Yvonne Mark recalls a 'pretty grim summer' in 2021 trying to keep cool and help others during an unprecedented and deadly heatwave that sent temperatures soaring in the Lower Mainland. Photo by Sophie Thomas.

As world leaders make potentially generation altering decisions about the future of planet Earth, people on the margins are experiencing first hand the impact of environmental degradation and climate change. A collaborative storytelling endeavour called the Climate Disaster Project - which employs a trauma-informed co-creative process - collects first-hand accounts of what it was like to survive recent heatwaves and wildfires in British Columbia, Canada. Megaphone’s Yvonne Mark, who spent summers growing up at Gray Bay running on the beaches, writes about living alone in her studio apartment during last year’s heatwave and wonders what she can do to make a difference.

Megaphone’s Climate Disaster Project: “When you’re so used to disaster in your life, you learn to go with the flow”

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