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How Culture Shapes Climate Action – with Climate Anthropologist Tessa Hartman

How Culture Shapes Climate Action – with Climate Anthropologist Tessa Hartman

Stories for the future

September 24, 202549m 1s

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Show Notes

What if solving climate change starts with better conversations, not just better tech?


In this episode, I talk with Tessa Hartman, a climate anthropologist and facilitator, about why culture shapes how we perceive and respond to climate challenges. We explore how empathy, social norms, and smart design can unlock new ways of working together – even across deep divides.


🎙️ In this episode:



  • What a “climate anthropologist” actually does

  • How culture, identity, and worldview shape climate action

  • The power of asking why in tough conversations

  • UX design meets sustainability – making solutions people actually want to use

  • Bridge-building between “opposing” groups

  • Lessons from Norway’s first national Citizen Assembly on climate and wealth


🔗 Resources mentioned:


Tessa Hartman on LinkedIn


Klimaantropologen (in Norwegian)


The Future Panel / Citizen Assembly (English site)


Book: Humankind by Rutger Bregman


Climate designer Katie Patrick


Stories for the Future


Veslemøy’s Substack


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