

Climate stories connect the global challenges of climate change to the people, places, and communities experiencing its effects firsthand. By bringing together voices from education, science, the arts, media, and public policy, climate storytelling can strengthen climate literacy, inspire collective action, and help communities imagine more sustainable futures.

Through lightning presentations, interactive storytelling activities, and facilitated discussions, participants will share existing initiatives, explore opportunities for collaboration, and envision new ways to advance climate literacy across the Commonwealth. Together, we’ll begin building a network of climate storytelling partnerships and shaping a shared roadmap toward 1,000 climate stories by Earth Day 2028.

This event is organized by My Climate Story and co-sponsored by Penn Climate, PHENND Sustainability, and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability.

TIME AND LOCATION

Event Live via Zoom
Thursday, April 10, 2025
4–6PM Eastern

JOIN US LIVE

Selected storytellers will present at the live summit on Thursday, April 10, which will be broadcast over zoom, will be free and open to the public, and will be recorded and made available free online. Please register in advance via this Zoom link.

It is our hope that this convening and its documentation will offer valuable support for climate storytellers of all ages and levels of experience by showcasing the value of climate storytelling and offering a resource hub for present and future climate storytellers and storytelling projects, and for connections across sectors.

TIME ZONES

New York: 4–6PM
Los Angeles: 1–3PM
Berlin: 10PM–12AM
Mumbai: 2:30–4:30AM  (April 11)
Australia: 8–10AM (April 11)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Join My Climate Story project, the Yale Program on Climate Communication, the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, & the Media, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute for a free, live, online, two-hour storytellers’ summit. Conceived by Professor Bethany Wiggin, this event and its companion documentation offer a high-profile platform to present climate storytelling work and to learn and connect with others working in this important space.

A decade ago, the term “climate storytelling” was new. Today, it’s proliferating, used by practitioners and theorists to describe stories that connect global climate change with local people and places. Climate stories can disrupt stories of business as usual. They can grapple with history and inspire hope. They can imagine flourishing futures, even as they also deal in dystopian presents. They can present agentic pathways, sharing examples of individuals and communities working for and realizing the climate they want. Good climate storytellers work with climate science, and they also work across sectors: in the media and the arts and humanities, in Hollywood and elementary school classrooms, in the climate movement and in climate science.

As climate storytelling gains steam—fueled by the urgent need to advance climate solutions that cut carbon and methane pollution and protect communities from extreme weather—we’ll gather climate storytellers across sectors to learn from one another and spark generative, collaborative conversations.

Check back for future calls for proposals

Past Opportunities

TIME AND LOCATION

Event Live via Zoom
Thursday, April 10, 2025
4–6PM Eastern

Submissions due by
6pm EST, March 1, 2025

SUBMIT YOUR STORY

You are invited to submit your story for a pecha-kucha-style five-minute presentation (15 slides in 5 minutes).  Deadline: 6 pm Eastern on March 1st. We welcome climate stories and reflections on the practice of climate storytelling by presenters of all ages and stages. Organizers aim to curate a program of stories featuring a variety of people, human and non-human actors, climate impacts and in/justices, and places. 

Selected presenters will be notified in mid-March, and invited to share their stories live at our online summit on April 10. Please note that all presentations must be in English. Submit your story proposal in the Call for Submissions page.

JOIN US LIVE

Selected storytellers will present at the live summit on Thursday, April 10, which will be broadcast over zoom, will be free and open to the public, and will be recorded and made available free online. Please register in advance via this Zoom link.

It is our hope that this convening and its documentation will offer valuable support for climate storytellers of all ages and levels of experience by showcasing the value of climate storytelling and offering a resource hub for present and future climate storytellers and storytelling projects, and for connections across sectors.