Margaret D. Klein

Climate change is the sine qua non of continued civilization. We either solve this, or it's lights out. Turning into a collective…

— Margaret D. Klein

With climate change, of course there are things to grieve. I certainly grieved that the vision that I had for my life,…

— Margaret D. Klein

Climate change has been associated so much with a peaceful mentality - obviously peace and love are good, but we need to…

— Margaret D. Klein

While the American people have the impression that scientists are hard at work figuring out this complex matter of climate change, it's…

— Margaret D. Klein

Online petitions are built around getting as many signatures as possible. But the experience of taking them and forgetting about them degrades…

— Margaret D. Klein

Psychologically speaking, the rational, healthy response to climate change is to say to oneself, "What can I do about this?" But that…

— Margaret D. Klein

Taking fear seriously is not easy. A lot of people's response to fear is "Don't worry so much, it's crazy." But some…

— Margaret D. Klein

There are a lot of reasons people don't talk about climate change. One of them has to do with the language of…

— Margaret D. Klein

I used to be a lot more afraid of climate change. Now I spend my time working, planning, trying to move forward.

— Margaret D. Klein

I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing…

— Margaret D. Klein

Social movements throughout history take place in people's minds. If we got 5,000 Americans who were talking about climate change to their…

— Margaret D. Klein

I think it's very important to invite and encourage people to talk about climate change who have a lay understanding. In general,…

— Margaret D. Klein

By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other.

— Margaret D. Klein

The problem is so severe that trying to say, "First we'll fix the government and then we'll tackle climate change," or, "First…

— Margaret D. Klein

My grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. Some heroes of mine have long been the Jewish Partisans, these young people who just went…

— Margaret D. Klein

What we accomplished during World War Two is just amazing. We turned our country upside down. African Americans were demanding to be…

— Margaret D. Klein

I argue that I don't think it's a moral position to say that civilization is going to collapse, and that's okay. Because…

— Margaret D. Klein

It is rarely comfortable to talk about climate change. Bringing something difficult up, it feels like somehow by mentioning this I'm kind…

— Margaret D. Klein