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- Title
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change : Turning Angst into Action
- Author
- Shugarman, Harriet
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0865719365
- ISBN 13
- 9780865719361
Multi-Award Winning Book of the Year:
2021 Independent Book Publishers Association, Benjamin Franklin Book of the Year, Silver Award Winner (parenting and family); 2021 Nautilus Book of the Year, Silver Award Winner (parenting and family); Finalist in the 2020, Foreword Review Indies Book of the Year Award (family & relationships).
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 the climate change crisis
- Ideas for helping children follow their passions in pursuit of a livable, just, and sustainable world.
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About the Author
Harriet Shugarman is the Executive Director of ClimateMama and a professor of Climate Change & Society and World Sustainability at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Harriet was instrumental in establishing the Climate Reality Project NYC Metro Chapter and served as it's first chair. A 2020 New York City Climate Hero and a 2019 featured speaker and the Global Engagement Summit at United Nations, Harriet is a nationally recognized influencer, connector, and trusted messenger for parents on solutions to our climate crisis. A recipient of the prestigious Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring Award, Harriet has been praised by Al Gore as "an outstanding Climate Reality Leader who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to her role as a climate communicator and activist." Harriet lives in New York and shares her message of hope and action at ClimateMama.org.
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