Jamie Margolin: Rise of The Youth Climate Activists

Jamie Margolin is a youth climate activist and the co-founder of This Is Zero Hour. She was one of the main figures in the global climate strike that had over 1 million people worldwide participate in. And oh, she is only 17.  In this episode, we learn about the motivations that are driving the youth climate movement. We discuss how Jamie manages to balance her work as an activist while being in her final year of high school and dealing with the pressures that come with always being in the public eye in the era of social media. _ Find out more about Jamie and Zero Hour here: http://thisiszerohour.org/ You can also follow her on Twitter @Jamie_Margolin and Instagram @jamie_s_margolin We also highly recommend that you check out her TEDx talk here: https://youtu.be/amGyIqIBzEk Don't forget to follow us too on Twitter and Instagram @TheEnergyTalk You can get in touch with us via email: [email protected] _ Special thanks to Jensen for providing the music used in this episode, you can find out more about his work here or with the link below.  theenergytalk.mystrikingly.com/blog/podcast-music.