Information for Parents & Guardians
Resources for:
Talking to children and youth about climate change
Providing background information about climate change and climate action.
This website includes resources to help families inform themselves and engage in discussion with their children. Please be aware that the resources present a variety of opinions and perspectives. Families should preview resources to find the ones that best meet their needs.
This website includes resources to help families inform themselves and engage in discussion with their children. Please be aware that the resources present a variety of opinions and perspectives. Families should preview resources to find the ones that best meet their needs.
Talking to Children & Youth
Talking to Children & Youth
How to Talk to Kids About Difficult Subjects
Common Sense Media website
Raising Children to Thrive in a Climate Changed World
Australian Psychological Society website
Talking to Children About Climate Change
US National Ocean Service website
Background Information for Parents & Guardians
Background Information for Parents & Guardians
Climate Change and Children: Taking Action to Save Lives
Information on climate change from the United Nations children's fundwebsite
Combines climate science, mapping and storytelling to bring the global issue of climate change closer to home for Canadians
website
Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance
Lengthy academic report from the American Psychological Association, ecoAmerica and Climate Healthe-report
Official website of the overarching network of students, young people, activists, and allies, which connects all of the climate action surrounding the Canadian school strike movement.
website
website
Official website of Fridays for Future grassroots organizaion.
The Right to be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
book or eBook