At Home, On Air: A Conversation with Rick Moody

At Home, On Air: A Conversation with Rick Moody

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“The language of climate action in four words: Here, Now, You, Hope. Hope is the last word because hope is action.”

Harry “Rick” Moody

Thank You to Our Featured Guest:

Harry “Rick” Moody, Ph.D., Author, Climate Activist, retired Vice President for Academic Affairs with AARP, former Executive Director of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College, and a Visiting Faculty member at Fielding Graduate University and Tohoku University in Japan

Thank You to Our Podcast Host: 

Susanne Stadler | Architect, Executive Director of At Home With Growing Older

About this Episode:

This discussion highlights how older adults, while more vulnerable to climate impacts, can still be powerful agents of change in addressing one of our greatest global challenges.

During the conversation, author and climate activist, Rick Moody discusses his latest book, Climate Change in an Aging Society, and explores the concept of “eco elders,” why hope is essential for meaningful action, and practical steps older adults can take from home. Moody challenges the paralyzing effects of pessimism and encourages everyone to “think globally, act locally” through simple but significant changes.

Moody’s book, Climate Change in an Aging Society, is the first book fully devoted to the impact of climate change on those who are old today — and those who will be old in decades to come — focusing on these issues of critical importance: 

  • Aging in place,
  • Health and age in a warming world,
  • Responsibility for the climate crisis,
  • Options for climate-conscious consumers,
  • Planning for investment for a green retirement,
  • and opportunities for political action.

This episode of At Home, On Air is a part of our mini-series, Changemaker Interviews, where we highlight the impact of changemakers on the quality of our lives. These individuals have challenged and changed systems, introduced new ways of thinking and told previously untold stories.

More About Rick Moody:

Rick Moody is Visiting Faculty in the Creative Longevity and Wisdom Program of Fielding Graduate University, USA. He is former Vice President and Director of Academic Affairs at AARP in Washington and is currently the editor of the popular Human Values in Aging monthly newsletter.

In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society on Aging, and in 2008 he was named by Utne Reader Magazine as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” He is the author of Ethics in an Aging Society (1992), Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society (1988), and over 100 scholarly articles. He is also the co-author of Aging: Concepts and Controversies (10th edition, 2020), Gerontology: The Basics (Routledge, 2018), Dignity and Old Age (Routledge, 1998), and The Five Stages of the Soul: Charting the Spiritual Passages That Shape Our Lives (1997), and the editor of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging: A Social Work Perspective (Routledge, 2005).

Takeaway Resources

Rick’s Questions:

  • “What do we do?” and “What can I do?“
  • “What are we doing, young and old alike?”
  •  ”Who is in a position to make change?“
  • “Are your actions saved? Have you done your legacy work for future generations? Are you working for those who will survive us?“

3 Things You Can Do Now:

  • Address your own money — where it is and how you use it
  • Make better consumer choices
  • Join with other people

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The original, live conversation was recorded on:

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM PDT.

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