"On the last day of Climate Week NYC, indie-pop musician Adam Met and Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson met to record a " Sing for Science" podcast at the decidedly un-rockstarlike hour of 10am. The topic was "Inertia: Accelerating the Climate Movement with Imagination and Hope," which also happens to be the title of a hit song by Met's (literal) band of brothers, the multiplatinum band AJR."
"Abramson, a mechanical engineer and thermal transport expert-the "science" in "Sing for Science"-and Met discussed everything from "building a bigger tent" for climate activists who might not align on other issues to using collective spaces like concerts to spur people into climate action. At shows, Met said he asks fans to join him in phone banking and voter-registration efforts, noting that "15 percent of people take concrete climate action following the show.""
""An object in motion stays in motion," added Abramson, applying a basic rule in physics to the climate movement. "Let's go all in on that.""
Adam Met and Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson recorded a Sing for Science podcast during Climate Week NYC focused on momentum and imagination for climate action. Met holds a Ph.D. in sustainable development and human rights and authored Amplify, and he integrates activism into performances by organizing phone banks and voter-registration drives at shows. Abramson, a mechanical engineer and thermal transport expert, framed movement-building with a physics metaphor and urged leveraging existing momentum. Collective events and touring artists can mobilize fans into concrete actions, with Met reporting a 15 percent conversion to climate activity after shows.
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