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Let’s get Rootbound: Grace Nosek on the Power of Climate Fiction

March 20, 2025, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Online, and BC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability 2260 West Mall

Join us for an exciting conversation with Grace Nosek about her book, Rootbound, and the unique role that climate fiction and art can play in inspiring youth and driving climate action. Climate justice calls for transforming the systems that have led us to our current environmental crisis. Climate fiction and art hold the power to drive this change. This is your chance to ignite your passion as a climate advocate and reimagine the future.  

Grace Nosek is a passionate scholar, storyteller, and climate justice advocate. Her PhD and postdoctoral research explore how the fossil fuel industry undermines democracy and, importantly, how we can empower youth to take action. Rootbound, a joyful YA climate fantasy novel, is a product of this work and uses storytelling to challenge and counter the false narratives propagated by the fossil fuel industry. 

Grace will be joined in discussion by Dr. Amanda Giang, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Modelling for Policy, and UBC student Amy Leung, BA Geography. 

The event will include opportunities for attendees to ask questions through Slido and participate in a networking session later on. We encourage you to come ready to participate and connect with fellow attendees! 

Organized by the UBC Sustainability Hub, UBC Sauder School of Business, Sustainable Development Solutions Network University of Calgary, UBC Climate Hub, The Youth Harbour, and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

Climate Solutions Research Collective

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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