Tantrums, Tinkering, and Tiny Revolutions

Celebrating World Environment Day with hopeful stories and tinkerspaces.

Wait, didn’t we just do this?

Here, in the U.S, we just had Earth Day in April, and now here‘s World Environment Day on June 5th.

World Environment Day doesn’t seem to get as much hype as Earth Day around here, but I like to think of it as Earth Day’s big sibling. Where Earth Day is all about local action (school garden projects, park cleanups, etc.), World Environment Day zooms out, bringing people and countries together around the globe to focus on one big environmental issue. This year is about ending plastic pollution, and finding real, lasting solutions.

Both days are important. Both days remind us we all share the same planet.

The environment is a big topic with lots of moving parts. So how do we talk to our little ones so we nurture a sense of care and stewardship without overwhelming them… or scaring them into oblivion?

I keep coming back to this book: The Tantrum That Saved the World by Megan Herbert and Michael E. Mann. It strikes a balance of honesty about the challenges, with …