Parenting in the Time of the Climate Crisis
By Vera Kim
As the climate crisis continues to escalate, with global temperatures rising and natural disasters becoming more common, many parents question how to educate their children on environmental issues and how they can best advocate for their children’s futures. Often, parents feel overwhelmed and do not know where to start.
In an interview with Ecosystemic in Nov. 2021, Harvard Professor Dan Schrag discussed the organization Vote Like A Madre. During the 2020 presidential election, Vote Like A Madre encouraged Latina women across the country to vote for presidential candidates with strong climate action plans. Schrag stated that, in Arizona, 35,000 more Latina women voted in the 2020 election than in past presidential elections, partially due to Vote Like A Madre’s effo...