Children’s TV & The Climate Crisis
From Jane to the Octonauts, Children’s TV Is Taking on the Climate Crisis
Experts say these shows can help parents talk about a thorny subject — and inspire hope.
From Jane to the Octonauts, Children’s TV Is Taking on the Climate Crisis
Experts say these shows can help parents talk about a thorny subject — and inspire hope.
Hot on the (w)heels of Volcon ePowersports’ release of its off-road electric motorcycle comes news of the company’s newest model, a child-sized version of the fat-tired, high ground clearance, quick recharge time, and ruggedly-built Grunt, with the appropriately named Runt. Moto-riding parents often hear from their kids, “But mom and … [continued]
According to Peugeot, “more than half of children surveyed in Britain want their parents to be more environmentally friendly, including switching to electric or plug-in HYBRID vehicles.” And these are seriously kids, not young adults — 7–12 years old. 1,235 such children were surveyed.
When I was a kid, I asked my parents one day what they did to prevent Hitler. I received an irritating form of silence in exchange for an answer. Most children in Germany asked their parents or grandparents sooner or later, and only a very few received a convincing response, almost as if it was an unexpected surprise that this question would ever appear. It never disappeared again.
There are ongoing concerns about the health of our ecosystems, our air, and the future our children face due to a legacy of industrialization and burning of fossil fuels. Those who work to reverse this do not stop either. Thankfully, there are also who have great endurance seeking to alert and protect the public.
Let the children suffocate. That is the vicious message from President Trump in his proposed budget cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2021.
I’m kind of like Jeff Dunham’s Bubba J puppet on this. Bubba says, “I’m tired of hearing that most NASCAR fans drink too much.” Jeff then asks, “Cuz it’s not true?” “No, it’s true. I’m just tired of hearin’ it,” Bubba says. I’m tired of people talking about how kids … [continued]
In areas of sub-Saharan Africa with underdeveloped infrastructure, children have died too many times on the way to participate in education — many more children die than in other parts of the world due to traffic accidents, and other parts of the world are still too high.
The WRI Ross Prize For Sustainable Cities is chosen by a jury of multidisciplinary experts together evaluating the merits of world-class social improvements and sustainable city progress.
Air pollution is one of the leading threats to child health, accounting for almost 1 in 10 deaths in children under five years of age.