Conversations about raising children and the decision to be a parent in a time of climate change
| Planned Parenthood
How do environmental and reproductive justice intersect? Author Annika Fuller summarizes and provides examples of how each of these movements 鈥渁re intertwined and cannot be realized without the other.鈥 Published July 1, 2020
| Climate One
The first half of this podcast is an interview with Daniel Sherrell, an author and climate activist who speaks about his experience growing up aware of climate change and about his book written to his possible future child. In the second half, we hear from Ir猫ne P. Matthieu, Virginie Le Masson, and Seb Gould, each at different points in the decision of whether or not to have biological children in the face of the climate crisis. [57:28]
| Medium
Author writes from the perspective of a mother about the challenge of balancing everyday parenting concerns with the existential threat of the climate crisis. The article argues for one step parents can take to speed up climate action: 鈥渢alk about it.鈥 Published July 29, 2021
| NPR
鈥淭hese six tips form a guide to parenting through a slow-motion emergency.鈥 Author: , published April 22, 2022
| NRDC
鈥淭ips for discussing the basic facts, answering tough questions, and helping your kids cope with climate anxiety鈥攅ven when you, too, are feeling overwhelmed.鈥 Author: , published December 31, 2019
| New York Times
This interactive resource reads like a children鈥檚 book and was made as 鈥渁 guide for kids, and everyone else, about climate change鈥攁nd what we can do about it.鈥 Author: Julia Rosen, illustrated by Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, published April 18, 2021