The Climate Psychologist

Grieving the Future you Thought you Had: Excerpt of Facing the Climate Emergency

by Margaret Klein SalamonAnxiety, Climate psychology, Climate Writing, Emotional growth, Emotions, Human Climate Movement, Living in Climate Truth, Moral Responsibility, The Author June 26, 2019February 10, 2021No Comments

I’ve published an excerpt from my forthcoming book “Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth” on Common Dreams. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In 20? Perhaps you plan to be advancing in your career, married, with children or retired, living near the beach, traveling often. Whatever it is—have …

Introducing Team Members! Fred Branfman: “Do Our Children Deserve to Live”

by Margaret Klein SalamonClimate psychology, Human Climate Movement, Moral Responsibility, Thinktivism December 20, 2013December 20, 2013No Comments

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. Some of the people I have connected with deeply agree with my psychological, “person-to-person, Pledge …

Revised Human Climate Pledge

by Margaret Klein SalamonHuman Climate Movement December 12, 2013January 26, 201410 Comments

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 or so, I will release a revised version of the proposal.) **This Pledge is for …

Creating the Human Climate Pledge App (and State of the Blog updates)

by Margaret Klein SalamonBlog Stuff, Human Climate Movement, State of the blog December 4, 2013December 20, 20133 Comments

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 a brief report on my activities: 1) Moving Human Climate Movement strategy forward, by working …

State of the Blog Part 2: Ideas!

by Margaret Klein SalamonHuman Climate Movement, Ideas!, Reader involvement, State of the blog September 26, 2013September 26, 20134 Comments

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 denial and fight back. In this post, I will share my ideas for future writing …

Let’s Read Together: A Bridge at the End of the World

by Margaret Klein SalamonBlog Stuff, Education, Human Climate Movement, Reader involvement September 20, 2013September 20, 20137 Comments

For almost a year, I have been in an intensive climate change book group. Maybe a “study group” is a better word for it. We read a book a week, about climate change, social movements, denial, US politics, and so forth, and shared notes and discussion. It has been an enriching and enlightening experience for …

Learning about Climate Change is a Revolutionary Act: Top 5 Books to Educate and Empower

by Margaret Klein SalamonClimate psychology, Education, Human Climate Movement, Living in Climate Truth September 14, 2013January 9, 20143 Comments

You “know” that climate change exists. But how much do you really know? How current is your information? How deep is your understanding? Because climate change is terrifying, we have the tendency to purposefully not learn more about it, to avoid new information. I believe it is a moral, and strategic, obligation to fight this …

Couple’s Therapy: Tough Love for the Feuding Naomi Klein and Joe Romm

by Margaret Klein SalamonClimate psychology, Emotions, Human Climate Movement, Tough Love September 10, 2013September 12, 201310 Comments

Reading the recent acrimony between Naomi Klein and Joe Romm reminded me of conducting therapy with couples. Here is the scenario that it reminds me of: A middle-aged married couple is distraught over their young adult son who seems relentlessly bent on self destruction. He abuses drugs and alcohol, is frequently involved in violent conflicts, …

Fighting Climate Change is different than Fighting for Civil Rights: Part I, Strategy Analysis and Critique

by Margaret Klein SalamonAnxiety, Civil Rights Movement, Climate Change Denial, Human Climate Movement, Social Movements, Strategy August 27, 2013September 16, 20132 Comments

Part I: A Psychologically and Technologically Informed Strategic Critique Introduction: The Human Climate Movement draws much of its strategy and tactics from the Civil Rights Movement; they engage in marches, demonstrations, and similar civil disobedience. For example, scientists and citizens handcuff themselves to the White House gates and face arrest, echoing the tactic of lunch …