Classroom Activity: Where Would You Plant Your Tree? Back-to-school season is a wonderful time to help children reconnect with nature, build curiosity, and discover how they can care for the world around them. Don’t Let Ned Plant a Tree THERE! is written by Andrea Koehle Jones, founder and executive director of The ChariTree Foundation, and illustrated by Erin Mercer. Meet Ned — a wildly … Read more
Discover children’s authors, books and publishers helping young readers connect with nature, conservation and environmental action Children’s books can be a wonderful first step toward helping young people notice the natural world, understand why it matters and discover ways they can help care for it. From stories about forests and wildlife to picture books about … Read more
Environmental education is the key to safeguarding children and youth from future impacts of climate change Protecting children from the impacts of climate change requires urgent and decisive measures from the international community. This should be our top priority. So far, the world’s response to the climate crisis has been slow and disheartening. Millions of … Read more