How can we raise eco-aware kids while avoiding eco-anxiety? - with Amanda McKenzie co-founder of the Climate Council
In our 141st episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Amanda Mckenzie. Amanda is the CEO of Climate Council and she chats to us all about how we can raise eco-aware kids without causing eco-anxiety.
- Where are we at when it comes to climate change?
- What hope do the future generations in Australia have?
- What needs to happen for changes to be made?
- How can we help with change in our homes and in our communities?
- What’s the best way to explain climate change to our children? And what’s the best age to start?
- How can we raise our kids to be environmental stewards without making them unnecessarily anxious?
- What are things that we can swap out at the supermarket that will actually make a difference? (especially in the expensive world we are currently living in!!!)
- How many kids is too many kids?
- How do we explain to our kids about food wastage?
- And SO MUCH MORE!
Goodies mentioned:
Resources for kids:
- You Can Change the World by Lucy Bell
- The Lorax by Dr Seuss
- Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker
- Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby
- The Fog by Kyo Maclear
- Stand Up! Speak Up! by Andrew Joyner
- The Great Barrier Thief by Dr Suzie Starfish
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