Dr Britt Wray is an author, researcher and science communicator with a PhD in Media, Cognition and Communication from the University of Copenhagen. She is the Director of CIRCLE, a research and action initiative focused on Community-minded Interventions for Resilience, Climate Leadership and Emotional wellbeing, at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Stanford School of Medicine. Britt also writes Gen Dread, a newsletter about staying sane in the climate crisis, which shares interviews, insights, and analyses that support radical hope and collective climate action by transforming pain into purpose.With a passion for addressing the mental health impacts of the ecological crisis, especially on young people, she has written two books, the latest being Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety, a national bestseller and a finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Award. She has also hosted and produced several podcasts, radio and TV programs for the BBC, NPR, and CBC, and has spoken at TED and the World Economic Forum. She is certified in Climate Psychology, a Chicago Council on Global Affairs Next Generation Climate Changemaker, and a recipient of the Canadian Eco-Hero Award and the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications.