SESSION 11 | Promoting Stories of Hope about the Environment

Signis Tuesday 17

SESSION 11
11.00 – 12.30 : Room 2300

Promoting Stories of Hope about the Environment
Differing perspectives on the challenges and possibilities for communicating positive stories and raising public awareness about environmental protection and sustainability and the realities of climate change.

Promouvoir l’espérance face à la crise climatique
Cette session envisage différents points de vue pour communiquer de façon positive et sensibiliser le grand public à la crise climatique et la protection de l’environnement.

Promoviendo historias de esperanza sobre el Medio Ambiente
Perspectivas sobre los desafíos y posibilidades de comunicar historias de esperanza y de sensibilizar a la opinión pública sobre la protección y sostenibilidad del medio ambiente y sobre las consecuencias del cambio climático.

Chair: Fr. Paul Samasumo (Zambia)
Vatican Radio, English-for-Africa Service.

Speakers:
Erin Lothes, Ph.D (USA)
Assistant Professor of Theology at the College of St Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ. She is the only theologian to serve as an Earth Institute Fellow at Columbia University. She published on faith-based environmentalism, energy ethics, and interdisciplinary communication.

Perry Paul Lamanilao (Philippines)
Social media coordinator Titus Brandsma Media Centre, Philippines recently facilitated online streaming of a forum on the topic: Commu-nicating Climate Change.

Carlos Ferraro (Argentina)
President, SIGNIS-ALC He will talk about the communications work of the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) which aims to protect the environment and the most vulnerable communities of the Amazon.