Margaret Klein Salamon

Margaret Klein Salamon is the Executive Director of the Climate Emergency Fund, and the founder & principal of Climate Awakening.[1][2] She founded The Climate Mobilization.[3][4][5] She is the author of Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth. She advocated for an "all hands on deck" mobilization against climate change.[6]

Margaret Klein Salamon
EducationHarvard University, Adelphi University
OccupationClimate activist, writer, clinical psychologist

Biography

A trained clinical psychologist, Margaret founded The Climate Mobilization in 2014 to advocate for a transformation of the economy, politics, and society to respond to the climate emergency.[7] Margaret founded The Climate Mobilization in 2014 after she felt that there were no organizations telling the full truth of the climate emergency.[8][9]

In her work, Margaret has highlighted the importance of processing climate grief[10][11] the psychological reluctance of individuals to see the climate emergency as a threat,[12] and the importance of empowerment self-defense.[13]

Her essays appear in Ecowatch,[14] Grist,[15] and The Hill.[16]

In 2020, Margaret published Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth, a self-help guide about the climate emergency.[17][18]

In 2021, Klein Salamon became the Executive Director of the Climate Emergency Fund.[19][20] The group funds "more aggressive" non-violent civil disobedience about climate change.[21][22]

Works
  • Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself With Climate Truth, ISBN 9780865719415[23]

References
  1. "Resources to Help You Cope With Climate Anxiety". Time. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. Pattee, Emma. "Where Parents Can Get Help with Climate Anxiety". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  3. Barnard, Anne (2019-07-05). "A 'Climate Emergency' Was Declared in New York City. Will That Change Anything?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  4. "'Americans are waking up': two thirds say climate crisis must be addressed". the Guardian. 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. "'We can't go back to normal': how will coronavirus change the world?". the Guardian. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  6. "Activist urges WWII-level global effort to fight climate change". The Current, CBC. Dec 13, 2018.
  7. Read, Bridget (2020-05-21). "How a 'Climate Psychologist' Gets It Done". The Cut. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  8. Smith-Schoenwalder, Cecelia (August 16, 2019). "The Making of an Emergency: Mostly non-binding climate emergency declarations are drawing some concern". USNews.com. Retrieved May 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Coxon, Sara-Katherine (2020-01-31). "Margaret Klein Salamon". Climate One. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  10. "The Apocalypse Is Now: We Need Immediate Action Against Climate Change To Survive". Well+Good. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  11. "Mourners Hold a Funeral for a Dead Oregon Glacier". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  12. "Why aren't we more afraid of global warming? The psychology of procrastinating on climate change". The Independent. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  13. O’Shea |, Janet (2021-09-22). "The Feminist Self-Defense Practice That Could Give the Climate Crisis a Beatdown". Zócalo Public Square. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  14. "Why Being Fearful Can Spark Climate Action". EcoWatch. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  15. "As 'normal' crumbles, young people are turning their grief into action". Grist. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  16. Oliveira, Alexandra (2020-03-25). "We're in 'emergency mode' for coronavirus — we can do the same thing for climate". TheHill. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  17. "The Emotional Toll of the Climate Emergency | Psychology Today Canada". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  18. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Climate collapse: The people who fear society is doomed | DW | 28.04.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  19. "Meet the Team Turbocharging the Global Climate Movement". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  20. "With a New Leader, Climate Emergency Fund Gets Back to the Streets and Confronts Media Silence". Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  21. "Why protesting at politicians' homes may help undo climate change". KCRW. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  22. Leber, Rebecca (2022-01-10). "Time is running out. Here's how the climate movement can level up". Vox. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  23. Read, Bridget (2020-05-21). "How a 'Climate Psychologist' Gets It Done". The Cut. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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