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…
Think Before You Act(ivism)
An important goal of many therapies is for the patient to develop the capacity to reflect before acting. This may sound easy, but when people are overwhelmed by emotional distress, to act is a natural response. The key, then, is…
Ready to Get Involved?
Over the past week I have been contacted by a few readers telling me that they are ready to take the next step and get involved in some way. This is fantastic and extremely encouraging. I very much want to…
State of the Blog Part 2: Ideas!
In the previous State of the Blog post, I discussed my goals for the Climate Psychologist; my hope that my writing can contribute to building, empowering, organizing, and uniting the Human Climate Movement in order to wake humanity up from…
New Ads!
I thought that having some advertisements might help spread the word about this blog. I had sharing on Facebook in mind when I made them, but they could be used elsewhere too. So, let me know what you think. And,…