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Building grit and hope in the face of the climate emergency

With catastrophic global warming already baked into the climate system, today''s children face a future entirely unlike that of their parents. Yet how can we maintain hope and make a difference in the face of overwhelming evidence of the climate crisis?

Help is at hand. Written by Harriet Shugarman the Climate Mama and trusted advisor to parents How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change provides tools and strategies for parents to explain the climate emergency to their children and galvanize positive action. Coverage includes:

  • The unvarnished realities of the climate emergency, where we are at, and how we got here
  • Strategies for talking to kids of different ages about the climate crisis, including advice from engaged parents on the ground
  • How to maintain our own hope and that of our children
  • A list of practical actions families can take to tackle

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments

    Dedication

    Epigraph

    Preface: This Book Is for You
    What This Book Does
    Timing Is Everything

    1. Introduction: Awakening to Our Climate Emergency
    Dropping the Climate Change Bomb
    Why We Should Be Concerned
    The Solutions Puzzle
    Climate Awakening: Climate Reality
    ClimateMama Beginnings
    Memorable Blog Posts

    2. Thanks for the Ride, Dinosaurs: Science, Politics, Growth, and Justice
    Science
    Politics
    Growth
    Justice

    3. Coming to Grips with Climate Change As a Parent: From Grief to Hope to Resolve to Action
    Coming to Terms with Reality
    Grief
    Hope
    Resolve
    Action
    Trusted Messengers

    4. Leading by Example
    Find Your Superpower
    Name What You Are Working to Save and Why
    Climate Curriculum
    Parent Climate Activists

    5. Transitioning from Angst to Action: Preschool through Middle School
    The Climate Conversation: Preschool through Middle School
    Engaging Your Child on Climate Action: Preschool through Middle School
    Keeping Children Involved at All Ages

    6. Pursuing Passions through the Lens of Climate Action: High School, College, and Beyond
    How to Share the Reality of Our Climate Crisis with Our Grown Children
    Supporting Climate Activism

    7. Creating a Million Ripples: From Me to We
    Thinking in Systems and Channeling Systemic Change
    Scaling Solutions
    Being the Change We Wish to See
    Vote, Vote, Vote
    Follow Up: Preparing for Our Climate Emergency
    Plant Seeds: Literally and Figuratively
    From Me to We

    Resources
    Youth-Led or Youth-Focused Organizations
    Parent-Focused Organizations
    Climate Action and Education Websites
    Climate News Websites
    Climate Justice
    Notable Books
    Climate Science

    Climate Action Organizing and Book Club Guide Guide

    Notes

    Index

    About the Author

    About New Society Publishers

How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change

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      Publisher: New Society Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/05/2020
      ISBN13: 9780865719361, 978-0865719361
      ISBN10: 865719365

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Building grit and hope in the face of the climate emergency

      With catastrophic global warming already baked into the climate system, today''s children face a future entirely unlike that of their parents. Yet how can we maintain hope and make a difference in the face of overwhelming evidence of the climate crisis?

      Help is at hand. Written by Harriet Shugarman the Climate Mama and trusted advisor to parents How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change provides tools and strategies for parents to explain the climate emergency to their children and galvanize positive action. Coverage includes:

      • The unvarnished realities of the climate emergency, where we are at, and how we got here
      • Strategies for talking to kids of different ages about the climate crisis, including advice from engaged parents on the ground
      • How to maintain our own hope and that of our children
      • A list of practical actions families can take to tackle

        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgments

        Dedication

        Epigraph

        Preface: This Book Is for You
        What This Book Does
        Timing Is Everything

        1. Introduction: Awakening to Our Climate Emergency
        Dropping the Climate Change Bomb
        Why We Should Be Concerned
        The Solutions Puzzle
        Climate Awakening: Climate Reality
        ClimateMama Beginnings
        Memorable Blog Posts

        2. Thanks for the Ride, Dinosaurs: Science, Politics, Growth, and Justice
        Science
        Politics
        Growth
        Justice

        3. Coming to Grips with Climate Change As a Parent: From Grief to Hope to Resolve to Action
        Coming to Terms with Reality
        Grief
        Hope
        Resolve
        Action
        Trusted Messengers

        4. Leading by Example
        Find Your Superpower
        Name What You Are Working to Save and Why
        Climate Curriculum
        Parent Climate Activists

        5. Transitioning from Angst to Action: Preschool through Middle School
        The Climate Conversation: Preschool through Middle School
        Engaging Your Child on Climate Action: Preschool through Middle School
        Keeping Children Involved at All Ages

        6. Pursuing Passions through the Lens of Climate Action: High School, College, and Beyond
        How to Share the Reality of Our Climate Crisis with Our Grown Children
        Supporting Climate Activism

        7. Creating a Million Ripples: From Me to We
        Thinking in Systems and Channeling Systemic Change
        Scaling Solutions
        Being the Change We Wish to See
        Vote, Vote, Vote
        Follow Up: Preparing for Our Climate Emergency
        Plant Seeds: Literally and Figuratively
        From Me to We

        Resources
        Youth-Led or Youth-Focused Organizations
        Parent-Focused Organizations
        Climate Action and Education Websites
        Climate News Websites
        Climate Justice
        Notable Books
        Climate Science

        Climate Action Organizing and Book Club Guide Guide

        Notes

        Index

        About the Author

        About New Society Publishers

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