The Climate Majority Project works to accelerate citizen climate action towards system change, and helps a mass movement to see its own power. We believe that the majority of people are concerned about the climate and want to see progressive change on this area, but this majority needs to be deepened and activated.  The Climate Majority Project aims to help a majority of people in the UK who care about climate change to understand that they are powerful together, and take meaningful action, relevant to themselves and their communities.  We will discuss this current initiative and explore if and how this work could be applied in a United States context.

Dr. Rupert Read’s Bio (from https://rupertread.net/): “Are you deeply concerned about the future of our planet and the welfare of all who inhabit it? Me too. I’m about to leave my role as Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and dedicate myself full time to the Climate Majority Project as its co-director.  Everywhere and everyone is now on the climate frontline. As a result, we need action, not just activists. The Climate Majority Project aims to help a majority of people in the UK who care about climate and nature – i.e. who care about our very future – to understand that they are powerful together, and to take meaningful action, relevant to themselves and their communities.   ... I have extensive experience arguing for the ecology in media. I have written for many newspapers and websites as well as radio and podcasts.”   Dr. Read is the author of numerous peer reviewed articles and books (including Do you want to know the truth? The surprising rewards of climate honesty, This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire – and what lies beyond, and Parents for a Future: How loving our children can prevent climate collapse.  You can learn more about Dr. Read’s work at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Read