After Disaster: Picking up the pieces in an age of climate change

Among the effects of climate change are more extreme weather events, such as Typhoon Haiyan, Superstorm Sandy, and a severe drought stretching across much of the Western United States. On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take a deeper look at the social and psychological impacts of climate change, and the weight of inaction.

 

Featuring:

 

• Niki Stanley and Derice Klass, Far Rockaway residents
• Zardos V. Abela, firefighter for the Bureau of Fire Protection in Tacloban, Philippines
• Abigail Gewirtz,  psychologist at the University of Minnesota
• Stephan Wasik, Valley Fire survivor
• Jeff Keenan, Valley Fire survivor
• Erica Petersen, Valley Fire survivor
• Manuel Orozco, Behavioral Health Fiscal Manager, Lake County Behavioral Health.