Climate Wayfinding with Katharine Wilkinson: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home

Dates

  • Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

About

When maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain, how do we find our way? In her new book Climate Wayfinding, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson offers a compassionate and empowering guide for navigating through ache to action, doubt to possibility. We may be steeped in climate or newly curious. Either way, we can look inward with care, outward with curiosity, and forward with courage to shape our unique contributions.

Join us for a dynamic multimedia experience with Dr. Wilkinson. We will immerse ourselves in the wisdom of Climate Wayfinding and the beauty of poetry, film, art, and song. Amid kindred community, we will remember that each of us is a node of possibility for healing the climate crisis—whoever we are and whatever we’ve got to give.

Schedule

  • Doors open at 6:00 pm.
  • Participants will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition Imagine the Future, about the power we have to work together for a better future, and to visit with artists and local climate leaders to spark conversation and inspire climate journeys. The Bell’s Curiosity Shop will be open, and the University of Minnesota Bookstore will be on hand to sell books.
  • The program begins at 7:00 pm, and will be followed by a book signing with Dr. Wilkinson, participatory artmaking in a postcard activity, and time to connect with fellow climate-concerned neighbors.

About the speaker

Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson is a bestselling climate author, teacher, and creator. She has inspired hundreds of thousands of climate journeys through transformational projects that shift our cultural narratives about what’s possible and nurture engagement in renewing our world. Her publications include the forthcoming Climate Wayfinding, the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, and the New York Times bestseller Drawdown. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded and leads The All We Can Project, co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degrees, and writes the newsletter Human on Earth. Time magazine named her one of fifteen “Women Who Will Save the World.”

 

This experience is free and open to all. To participate, register on Eventbrite. This is an in-person event at the Bell Museum.

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