We The Children - Kids Talk Climate Solutions
Kids & Family
Welcome to the We The Children podcast, the podcast where kids talk climate change! The show is hosted by your resident kid, Zachary. He may be 11 years old, but he has big concerns for our future - concerns about how decades and even centuries of our forebears have done damage to our planet and profited at the expense of our future. Each week, we will discuss the most pressing climate issues and meet climate warriors who are working to protect our planet. You’ll get wacky weather reports, play fun trivia games, and learn ways that you can make a difference in your community. We may not have all the answers, but we will fight for climate solutions!
Today’s episode is all about Climate Curriculums with Eve and Jeremy from Community Roots Academy School in Southern California. Eve Fein is CRA’s Co-Founder and Executive Director of Operations and Research Development. She was a major force behind opening Community Seedlings Preschool. Jeremy Cavallaro is CRA’s Co-Founder and Executive Director of Education. Both of them wanted to provide quality education that was free. They shared a passion for project-based learning and realized there was no K-8 school like this in Orange County. The school is now so popular that they have to conduct a lottery for enrollment each year. Environmental sustainability has been a core value of the school since it opened. Students are taught to love and connect to the natural world before they are shown the importance of healing its wounds. The two major skills they are taught in project-based learning are advocacy and efficacy.
Next, Eve and Jeremy offer their best advice for weaving environmental literacy and climate awareness into existing curriculums in schools without a specific program. From Jeremy’s experience, these lessons must come from a place of passion. It is all about building passion and compassion in children. They also recommend their favorite books and films on the subject. CRA is lucky to be surrounded by such a beautiful natural space, but urban cities don’t usually have the same opportunity for connecting students with nature. However, Jeremy reminds listeners that small things such as a tree, planted flowers or a windowsill box of herbs all can have a major impact when tended to with care.
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Thanks for listening! And always remember, if we act together, we the children, can inspire hope and create change for our climate
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