Kathleen Biggins, founder of C-Change Conversations, interviews with Stefan Junge at Mensch.

Climate change has become a “litmus test” for party loyalties, which has led to this being one of the most divisive issues in this country.

Shreveport Mayor, Adrian Perkins broke the ice before introducing Biggins while discussing how climate change hits more closer to home than we may think.

Stories on Climate change often make news headlines – just this past week there was a story about a record high temperature in Antarctica – a place we normally think of as forever frozen…but the high reported last week was a record-breaking 65 degrees…that caught attention.

Shreveport Garden Study Club is sponsoring an event to explore the topic, said Michele Wiener, in a press release. It is bringing the program here in conjunction with Shreveport Green and LSUS. Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins will introduce the speaker, LSUS Chancellor Larry Clark and Shreveport Green Executive Director Donna Curtis

Social psychologists such as Jonathan Haidt have documented that much of our decision making takes place based on instinct, influenced by those we consider to be members of our “tribe,” and that our intellect is used to confirm that choice.