Episode 2: Leveraging the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency. Kai Riemer-Watts, Community Psychology

The second episode of Research Chat features:

• an interview with Kai Reimer-Watts, a PhD student in Community Psychology program at Laurier and  a doctoral fellow at the Viessman Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability (VERiS). He shares his experiences at Laurier and how he came to study in the community psychology program at Laurier.
• Next he explains his on-going research into the power of cultural signposts in response to our shared climate emergency.
• After explaining what signposts are, and relating them to the COVID crisis and the Green New Deal,  Reimer-Watts explains how his climate emergency activism is connected to his research.
• His interview concludes with an invitation to get involved in responding to the climate crisis and to link academic work with community advocacy.
• Additional information about the research and  transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/ResearchChat