Caregivers AND Adults
Talk Climate resource pages are designed to support justice-based climate education, to encourage climate conversations, and to offer ways to take climate action. According to The Lancet, today's children are affected by climate change at every stage of development. Caregivers have essential roles as health advocates, and are well positioned to take action for the health and future of all young people. On this page, our linked-to resources support caregiver-child relationships in the climate era, with well-being as the central focus.
"If you respect children, how can you steal their future?" -Raffi Cavoukian
climate Justice organizations
Youth-led Organizations
Climate Action Families (Washington state)
Fridays for Future (Global, with local chapters)
Plant-For-The-Planet (Global, with local chapters)
Sunrise Movement (National, with local chapters)
Adult-Led Organizations
350 (National, with local chapters)
Climate Parents (Sierra Club)
Climate Reality (National, with local chapters)
Families for a Livable Climate (Montana)
Moms Clean Air Force (National)
Our Children’s Trust (National, and state-based)
Reading Resources
Websites
Nature Conservancy -- Take the pledge to talk about climate change
Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring
Talk Climate Handbook (Climate Outreach)
Articles: Climate Conversations
The climate decade - Ten years to secure the future (Raffi, 2021)
Adults should listen to children to understand the severity of the climate crisis (Forbes, 2021)
Attaining meaningful outcomes from climate conversations (Yale Climate Communications, 2019)
How to radicalize your parents on climate change (VICE, 2019)
One sure way to convince a climate denier (Grist, 2019)
Handout: How Air Pollution Harms Your Body (Moms Clean Air Force, 2017)
How to talk to climate change denying relatives (Huffpost, 2016)
Articles: Climate Justice
Why do oil companies care so much about your carbon footprint? (Mother Jones, 2020)
Why women leading the climate movement are underappreciated and sometimes invisible (Inside Climate News, 2020)
Principles of climate justice (Mary Robinson Foundation)
Articles: Civic Engagement
Parents become activists in the fight over South Portland’s petroleum tanks (Inside Climate News, 2020)
Podcasts, Videos & Music
Podcasts: Full Series
Hot Take (adult language)
International Youth Climate Podcast (Fridays for Future)
Podcasts: Climate Action
Is your carbon footprint BS? (How to Save a Planet, 2021)
Erin Brockovich -- Superman’s not coming (Climate One, 2020)
Moving into action with Mothers Out Front (Climate Conversations, 2018)
Motherhood and mobilization (Climate Conversations, 2018)
Podcasts: Climate Communication
Inspiring cultural shifts through heart-centered storytelling (Green Dreamer, 2021)
How to Talk With Children About Climate Change (Climate Psychology Alliance, 2021)
How to talk to family about climate change (How to Save a Planet, 2020)
Podcasts: Climate Education
Dr. Michael Mann on the new climate war (Climate Pod, 2021)
Prof. Katherine Hayhoe - COVID and climate linkages to a better world (Shaping our Future, 2020)
Katherine Hayhoe -- How to make people care about big things (Kelly Corrigan Wonders, 2020)
Climate change is here and now (Esri and the Science of Where, 2020)
An idiots guide to climate change (Climate Pod, 2020)
Al Gore -- An inconvenient sequel (Climate One, 2017)
Inheriting climate change (Climate One)