Storytelling for Solutions: Turning Climate Narratives into Action with Project Drawdown
Storytelling has the power to shape perceptions, spark action, and accelerate real-world climate solutions—but how do we ensure these stories reach the audiences that need to hear them most? In this compelling panel at SF Climate Week, Matt Scott, Director of Storytelling and Engagement at Project Drawdown and host of the Drawdown’s Neighborhood climate solutions short docuseries (which recently featured the San Francisco Bay Area), will convene a conversation with leading voices in media, funding, and storytelling to explore the strategies that make climate narratives more impactful. From amplifying underrepresented voices to navigating the evolving media landscape, this session will dive into the ways storytelling can break through the noise and inspire tangible change. Join us for an insightful discussion on the future of climate storytelling and the role we all play in bringing these stories to life.
Featured Panelists:
Adeline Thompson (she/her) works at the intersection of climate philanthropy, environmental storytelling and representation in the outdoors. Formerly a communications specialist for the Nature, Climate and Energy team at UNDP, she currently manages an environmental grants program and hosts the Where The Climate Things Are media series, building an inclusive climate movement in the outdoor community, and co-hosts the The Trail Ahead media series, fostering interracial dialogue around equity, access, and inclusion in the outdoor community.
Made in Mexico, thriving in the Bay Area, César A. Córdova (they/them) is a nerd turned professional table top role-playing game (TTRPG) Game Master turned Controls Engineer. During the Peak of the COVID pandemic, they created online spaces for people to explore their own stories and engage in collaborative narratives through roleplaying. Currently, they work with Calwave Inc, where they help develop new renewable energy technologies with the goal of creating sustainable power grids. César is a featured climate hero in the climate solutions short docuseries, Drawdown’s Neighborhood.
Kristy Drutman (she/her), otherwise known as “Browngirl Green”, is a speaker, consultant, media producer, and environmental educator passionate about working at the intersections between media, diversity, and environmentalism. As a young entrepreneur, Kristy has educated hundreds of thousands of people across the globe about modern-day environmental issues through speeches and media content as well as facilitates workshops centered around environmental media and storytelling in cities across the United States. Kristy is also the Co-Founder of the Green Jobs Board, a climate tech start-up bridging the equity and inclusion gap within the green economy through conversations, resources, and pathways to bring more diverse talent into the environmental field.
Louie Psihoyos (he/him) is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Executive Director of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS). He is recognized as one of the top still photographers in the world, having created iconic images for National Geographic for 18 years, and hundreds of covers for other magazines. Believing that film can be the most powerful weapon in the world, Louie founded OPS with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jim Clark in 2005. Louie is the director of the Netflix documentary series You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.
Masika Henson (she/her) is the founder of Seeking Solutions, a consultancy supporting social movements and shifting power and resources to achieve racial and climate justice. She is the host, narrator and co-producer of the documentary Digging In, where she amplifies the voices and experiences of farmers in the U.S. As a DJ, she builds culture and relationships by communicating with people using music.
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