July 30, 2020 – 6:00 pm
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Our world is growing more complicated by the hour, and figuring out how to talk with the young people in our lives about issues like climate change can cause even more stress. Enter our speaker, Harriet Shugarman, Climate Mama and author of How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change, Turning Angst to Action. She’ll share how to get that conversation started and turn climate angst in to climate action.
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Your Hosts: This event is sponsored by chapters of The Climate Reality Project in
Tacoma, WA and Thurston County, WA. Connect with us, join our chapters and learn how you can take meaningful action against the climate crisis. Outside the South Sound region? Find your local chapter
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About Harriet Shugarman
Harriet Shugarman is the Executive Director of ClimateMama, an on-line community that she founded in 2009 and which reaches individuals in over 110 countries and all 50 states. As a leader and mentor with The Climate Reality Project, Harriet chairs the Climate Reality NYC Metro Chapter and was the recipient of the Climate Reality 2017 Green Ring Award. A review by the American Library Association of Harriet’s 2020 book,
How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change, Turning Angst to Action, states that, “Shugarman has written a pointedly apolitical title aimed at easing the climate change conversation between parents and children. Parents and parenting groups will find much to share here.” Selected as a
2020 New York City Climate Hero and a 2019 featured speaker at the
Global Engagement Summit at United Nations Headquarters, Harriet is a sought after speaker and adviser on the climate crisis and what we can do about it. Harriet has worked as an economist & policy analyst for provincial governments in Canada and for 13 years with the International Monetary Fund and is currently an adjunct professor teaching World Sustainability and Climate Change and Society at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
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