Professionally Harriet has spent most of her career working as a policy analyst and economist; early on with the Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario governments in Canada and later with the International Monetary Fund, as the Special Assistant to the Director of the United Nations Office in New York. Harriet was fortunate to travel the world and to meet many exciting, talented and committed individuals. Harriet worked on most of the big United Nations international conferences, including the first United Nations Earth Summit. Harriet followed many United Nations environmental and sustainable development committees for the IMF, at United Nations headquarters in New York and around the world, working on issues such as women in development and the United Nations sustainable development goals.

In the spring of 2007 Harriet was selected from thousands of individuals across the country to participate in a training program conducted by Former Vice President Al Gore and sponsored by The Climate Reality Project. Harriet is one of the first 1000 individuals from around the world who have been personally trained by Mr. Gore to educate the public on climate change. Harriet is honored to be profiled in Mr. Gore’s 2017 book, An Inconvenient Sequel, Truth to Power and to have been personally presented by Mr. Gore with the Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring Award.  Harriet was the founder of the New York City Climate Reality Chapter and served as it’s first chair. She continues to work closely with the Climate Reality Project and it’s many leaders around the world. ClimateMama grew out of Harriet’s work with The Climate Reality Project, an organization she will be forever grateful to.

As a movement builder and organizer, Harriet was one of the national organizers for the 2014 NYC Peoples Climate March, the September 2015 Moral March on Climate in Washington, DC, the Climate Justice Contingent for the 2017 Women March on Washington, and the 2017 Peoples Climate Movement March in Washington, DC.

On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, the Human Impacts Institute and the New York City Department of Transportation opened an exhibit where Harriet was featured as one of 29 NYC Climate Heroes.  Harriet is the 2021 Waterspirit Suzanne Golas Awardee and has been a  featured speaker at the Global Engagement Summit at United Nations Headquarters.  Harriet was chosen by Circle of Moms as one of the top 25 Eco-Friendly Moms and by Next Tribe, in their Women of the Year acknowledgements, as a Planet Protector. Harriet regularly writes for or is interviewed by a wide range of national and local media outlets and organizations including: Lifetime TV’s The Balancing Act, Christian Science Monitor’s Modern Parenthood, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, MSNBC, The Global Team of 200, The Green Divas Podcast, Rodale News, Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen, REI, Global News, Parents Magazine and the Healthy Child Healthy World Network. She is also featured regularly on podcasts and radio shows around the country and the world. In 2020, Harriet’s nationally recognized, multi- award winning book, How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change, Turning Angst into Action was published by New Society and is available everywhere books are sold. Harriet is working on her second book, stay tuned!

Harriet sits on various boards and actively supports the work of international, national and regional climate, justice and education organizations, including: WECAN’s US Women’s Climate Justice Initiative Steering Committee, Young Voices for the Planet,  Our Kids Climate, Network for Responsible Public Policy, Dear Tomorrow, Teach Climate,  Ecopsychepedia, CHICKS and Climate Psychology North America. 

Through her work on climate education and advocacy Harriet has found positive and powerful ways to channel her passions to create opportunities that raise awareness and amplify diverse voices and actions on the most important challenge we will face in our lifetime – our climate crisis. She is extremely proud of the work that she is doing with the CRETF policy team to bring climate education to all public school students, preK-12, across subject areas in New York State.

Harriet also teaches World Sustainability and Climate Change and Society – a class she created at Ramapo College of New Jersey.  In 2025 she will be a guest professor at The College of New Jersey, where she will teach Sustainability and Society.

Harriet works with an exciting team of talented individuals, who regularly contribute to ClimateMama through advice, comments, guest blog posts and best practices.

With support from her incredible husband Andrew, Harriet is finding new ways to address the climate crisis, finding her own path and leading in her own way. 

To learn more about where Harriet will be and has been check out the author and press pages on this website. Thank you for checking us out. We look forward to having you join us on our journey to make our world a safer, healthier, and more just home for all.