​🌍 Let's keep the conversations going and the community-building momentum strong

​💻 This workshop is designed to connect people across regions—whether you're attending PNW Climate Week in person or joining virtually.

📖 The Pacific Northwest Climate Week organizers have committed to helping amplify our writing through their platform (if you want; this is not mandatory).

🫶 We create a no-pressure, non-recorded welcoming space for all.

🌱 Join to build visibility, community, and shared understanding within the climate movement.

​Why join?

​📊 ​A recent Yale study found that messages about climate progress resonate across audiences—including those who might not typically engage with climate action.

​​📝 One of the best tools we have for this? Blogging.

​⏳ ​People tend to think of blogging as a marketing tactic. But it's so much more. It’s how scientists, engineers, and leaders have shared knowledge and influenced change for decades.

​Session format

​​📝 Introduction, prompt, and outline (10 min)
✍️ Open-gym style freewriting (20 min)
🔊 Read out loud (optional) (15 min)
🎯 Wrap-up and next steps (5 min)

​What participants are writing

​Here's what people shared from our San Francisco Climate Week workshop:

​✨ Ritika Puri Strauss, co-founder at Astoundly

✨ Sheila Estaniel, founder at Bilooogen

✨ Andreana Rosnik, PhD., computational scientist

✨ Valentina Lagomarsino, PhD, former post-doctoral researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital

✨Ally Claar, sustainability strategist

​Why now?

​🌡️ Earth’s systems are under extreme pressure.

🤝 Solving this crisis demands global cooperation and accelerated knowledge sharing.

🌐 These workshops support that by helping people listen, write, and connect during Climate Week events worldwide.

​⏯️ Can’t attend live?

​📩 Sign up anyway—you’ll get the writing prompt and workshop materials via email. The live session will not be recorded.

​About your instructor

​​Ritika Puri is a communications leader who works with leaders in AI/ML, venture capital, finance, deep tech, and climate. She is the co-founder of Astoundly.

​​​Originally from the SF Bay Area and now dually based in Victoria, BC, Ritika’s early work included helping launch the first U.S. residential renewable energy program. She believes an economic transition is inevitable—and that humanity has the tools to solve our own challenges.

​She welcomes new LinkedIn connections: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritikapuri/

​​By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of PNW Climate Week, receive communications about PNW Climate Week, and acknowledge that photos/videos may be taken for promotional use.