POTSDAM -- Climate change is the next topic of North Country Matters (NCM), the local news video magazine produced by WCKN at Clarkson University. NCM host Donna Seymour talks with Ginger Storey-Welch, the leader of the local North Country 350 Alliance.

This discussion examines recent climate news, how young people are viewing climate change, and what you can do in your own life to address some of the changes. The show is available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdFTjSRJjF0

The show is the second NCM with 350 Alliance. In March 2015, Heather Sullivan-Catlin and Ginger Storey-Welch talked with Bess Kirnie and Donna Seymour about climate change and global warming, how it is affecting us in the North Country and people across the globe, and what the North Country 350 Alliance is doing to educate and advocate for better policy and personal choices. The link for that show is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4lIBryuOm0.

This semester SUNY Potsdam students in professor Trevor Blank’s communication class are assisting with the video production behind the camera at WCKN and with social media to publicize the work of NCM.

The NCM civic partners working to educate North Country residents about critical public policy issues facing our region include AAUW-St. Lawrence County, the League of Women Voters of St. Lawrence County, and Clarkson and SUNY Potsdam Communication students, who provide the technical expertise and social media outreach for the production.

The shows are filmed at the WCKN studio on the Clarkson campus.

The shows are also available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXnsRt0cUL5YdjA8ScVG8cQ. More info and specific program links: www.stlawrence.aauw-nys.org and www.slc-leaguewv.org.