Intern needed to help bring the Human Climate Pledge from an idea to a reality.The Pledge will serve as a platform on which the currently diffuse climate movement can cohere and multiply in efficacy. It will be signed by citizens…
Directory of Allies has Begun
Thanks to everyone who wanted to be included in the directory. It will be available as an option on the main menu (on the top in most browsers) and I will try to keep it updated as allies continue to…
Want to be included in an “Allies Directory” on The Climate Psychologist?
Happy New Year! 2013 was, for me, defined by my climate work. Without a doubt, the best thing about launching, The Climate Psychologist and Climate Change, It’s Personal has been meeting the allies. People from around the world, from different…
Introducing Team Members! Fred Branfman: “Do Our Children Deserve to Live”
The best thing about having the blog The Climate Psychologist is all of the allies it has connected me to. Climate change is a global issue, and meeting activists (and thinktavists!) from around the world has been exhilarating and enriching.…
Revised Human Climate Pledge
Since publishing, “Answering the Question of our Time, Together,” I have received lots of excellent feedback on Human Climate Movement strategy, and on the Human Climate Pledge itself. I have revised the Pledge to incorporate this feedback. (And, in a week…
Creating the Human Climate Pledge App (and State of the Blog updates)
I apologize for my recent pause in posting! (Interrupted only by my recent post about Climate Collaborative’s outstanding video.) My excuse is that I have been focused on creating the foundation for a person-to-person, pledge-based Human Climate Movement. Here is…
“Moral Power for Climate Action” Video from Climate Collaborative
This is a Climate Psychologist milestone! While I have, until now, posted only original content, this video, by Climate Collaborative provides a fantastic reason to change it up. Moral Power for Climate Action From the video: “When I look at my…
Answering the Question of Our Time: Strategy Proposal and Call to Collaboration
I have been hard at work, condensing and synthesizing my ideas into this PDF document: The Question of Our Time final My hope is that it will make my ideas more accessible to a wider audience. Please share widely,…
Climate Change: It’s Personal. Want to be Involved in an Upcoming Facebook Group?
Climate change is generally discussed from an objective, scientific, fact-based angle. But what of our subjective, psychological experience of climate change? What about the emotions it stirs, the relationships it alters, and the hopes and fears it inspires? To help…
Terror, Hatred, Despair, and Hope Must Co-Exist: Reflections on a Discussion with Believers in Near Term Human Extinction
Something remarkable happened a few days ago in the Facebook Group “Global Warming Fact of the Day,” (GWFoTD) something that I think there is much to learn from, especially regarding the emotional and psychological elements of climate change. Summary of…
Physical vs. Psychological Growth: The Teenage Dilemma!
It has been interesting to read political and environmental critiques of economic growth, coming from a psychology background. Gus Speth, for example, devotes a good portion of “Bridge at the End of the World” to arguing against the doctrine of…
State of the Blog: Pacing Myself & Exciting Projects
As some may have noticed, my rate of posting on the Climate Psychologist has slowed to some degree, and I plan to maintain it at this slower rate, posting 1-2 pieces a week. This is emphatically not because my commitment…
Divestment: A Small Part of Harvard’s Failure to Lead on Climate Change
Last week, President Drew Faust announced that Harvard would not be divesting the endowment from fossil fuel investments. While this is a disappointment, it is a small one compared to Harvard’s broader failure to sound the alarm on climate crisis,…
First Strategy Proposal: Ezra on Movement Organization
I’m very excited to share with everyone the first open-sourced strategy proposal I received for the Human Climate Movement. It is submitted by Ezra (last name: Mystery-man. This is a “partial” proposal; meaning it is an addition to my proposal…