Climate Conversations

Mick Smyer is an expert on aging. Our aging human population isn’t his only focus, however. He’s concerned with how our planet is aging and how we are – and aren’t – talking about it.

Smyer, the founder and CEO of Growing Greener: Climate Action for a Warming World, uses his expertise in gerontology, communication strategies, and human-centered design to move to talk about– and take action on – climate change.

On Feb. 9, he’ll virtually visit the ECU community to speak about intergenerational climate talk and breaking the climate silence habit.

Join the conversation via Zoom.

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Smyer is the former provost and an emeritus professor of psychology at Bucknell University. He is also a senior fellow in social innovation at Babson College. A national expert, Smyer has written and lectured extensively on aging. In addition to holding leadership roles in national organizations on aging, Mick has also consulted with Fortune500 companies, state and national legislative leaders, and higher education organizations on the impacts of aging. His most recent book is “Aging and Mental Health,” with Daniel Segal and Sara Qualls. Dr. Smyer holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University.

Smyer’s talk is sponsored by the College of Health and Human Performance, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, the East Carolina University Sustainability Program and the ECU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.

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