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This Earth Day, Help Your Students Learn to Speak on Climate Action
Rune Kier Nielsen is an award-winning political speechwriter formerly for the Danish Government and Public Advocacy Lead on Climate Action for the United Nations Environment Programme—the UN's authoritative voice on the environment. In this podcast, he shares why he wrote Speaking on Climate: A Guide to Speechwriting for a Better Future, how the book is structured, and how it can be used in a classroom setting and beyond! What makes a good speech? Better yet, what makes an effective speech? And how can an effective speech help in the fight against climate change? Climate change is a pressing issue, and the ability to successfully communicate about it is crucial in working against it. Social anthropologist and professional speechwriter Rune Kier Nielsen breaks down nine common flaws of climate rhetoric and how to fix them in this thorough, engaging guide to speechwriting toward climate justice. Visit Rune's website to learn more about his career: https://www.runekier.dk/ Learn more about the book and order your copy: https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25235 Music credits: "Farm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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