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Children like to teach adults all kinds of things.
Spiro: “We all know the kid who can name all the dinosaurs or list all the presidents, or will talk endlessly with you about football, dance or gymnastics or their passion.”
Ruth Spiro is a children's writer. Her new book, “How to Explain Climate Science to Adults,” encourages children to add climate change to this list.
In this book, a child teaches a man how to burn fossil fuels to generate carbon pollution to energy and make the climate warm.
Children also point out the effects of warming – for example, trees blooming early in spring each year due to warming temperatures.
The two visited the beach to see how the ocean made the beach smaller.
The book then provides advice on how children’s families can help reduce climate change, for example, choosing to walk rather than drive.
Spiro said she hopes the book will help children learn the science behind global warming and address some of their anxiety about the impact of climate change.
Spiro: “I don’t want them to feel like they have the weight of saving the shoulders in the world, but I do want to empower them to know what we can do and there is a way forward and they can certainly help.”
Report Credit: Ethan Freedman/Chavobart Digital Media
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