On December 11, 2017, writer and director Adam McKay tweeted that we need a WWII scale climate mobilization to his almost 1 million followers. Fires in Southern California are beyond historic.Hurricanes this year beyond historic. Flooding, drought, glaciers melting.We need…
Life in The Climate Crisis: A Discussion Series
Before starting The Climate Mobilization, I was training to become a clinical psychologist. Psychology was the first lens I used to examine my own and others’ responses to the climate crisis: grief, terror, denial, dissociation and more. My most impactful…
Climate Truth and the New York Magazine’s “The Uninhabitable Earth”
Last Week, David Wallace-Wells published a cover story in New York Magazine, “The Uninhabitable Earth,” on some of the worst-case scenarios that the climate crisis could cause by the end of this century. It describes killer heat waves, crippling agricultural…
What S-Town Gets Wrong about Climate and Mental Health
I was earning my PhD in clinical psychology when I, like the protagonist of the acclaimed podcast S-town, developed an “obsession” with the climate crisis and the imminent threat it poses to humanity and the natural world. For years, I had…
Blueprint for a Climate Emergency Movement
Allies, After Donald Trump’s election, we at TCM went back to the drawing board. “How are we going to successfully commence climate mobilization under these insane political conditions?!” we asked. We devoted hundreds of hours to reading, conversation and study…
The Climate Emergency & The Election: A Pathway to WWII-scale Mobilization
A message from Ezra on the Election: Fellow Mobilizers, I have new article in Common Dreams today about the election. I would be honored if you read it: The Climate Emergency & The Election: A Pathway to WWII-scale Mobilization Here’s my…
Recruiting for Climate Year: Give One Year to Save Civilization
Allies, We are thrilled to announce our new Climate Year program. As part of our new strategy to ensure that the U.S. federal government commences a WWII-scale climate mobilization to restore a safe climate by July 4, 2017, we are…
Leading the Public into Emergency Mode: A New Strategy for the Climate Movement
Allies! I am very pleased to share my new paper with you. Available as an Illustrated PDF or Text Only– below What Leaders of the Climate Movement are saying about “Leading the Public into Emergency Mode” With unique skills as…
Reflections on Mobilization: Video of Me and Ezra
While in Iowa for The Climate Mobilization’s highly successful Climate Emergency Caucus, Ezra Silk and I took some time to reflect on how The Climate Mobilization got started, and the theoretical and moral underpinnings of our efforts. One issue that kept…
Introducing the Emergency Climate Movement
I am very pleased that my article, The Emergency Climate Movement has been shared on EcoWatch more than 600 times. I am working to get it posted on other blogs, too, so why not start with The Climate Psychologist 🙂…
The Transformative Power of Climate Truth: Illustrated (and updated)
I am extremely pleased to announce The Transformative Power of Climate Truth, Illustrated Version! The main addition here are the beautiful illustrations and formatting are by Katharine Woodman-Maynard, The Climate Mobilization’s lead graphic designer. This version is updated to reflect recent…
Obama’s Climate Legacy: Open Letter Demands Mobilization
Here’s the Media Release for the project I have been working on for the past few weeks, ObamasClimateLegacy.com. Add your name! Share widely! Open Letters to President Obama Champion Zero Emissions Goal at Paris Talks. Add Your Name. President’s…
The Transformative Power of Climate Truth: Updated w Encyclical Material
I published “The Transformative Power of Climate Truth” 3 months ago. This updated version addresses, Laudato Si Pope Francis’ recent Encyclical, which is one of the most profound, and sure most powerful, statements of climate truth that has ever been made.…
Mobilize Iowa: The Climate Mobilization Enters Presidential Politics
The Climate Mobilization is ready to enter presidential politics, and bring the need for a WWII-scale Climate Mobilization into the national conversation. Ed Fallon, a former 14-year Iowa state legislator, veteran organizer, talk radio host, and accomplished climate activist, has…
The Climate Psychologist, now on Video and Radio
I have been very busy planning 6.14 National Climate Mobilization Day, in which Mobilizers in more than 15 US cities, as well as Paris and Mexico, demand WWII scale climate mobilization! Join us! Take the Pledge to Mobilize from me!…