Youth sports are being impacted by climate change, with kids losing playing time due to extreme heat, flooding and wildfire smoke. Get tips for keeping kids safe and join Moms in advocating for more climate-informed protections.
Athletes Speak Out: What Climate Pollution Rollbacks Mean For Players
Athletes and coaches agree: Playing these days is getting harder because climate pollution is making extreme heat deadlier and intensifying air pollution. And unfortunately, it will only get harder owing to EPA’s rollback of the Endangerment Finding. More extreme heat days. More …
Georgia environmental justice advocates demand greater heat safety measures ahead of summer
Kids Going to Summer Camp? Read This!
As the school year winds down, summer camp prep ramps up. We spoke with the American Camp Association to find out what you need to know to be ready for extreme heat, wildfires, and air pollution this summer.
How a Wildfire Made One Camp Counselor Care About Climate Pollution
When Moms’ intern Bobby Cook was a camp counselor, he had the difficult job of explaining to kids why they couldn’t play outside. The reason? Smoke from climate-change-strengthened wildfires was creating unhealthy air. For him, it feels like climate change is stealing …
The Climate Crisis Has No Borders
This Telly Award-winning animated short tells the heartbreaking story of Patricia, a mother forced to move her family from Cameroon to the U.S. to escape climate-driven extreme heat, water scarcity, and persistent disease. “We don’t migrate because we want to. We are …
Climate Coffee Break: Protecting Athletes in a Changing Climate
For our May Climate Coffee Break, we talked to youth soccer coach Gabe Gibbons about the intersection of sports, air pollution, and toxic chemicals. He discussed how he is protecting children’s health and engaging in new climate conversations through sports. Get inspired …
4 Impacts of Climate Change You Need to Know: New Interactive Map
A new interactive map from the Environmental Defense Fund marries our real-life experiences with climate change and data, bringing the extent of the crisis and its widespread impacts into stark relief.
What Happens to Florida When Climate Protections Disappear?
Climate change in Florida isn’t hypothetical anymore. We’re already living with stronger storms, dangerous heat, rising insurance costs, and worsening air pollution. A new Environmental Defense Fund map shows what could happen if climate protections are rolled back, including billions in higher …
One Coach Tells All: How Extreme Heat and Toxic Chemicals Make Soccer Unsafe
Gabe Gibbons is a perfect modern soccer coach. He’s aware of the ways climate change is increasing the frequency and deadliness of extreme heat, and he takes protecting his young players very seriously.
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Training Children’s Rights Advocates in an Era of Climate Crisis
“If you are interested in child’s health, how can you not be interested in the climate crisis?” says Donna Koller, a researcher and professor of early childhood studies who is training the next generation of children’s rights advocates.