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How can zines and board games help us understand climate change? Projects in Birmingham and Glasgow are using these techniques to allow young people to express their hopes and their experiences of activism. Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and Simeon Shtebunaev talk to Rosamund Barraclough about why we should listen to and include the thoughts of young people.

Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold is Senior Lecturer in Children\u2019s Literature Studies at the University of Glasgow. \nMore information on zine-making workshops:\nhttps://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/the-climate-in-your-hands-empowering-young-peoples-engagement-in-climate-action-through-zine-making/

Simeon Shtebunaev is a doctoral researcher and lecturer at Birmingham City University.\nYou can find more information about \u2018Are You Game For Climate Change?\u2019 here:\nhttps://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our-phds/news-and-events/new-board-game-to-educate-young-people-in-climate-change

Both projects are funded through the AHRC\u2019s \u2018Engaging young people with climate research\u2019 fund. More information can be found here:\nFood, theatre and music engage young people with climate research \u2013 UKRI

The podcast series Green Thinking is 26 episodes 26 minutes long looking at issues relating to COP26 made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. It explores the latest research and ideas around understanding and tackling the climate and nature emergency.

The podcasts are all available from the Arts & Ideas podcast feed - and collected on the Free Thinking website under Green Thinking where you can also find programmes on mushrooms, forests, rivers, eco-criticism and soil. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07zg0r2\nFor more information about the research the AHRC\u2019s supports around climate change and the natural world you can visit: Responding to climate change \u2013 UKRI or follow @ahrcpress on twitter. To join the discussion about the research covered in this podcast and the series please use the hashtag #GreenThinkingPodcast.

Producer: Sofie Vilcins