Facing the Climate Emergency, Second Edition: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth - Paperback

by Margaret Klein Salamon (Author), Molly Gage (With), Adam McKay (Foreword by)

Overwhelmed by climate anxiety? Transform your angst into action to become the hero humanity needs

A lifeline for those suffering from climate anxiety, Facing the Climate Emergency combines expertise in clinical psychology and disruptive climate activism to help readers transform their fear and grief into courage and heroism.

The second edition of this beloved, radical self-help book provides:

• An updated analysis of the context of the climate movement including COVID-19, the hunger crisis, growing political unrest, and more
• An unflinching analysis of the accelerating impacts of climate change and what they mean for each of us, personally
• Concrete strategies for tackling climate anxiety, including welcoming painful feelings and using them to catalyze change
• Inspiring profiles of ordinary people sounding the alarm by gluing themselves to priceless works of art, blocking transportation corridors, and shutting down fossil fuel infrastructure
• Resources, exercises for self-reflection, and an invitation to the Climate Awakening, a global virtual climate emotions platform.

Featuring a foreword by visionary filmmaker and philanthropist Adam McKay, Facing the Climate Emergency takes a deep dive into why disruptive grassroots activism is the fastest, most cost-effective path to transformative change.

Whether you're drawn to the front lines of high stakes, non-violent direct action, or prefer to play a supporting role, this guide will help you combat the forces of climate denial and discover your own power in the face of the greatest planetary crisis.

1st EDITION AWARDS

• SILVER 2021 Living Now Book Awards - Green Living
• SILVER 2020 Nautilus Book Awards: Rising to the Moment 2020

Back Jacket

OVERWHELMED BY CLIMATE ANXIETY?
Transform your angst into action to become the hero humanity needs

If you are filled with anxiety and reeling from the onslaught of bad climate news, do yourself and your loved ones a favor and read this book.
--ABIGAIL DISNEY, Emmy-winning documentary producer and director, philanthropist, activist

Helped me understand how to cope with the enormity of the challenges we face.
--VANESSA NAKATE, founder, Rise Up Movement, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

A life-changing book.
--BRITT WRAY, PhD, author, Generation Dread

This book will wake you up no matter how awake you think you are.
--DAVID WALLACE-WELLS, deputy editor, New York Magazine, author The Uninhabitable Earth

I hope this book becomes as ubiquitous as Heimlich maneuver posters in restaurants.
--ADAM MCKAY, writer and director, Don't Look Up

The only self-help book you will ever need.
--JESSICA WILDFIRE, author

An exhortation and a wake-up call. Everyone should read it.
--JEREMY STRONG, actor

An invaluable roadmap for everyone who wants to move beyond despair and into effective action. Read it and let's get to work!
--ANNIE LEONARD, co-executive director, Greenpeace USA

A LIFELINE FOR those suffering from climate anxiety, this fully updated second edition of Facing the Climate Emergency combines expertise in clinical psychology and disruptive climate activism to help readers transform their fear and grief into courage and heroism. Updated with an emphasis on disruptive nonviolent activism as the fastest path to real change.

Whether you're drawn to the front lines of high-stakes, non-violent direct action, or prefer to play a supporting role, this guide will help you combat the forces of climate denial and discover your own power.

MARGARET KLEIN SALAMON, PhD, is a clinical psychologist turned climate activist based in New York. She is the executive director of the Climate Emergency Fund, and founder of both the grassroots advocacy group Climate Mobilization and the Climate Awakening project.

Author Biography

Margaret Klein Salamon, Ph.D, is the executive director of the Climate Emergency Fund, which raises and grants millions of dollars to nonviolent disruptive climate activists. A graduate of Harvard with a Ph.D. from Adelphi University, Margaret brings her psychological expertise to all of her climate work. As founder of the grassroots advocacy group Climate Mobilization, she spearheaded the campaign for governments to acknowledge the climate emergency through an official declaration. A climate emergency has now been declared by over 2,270 global governments, comprising more than 1 billion of the world's citizens. Her Climate Awakening project facilitates hundreds of virtual and in-person small-group conversations, helping people transform their fear, rage, and despair into effective action. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.