FOUNDERS

Lena Tabori co-founded ClimateChangeResources.org as she began thinking about climate change and its impact on the lives of her two daughters, her step-son, and their children. Although she is not an expert on climate science, she understands the power of information, having spent her professional life as a publisher, curating and delivering powerful information.

Lena is an award-winning media executive. She is the co-founder and CEO of the book packaging firm Welcome Enterprises, and former head of the publishing imprint Welcome Books. Previously, she co-founded the publishing firm Stewart, Tabori & Chang. She was the first female Vice President at Harry N. Abrams Inc., the venerable publishing company. She also served as President and Publisher of Collins Publishers San Francisco.

In 1983, Lena won an Emmy for executive producing Ziggy’s Gift, an animated television special adapted from Tom Wilson’s comic strip. Many of her books, like Judith Levy’s Grandmother Remembers, have become bestsellers; many others are award winners, including Glorious American Food by Christopher Idone; The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom, photographed by Peter Feldstein; American Farmer, The Heart of Our Country with photographs by Paul Mobley and text by Lena’s daughter Katrina Fried; Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature (STC), which she co-edited with Jane Lahr, and many more. Lena created the Little Big Book series, twenty-seven titles that include The Little Big Book of Christmas and The Little Big Book of Love, selling many millions of copies for Welcome, which Lena ran with her partner, Clark Wakabayashi.

Lena’s vision for Climate Change Resources is simple: inspire everyone to do something towards a solution. She is proof that, with information and a desire to contribute, every person can help find solutions that benefit our planet and our longevity as a species. With this site, she brings her own expertise in publishing to the cause, curating information from experts and great communicators who can explain the science and impact of climate change. Her motto is “Learn more in order to do more.”

Lena sits on numerous boards, including the Executive Board of The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents based in NYC and ChangeHampton, based in East Hampton, NY. She is also the former Chair of the East Hampton Town Energy Sustainability Committee.

Mike Shatzkin was co-founder of ClimateChangeResources.org, which is dedicated to helping people grow their understanding, and take constructive action, to address our greatest concern. He was the son of scientists and was raised with both a basic understanding of science and a social conscience. Starting in the 1990s, Mike began to grasp the implications of fossil fuel burning and global warming, and shifted some of his attention to growing his awareness and understanding of climate change.

Although not a “scientist”, Mike  developed his own agenda and priorities for what he saw as a literally existential struggle that has begun and will continue for generations. He personally changed his position on nuclear power (from being worried about its “danger” to seeing it as one of the possible solutions to mankind’s biggest-ever problem) and was, until he passed, a full-throated supporter of the carbon-fee-and-dividend concept championed by Citizens Climate Lobby and Climate Leadership Council.

Mike was also a veteran media executive and consultant. Founder and CEO of The Idea Logical Company he was a widely-acknowledged thought leader about digital change in the book publishing industry for decades.

He passed on November 7, 2024 at the age of 77.

Mike’s memorial on May 22, 2025 brought hundreds of friends and family together to celebrate his extraordinary life. His brilliant wife Martha and sister Nance made a video of the event making so clear how one person can make an extraordinary difference. Watch with joy.