Jamie Margolin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJamie Margolin
American climate change activist
Date of Birth: 10-Dec-2001
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profession: environmentalist
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jamie Margolin
- Jamie Margolin is a climate change activist in Seattle, Washington.
- She is Colombian-American who identifies as Jewish and lesbian which allows her to have a unique perspective on climate and social issues in America.
- Margolin often uses writing as a platform to educate more people about the climate crisis at hand.
- In 2017, when she was 15, Margolin founded the youth climate action organization Zero Hour with Nadia Nazar.
- She serves as the co-executive director of the organization.
- She started Zero Hour after two catalysts - the response she saw with Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the destruction there and how difficult it was to breathe in Seattle after there were Canadian wildfires.
- She is also a plaintiff in the Aji P.
- v.
- Washington case, suing the state of Washington for their inaction against climate change on the basis of a stable climate being a human right.
- Her writing about climate change has appeared in many publications including HuffPost[1], Teen Ink[2] and CNN[3].
- She was part of Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 class of 2018.
- In 2018, she was also named as one of People Magazine's 25 Women Changing the World.
- Margolin is a member of the Junior State of America.In September 2019, Margolin was part of a youth group that sued Governor Jay Inslee and the State of Washington over greenhouse-gas emissions in the state.
- Following this lawsuit, she was asked to testify against them as part of a panel called "Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis", where teenagers involved in climate change were able to make their case.
- The youth in this lawsuit were concerned with the Washington Governments lack of action surrounding climate change, implying that they are denying the younger generation a constitutional right to a liveable environment without these environmental issues they are facing.
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