Home Climate & Sustainability Symposium shows creativity, conviction are key to communicating climate solutions From card games to virtual reality, innovative climate researchers are finding new ways to engage the public The inaugural Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium convened community leaders, local officials, researchers, and journalists like KQED’s Danielle Venton, who moderated one of the event's panels. (Photo by Erin Malsbury/UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program)Olivia Maule felt like she was standing on a ledge overlooking the Santa Cruz boardwalk. (Photo by Erin Malsbury)Anja Ufeldt, visiting scholar and artist in residence at the UC Santa Cruz OpenLab, presented her sculpture series Art + Fog. “We are looking forward to applying these tools to new challenges, working with researchers from UC Santa Cruz and beyond,” said Costello. Human-caused climate change disasters are happening now, and UC Santa Cruz researchers hope these creative methods will help inform and motivate the public about opportunities for positive climate action.