Communicating care for environmental, economic, & social justice
Care for the environment, economy, and social justice converge in sustainability, an international and interdisciplinary ideal that shapes a range of attitudes, behaviors, practices, and systems.
As for stories—nothing may be more fundamental to life than perhaps, well, life.
Through studying, hearing, amplifying and co-creating stories in ways that are attuned to power, culture and ecology, the Sustainability And Storytelling Lab (or SAS Lab, affectionately called the “sass” lab, note below) aspires to hold unsustainable acts accountable and to make sustainable futures possible.
We facilitate high-impact learning for students through courses, publications, and community-based research that bridge theory and practice. The SAS Lab’s practices move through face-to-face interactions and across media, including podcasting and online story mapping. Our mission is enacted through collaborations across CU Boulder, as well as with off-campus partners locally and globally.
If you want to learn more about the SAS Lab, please, click on a link to go to the website.
Colorado Environmental Justice Digital Storytelling Project
The Colorado Environmental Justice Digital Storytelling Project We published about the pilot in the journal Environmental Justice.
Communicating Care Podcast
Tune into the Communicating Care Podcast where we talk about the ways environmental and climate justice advocacy are motivated by, express, and foster care.
Environmental Communication Editing, Research & Publishing
Professor Pezzullo coedits a University of California Press book series on Environmental Communication, Power & Culture, as well as serves as Editor of the international and interdisciplinary journal Environmental Communication.
Imagining Just Transitions
Transitioning our energy system away from fossil fuels changes more than energy infrastructure—it impacts workers, communities, and cultures. The Sustainability and Storytelling Lab is proud to partner with NGOs such as The Just Transition Alliance and Once and Future Green to amplify their expertise and co-create stories.
Preventing Plastic Pollution
We have been proud supporters of reducing single-use plastics on campus and on July 1, 2025, the campus began a ten-year pouring rights contract committing eliminating single-use plastic (SUP) beverage containers in vending machines on campus!
Creative Climate Communication Consulting & Capacity Building
Some of our work happens through Interlocking Directorate Organizations, Inside the Greenhouse, the SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education, and the Graduate Certificate for Environmental Justice.
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