Scales of Change is a podcast mini-series, and a field guide to the "Dragons of Climate Inaction".

The Dragons are 36 different species of rationalizations – stories we tell ourselves (consciously and subconsciously) that shape all of our decisions. With the help of each of our guests, we’ll challenge the different types of climate inaction, and discuss how we can scale up to meet this moment together.

Scales of Change is proud to be a 2021 Webby Honoree in Science and Education.

Listen to Scales of Change on your podcast app, or at futureecologies.net/dragons

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Voices in order of appearance:

• Adam Huggins, Mendel Skulski, and Professor Robert Gifford [Series hosts]
• Catriona Sandilands [Ch. 3]
• Kate Moran [Ch. 2]
• Elin Kelsey [Ch. 1 & Ch. 7]
• Reuven Sussman [Ch. 4]
• Christine Kormos [Ch. 4]
• Nicholas de Pencier [Ch. 1]
• Gloria Ushigua [Ch. 5]
• kQwa’st’not Charlene George [Introduction & Ch. 7]

This is our final chapter, and our last genus of Dragon: Immobilis – the dragons of Limited Behaviour. This genus contains only two species: Immobilis signum, or the Dragon of Tokenism, and Immobilis jevonsii, or the Rebound Effect. They are among the most pernicious dragons, especially for people who already care deeply about the climate.

As we unpack this small but important genus, we discover how they are tied to the global movement to divest from fossil fuels. Once again we find ourselves with the themes that have run throughout our entire series: the power and flexibility of language & narrative.

Visit futureecologies.net/dragons to learn more about the Dragons of Inaction (including their names, descriptions, and phylogeny), and find all of our citations, guest speakers, and musicians.

In our sixth genus, we dive deep into the Dragons of Sunk Cost – the investments that work against our climate interests.

Some of these may simply be financial, but they may also be emotional: our goals and aspirations, our patterns of behaviour, and our attachments to the places around us.

In this episode, we focus our attention on Place Attachment, as we tag along with the ṮEṮÁĆES Climate Action Project: a W̱SÁNEĆ-led eco-cultural revitalization project.

To learn more about the Dragons of Climate Inaction (+ musical credits, citations, and more) visit futureecologies.net/dragons