Author, Speaker, Workshop Leader

About Mary DeMocker
Mary DeMocker helps people fight effectively for a thriving future while deepening family and community connections. Her book, The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep (foreword by Bill McKibben) is a 2019 Oregon Book Award finalist. It been featured on Yale Climate Connections, praised by Dr. James Hansen, former director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and recommended by NPR and in The New York Times.
DeMocker is the co-founder and former creative director of 350.org’s Eugene chapter, with whom she designed and co-led youth-centered climate rallies featured on PBS NewsHour, ArtCOP21, and in an Avaaz video shown to world leaders at Paris climate talks. She speaks regularly about creative climate justice advocacy on podcasts and radio, at rallies, conferences, universities, and literary centers, and to parents, faith communities, environmental justice groups, and students from elementary to graduate schools across North America.
Winner of the 2008 Kay Snow Award for Nonfiction, DeMocker has written for many publications, including The Sun, Spirituality & Health, Mothering.com, The Oregonian, USA TODAY Magazine, Common Dreams, Mother Earth Living, Oregon Quarterly, ISLE, EcoWatch, and Sierra. She lives with her family in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

Email: marydemocker@gmail.com
For interview and media requests, please contact Mary at marydemocker@gmail.com or Monique Muhlenkamp,
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Literary representation: Jennifer Unter, www.theunteragency.com
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Upcoming:
February 21 @ 7:40am & 9:40am ET - On The Weather Channel's AMHQ and Weekend Recharge: Tune in on Sunday to watch Mary's two interviews on how to *effectively* talk about the climate crisis and empower kids of any age -- even during a pandemic!
*March 4 @ 2:00 pm PST - Free: "How to Talk With and Empower Youth in the Climate Crisis" -- Mary will moderate a panel of experts at the 2021 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.
Mary's New Interviews, Reviews & Articles
- "So Your Kids Are Stressed Out About The Climate Crisis: Here's how to help" article in Sierra Magazine
- My new TEDx talk! Re-Storying Our Future With Your Creativity
- Review of Jamie Margolin's book "Youth to Power" in Sierra Magazine
- Quoted in Washington Post, "How the pandemic has inspired some teens to get off their laptops and go outside"
- Mary featured in Washington Post article about families prioritizing system change
- Interview of Mary by Michael Krasny on KQED’s The Forum
- NPR article "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change" quotes Mary. The podcast -- different from the article -- recommends book!
- AUDIOBOOK version of The Parents' Guide to Climate Revolution!
- Check out the many wonderful reviews on Goodreads and Amazon -- and add your own!
