The Parents' Guide
to Climate Revolution:
100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night's Sleep
Please buy from your local independent bookstore!
Sierra magazine's full review: The Go-To for Parenting in the Age of Climate Change
Articles by Mary DeMocker
- Truthout: Parents fighting for climate justice
- Popular Science: Climate justice education. It’s about emotions & empowerment
- Grist: How Activism Keeps Optimism Alive (interviewed)
- WIRED: How to Talk with Kids About Climate (interviewed)
- HotHouse: Advice to a climate-anxious dad-to-be
- Sierra: Moms Don’t Need Flowers. We Need Political Power.
- The Sun: Before It’s Too Late
- Spirituality & Health: Global Weirding
- Sierra: So Your Kids Are Stressed Out
- New Republic: We’re Failing to Prepare Children For the Climate Fight (interviewed)
- The Sun: If Your House Is On Fire
- TEDx talk: Re-Storying Our Future
- Washington Post: Parents can’t fix climate change with life hacks (interviewed)
- KQED’s The Forum: with Michael Krasny (interview)
- NPR: Podcast — different from article — has book shout-out
- AUDIOBOOK: The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution
- Check out reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. Add yours!
Resources
Mary’s Book Chosen for the 2020 Skipping Stones Honor Awards
"Happy to see my book included in the Skipping Stones 2020 Honor Awards recognizing "exceptional contributions to...
PDF Version: The Parents’ Guide to Safe Climates (During Corona): 100 Ways to Engage & Empower Youth K – 12, Fight for Their Future – and Not Lose Your Mind
Click the link below for the downloadable PDF version of my 100 ways list: Parent's Guide to Safe Climate (During...
Appendix A: Sample Divestment Letter
Shell Oil and ExxonMobil have known for decades that their product is dangerously heating the planet. Yet both, along with other fossil-fuel companies, funded misinformation campaigns about the reality and causes of global warming. It’s long past time to revoke their social license.
Teach a New Set of Life Skills
Ages are approximate, and every family is unique, so tweak this list so it fits your values and lifestyle.
Throw an Eco-Film Fest (in Your Living Room)
(Chapter 66 in my book features this list -- as well as recipes for Crunchy Caramel Corn Popcorn and Forrest’s...
Share Tales of Perseverance and Triumph
Books Good reads for young kids: Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren, illustrated by Robert...
Appendix E: Preamble to the US Constitution
This is profound. Our Constitution states unequivocally that all future generations of people —our kids — have a right to both freedom and good lives! Now that’s something worth sharing with families everywhere.
The Inoculation (Against Climate Denialism)
Step one: Tell people, “Some politically motivated groups, like those who created the notorious Oregon Petition,...
5 Tips For Gift Giving
5 Tips for Gift Giving when the World’s on Fire- Downloadable poster
Cartoons! Fossil Fuel Nitty Gritties
Artwork from Chapter 26: Learn the Fossil-Fuel Nitty Gritties
Artwork by my niece, Hannah Peck, age 19
From the Book: The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution by Mary DeMocker
Dance Song Play List from Book
Dance Song Play list from Chapter #64 ("Kick Out the Climate Blues" chapter) With heartfelt thanks to Mimi...
Sample Press Release From Appendix of Book
Sample Press Release from Appendix C of Mary DeMocker’s book: The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution











