Sport and Climate Anxiety (with Dr. Holly Thorpe)

Dr. Holly Thorpe is an award-winning sociologist specializing in the intersections of sport, physical culture, and gender. She is recognized for developing innovative, interdisciplinary, and feminist approaches to understanding people’s lived experiences in these fields. Professor Thorpe holds a position at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, where she serves as a Professor in Te Huataki Waiora / School of Health. Over the past two decades, her work has focused on women’s sport, female athlete health, and the impact of social media on physical culture. Her recent article Postcards From the Future: Polluted Sport in a Changing Climate, that she wrote in partnership with several others, examines how climate change is affecting young athletes through focus groups and photographic co-creation methods with 45 participants from various sports. The study explores the concept of “polluted sports” and “climatic affective atmospheres” to understand the emotional and physical impacts of climate change on youth sports.  Links: Postcards From the Future: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01937235261450152 Sport and Climate Change: https://www.sportandclimatechange.com/exhibition Green Sports Day Canada: https://www.greensportsverts.ca/ ----  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award and Canadian Podcast Award. Send us an email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠  Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-for-social-impact⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Follow us on Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@sportssocimpact⁠ Join our bookclub: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXiczKtPflGv4vaIEw9wJvGZ2RASB5_3-DIPRU0N-T8Io8Zg/viewform?usp=header Visit our website at ⁠https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/⁠