Why Is No One Else Panicking About The Climate? A Writing Workshop To Make You Feel Sane In A World That Feels Like It’s Gaslighting You.
Do you ever feel like no one around you is as worried about the climate crisis as you are?
Like they’re just going on with their days and life like the data isn’t clear?
Like everything is fine?
Are you starting to feel a little gaslit?
Come explore these feelings and channel them into words at the creative writing workshop, “Why is no one else panicking about the climate?” with prompts that dive into different aspects of what living in a climate future means, especially when surrounded by people who aren’t quite ready to face this yet.
The workshop will be led by Annalena La Porte, Ph.D., of the NYC Climate Writers Collective, and will mix hypothetical scenarios as well as your personal stories. Sharing is, of course, optional at all times, but we can’t wait to see what you write.
#rewritingtheapocalypse
⛵ Getting to the Climate Imaginarium
For the weekend ferry schedule to Governors Island, please check here. Ferries run every 30 minutes. Take the ferry that’s most convenient for you from either Lower Manhattan (10 South Street), Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6), or Red Hook/Atlantic Basin. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your ferry departure time with your ticket ready to display.
Ferry tickets must be purchased at the ferry terminal or online. Fares from Lower Manhattan are $5 for a round trip and free for adults over 65, children 12 and under, Climate Imaginarium summer volunteers, and others. All passengers ride free before 11am on weekends. Cars are not permitted.
Governors Island is also accessible by the South Brooklyn NYC Ferry route. Brooklyn ferry tickets must be purchased in advance of boarding and are $4.50 each way. You can find the NYC Ferry Schedule for the South Brooklyn route here.
Once you get to Governors Island, you will either get out at Soissons Landing (from 10 South Street) or Yankee Pier (from Brooklyn). You can use this map of Governors Island to locate Colonels Row. The Climate Imaginarium is in Building 406A, in the middle of Colonels Row, and will have a visible sign outside the doorway. Our address is 406A Comfort Road, New York, NY 10004.