“It is rarely comfortable to talk about climate change. Bringing something difficult up, it feels like somehow by mentioning this I'm kind of causing it, I'm hurting these people. But you're not hurting these people; climate change is hurting these people. You're telling them they're being hurt.” PeopleFeelsKindDifficultHurtComfortableClimateClimate ChangeBeing Hurt Author: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 science, and people feeling not competent about this issue.” PeopleReasonFeelingsLanguageIssuesClimateClimate ChangeCompetent Author: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, there is a lot of confusion among climate activists about the role of science, that scientists should be social and political leaders of this movement.” PeopleThinkingShouldImportantPoliticalSocialUnderstandingLeaderRolesMovementScientistLaysClimateClimate ChangeConfusionActivistInvitesPolitical Leaders Author: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 not actually that complicated.” PeopleMatterHardScientistClimateComplexesClimate ChangeComplicatedImpression Author: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 things absolutely deserve our fear, and climate change is first among them.” PeopleFirstsEasyWorryCrazyDeserveClimateResponseClimate Change Author: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 into the woods with whatever guns and bombs and what not they could get their hands on, and just would fight Nazis, and try to help people escape.” PeopleTryingLongHelpingHandsYoungFightingMinesHeroGunWoodsBombsGrandmotherSurvivorHolocaustNaziMy GrandmotherPartisansHolocaust Survivor Author: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 that would cause the deaths of billions of people. It's certainly not something I'm willing to accept.” PeopleThinkingCausesAcceptingMoralPositionWillingCivilizationOkayArguingBillionsCollapse Author: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 neighbors and to their coworkers, and talking about this pledge, that would change the political and social landscape so much more than if 5,000 people got arrested for protesting a pipeline.” PeopleIfsMindPoliticalSocialTalkingMovementClimateClimate ChangeNeighborLandscapePledgeArrestedPipelineSocial MovementsCoworker Author:Margaret D. Klein