67% of Americans never discuss global warming*

Inspired by the need for non-polarizing, everyday conversations about climate change and the many ways it affects our lives, we created Climate Conversations. 

Climate Conversations is an open source web-app that aims to inspire personal conversations about climate change.  At the core is a database of climate events with topics ranging from climate trends and extreme events to legal frameworks and technological solutions. For each event, we have written open-ended, non-scientific, non-political questions, prompting the users to discuss the events in relation to their own experiences. Users enter their name and age to facilitate framing the events from their point of view. 
*Yale Climate Opinion Maps

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What people are saying: 

I was tentative going into the conversation because I know that my family doesn't have the same views on science that I do. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the questions asked steered the conversation in a gentle and unbiased way. It was easier for my family to answer questions honestly rather than being wary about their answer being pushed in one direction.

I was surprised to realize that all of my closest friends had concerns on climate change. We rarely talked about topics that were as serious or big as this one, and they showed me some really incredible ideas, which I had never thought they would get to

Our family has a tendency to not bring up any serious or controversial topics both because we're not interested and we're not a very big fan of debates or arguments. However, the word "conversation" definitely made it easier to actually open up to start the conversation and ... avoid awkwardness

Over 700 people have played Climate Conversations.
We have also  presented this at the 2017 Northwest Climate Conference, and the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. 
This project is a collaboration with Rachel White, Katie Doroschak, Michelle Tigchelaar, and Riah Buchanan.