Why I’m active: Marit Bogert

I am taking action to express my growing sense of fear about what climate change will bring us in the future and the feeling of sadness and mourning that I already feel at the disappearance of the once healthy nature around me. When I walk in the woods (which I love to do), I feel the higher temperatures in winter and miss the snow. In spring, I worry about nature being out of sync, with flowers blooming too early and insects arriving too late to pollinate them and eat their nectar. I watch nervously as the trees lose their leaves in summer due to longer droughts, and in autumn I worry about the animals that have to survive the winter with less and less food available to them.

But giving up is not an option! That is why I am happy to use my knowledge of climate communication and the connection between humans and nature for SR (and beyond) to make a difference, especially now that we can still make that difference. For me, climate change is not a hopeless cause as long as there are people committed to a different future!

Marit Bogert. I am a postdoc researcher currently focusing on citizen science and science communication, aiming to open up science to a broader audience and make it more accessible and democratic to everyone. I have a background in climate change communication, systems thinking and social ecology.