Youth & Climate

Coverage of climate crisis solutions is slim in textbooks, with many references moving to the back pages

We’re doomed. Or at least this is the sentiment surrounding climate change and global warming that infiltrates news and social media outlets.

Schools generally aren't ready to handle an increase in climate anxiety among youth.

Young people nationwide are suing government officials for failing to protect them from climate change. A lawsuit in Montana — where the state constitution

With all the gear, supplies, and clothing that kids need as they grow up, it’s nearly impossible to avoid feeling wasteful as a parent.

Climate change is causing an existential pandemic – here’s a course of treatment

"I purposely didn’t apply to any colleges on the West Coast.”

Technology has given young people a louder voice than ever before. Gen Z are angry – and unafraid to speak up.

A major study of 10,000 young people across 10 different countries lays bare the scale of climate crisis-related anxiety felt around the world.

Lawsuits in the European Court of Human Rights allege that climate inaction is causing psychological harm — and violating human rights.

They look like conventional school buses, but electric versions are cleaner, quieter and cheaper to maintain. States, utilities and federal agencies are helping school districts make the switch.

Harmful ‘eco-anxiety’ and ‘doomism’ can, must, be reversed so that youthful students can fully engage in needed climate involvement.

Summer sports camps and pre-season training often have kids running hard in high heat and humidity. The combination can be deadly.

Student activists have met with town officials and made changes in their climate change...

Robert Sansone's research could pave the way for the sustainable manufacturing of electric vehicles that do not require rare-earth magnets

Public school students who learn about the climate crisis help educate their parents, and have lower carbon footprints, too.

At first, they look like bright spots of white casting shadows on a lush green lawn. As the drone camera swoops into the sky, it becomes clear that these are people – more than 200 students from half a dozen different countries – lining up to spell out...

The world must do more to stop the dramatic decline in ocean health, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging young people gathered in Carcavelos, Portugal, for a UN Youth and Innovation Forum to step up because his generation’s lea...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heat waves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling “climate anxiety” among young people.

In response to ‘The kids are not OK,’ a three Ss approach to addressing climate change: Simple, Serious, and Solvable.

A youth climate lawsuit in Hawaii alleges young people's constitutional rights to a clean environment are being violated.

Americans are incensed that authorities failed to act quickly to save children from a shooter. Kids see a similar failure with climate change.

Baby boomers were complicit in the decay of our civic life and cultural fabric – and we must play a serious role in fixing it

Some valuable lessons learned: Listen first, speak second. Don't just inform and educate ... enable and engage. And apply those lessons at next opportunity.

Tests found PFAS in school uniforms, pillows, upholstered furniture and several other items that are often next to children’s skin and near their noses and mouths.

Britt Wray is a leading researcher on the mental health impact of climate change. In an e360 interview, she talks about the rise of climate anxiety in young people, how social media exacerbates this trend, and why distress about the climate crisis can ...

Electric school bus manufacturing is speeding up, but it will take smart state policy to deliver all the health, jobs, and savings benefits for America's working families.

A new crop of books have an empowering message.

Picture books can show kids how to care for the Earth. These books will inspire young environmentalists, according to an author who wrote one.

In April of this year, Madison, Wisconsin’s Youth Climate Action Team and Veterans for Peace protested the removal of F-35 planes from Madison’s airport. F-35s are military jets that are costly, noisy, and pollutant, and disproportionately impact underprivileged communities in Madison. Read this article to learn more about F-35s and hear from some of the protesters.

A year of working together in a cross-generational group has taught us how to bridge our divides—and leverage each other’s strengths in the climate fight.

Eight out of 10 teenagers expect climate change and other environmental forces to affect big decisions.

An online tool is designed to help people understand how climate change could affect different generations.

An Urgent Message From Your Children is a video series featuring children speaking in their own words to adults, expressing their fears, concerns and their hopes for the future of our planet. Make your own video and Add Your Voice!

Through her work with the Mighty Acorns program, Ylanda Wilhite encourages kids to engage with nature in their city neighborhoods.

This is an interview by Sherie Stark with YouTube host Adrian Alvarez.

Rallied by peers in Ukraine, youth climate activists are planning protests for peace around the world.

Green Schools Challenge for Elementary Schools

These are the things young people can do to get ahead of climate change, according to experts.

Felipe “Pipe” Henao is a young environmentalist from the small town of Calamar in southeastern Colombia. At the meeting point of the Amazon and Orinoco basins, it’s an area of abundant biodiversity and an important biological corridor to the Andes mountains. The forest region was once only occupied by a few nomadic Indigenous communities, but […]

Household waste management contributes significantly towards the overall management of waste. Household waste accounts for more than half of the total municipal solid waste.

‘A Kids Book About Climate Change’ aims to empower kids to speak up and advocate for change.

First Billie Eilish came for the GRAMMYs. Then she conquered the BRITs. Next stop: climate change!

Oregon Middle School teachers Chris Mitchell and Nathan Mahr are making it their mission for students to learn the importance of energy in their lives.

What will the future look like? We decided to ask a creative bunch, simultaneously concerned yet optimistic: fifth grade students.

The Hip Hop & Climate Justice program helps youth express their feelings about the problem.

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In an international drawing contest, kids depict how trees help cool the Earth and how this protects penguins, coral reefs, and people.

Elevating the voices of young people to protect the future of our planet

Nearly 60% of young people are “very” or “extremely” worried about the climate crisis, and 45% say this negatively affects their daily life and functioning.