Howto talk to kids about climate change.

How do you even begin to address an issue as monumental as the impacts of climate change? Walking a fine line between being well-informed about the planet and just damn terrified of living in a drowned or scorched world is key for children to move into the future with hope in their hearts.

In the interests of not inciting pure panic in our little ones, we gathered some pearls of wisdom from a range of educated folk about how they talk to kids about climate change in their everyday lives.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST

Adelaide-based environmental scientist and polar adventurer Tim Jarvis has seen the very obvious effects of climate change with his own eyes while observing melting glaciers in Antarctica. As a father of two boys aged six and eight, he is aware of how important it is to involve children in the climate change conversation. “I think the key with kids is that you don’t want to completely sugar-coat things or pretend that climate change doesn’t exist, but equally you don’t want to panic them,”