Schedule a Classroom Visit!
Our author visits and readings provide a fun and engaging jumping off point for classrooms to connect with climate change resources and take action.
A classroom visit can be as simple as an author reading and Q&A/book discussion (30-45 mins), or a longer presentation students learn more about climate change, participate in an interactive art exercise, and/or discuss action steps they want to take with their classroom (like participating in our Kindness Challenge). Themes and discussion possibilities for visits include:
Climate science
Kindness and interconnection
Animals and habitats
Book writing/creation
Social and racial justice
Interested? Drop us a line at david@furandfeathertogether.org!
You can also click here to learn more about the book see here for our associated climate curriculum and below for action step!
Support Those On the Frontlines
There’s no denying that climate change is disproportionately affecting communities of color, especially Indigenous communities around the globe, whose homes, health, resources, and livelihoods all have been impacted by rising tides and temperatures.
There are so many groups working to take action, and while we recommend you take the time to research particular causes or communities that you may feel called to support, we’ve included links below to groups that we connected with in the course of making our book.
The Center for Biology Diversity
Their mission: saving life on earth. The Center for Biological Diversity believes that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature. Through science, law and creative media, they work to secure a future for all species, great and small.
A special thanks to Dr. Wolf, the Center’s Head of Climate Science, for consulting with us on our book, and for making sure we didn’t get our poles flipped.
Donate to support their work, and be sure to check out their ideas for action!
The International Indigenous Youth Council
The International Indigenous Youth Council (IIYC) was started and led by womxn and two-spirit peoples during the Standing Rock Indigenous Uprising of 2016. They are rooted in the protection of the elements, and they aspire to create safe spaces for youth through education, spiritual practices, and civic engagement.
Thank you to members of the IIYC who consulted with us on the themes of our story, and offered guidance on featuring a young Indigenous girl from Alaska, Siku, as our story’s main human character.
If you identify as an Indigenous youth , consider joining one of their local chapters, or donate to support their work!
The Sunrise Movement
The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. They’re building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.
Click on the following links to volunteer and take action or donate to support the movement!
Adopt an Animal!
See this World Wildlife Fund page for even more!
Fridays For Our Future
In August 2018, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every schoolday for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. She posted what she was doing on Instagram and Twitter and it soon went viral.
On the 8th of September, Greta decided to continue striking every Friday until the Swedish policies provided a safe pathway well under 2-degree C, i.e. in line with the Paris agreement.
The hashtags #FridaysForFuture and #Climatestrike spread and many students and adults began to protest outside of their parliaments and local city halls all over the world.
Students and classrooms can join in and register their strike by visiting the Fridays for Our Future website:
Climate Change Youth Superheroes
Looking for role models you can introduce your students to? Look no further!
Greta Thunberg - In August 2018, Greta Thunberg started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish Parliament that has since spread all over the world and now involves over 100,000 schoolchildren. The movement is now called Fridays For Future.
Learn more about Greta and listen to her TED Talk here.
Autumn Peltier - Autumn is a Canadian water activist and she advocates for clean drinking in First Nations communities and across Mother Earth. She comes from Wikwemikong First Nation/Manitoulin Island and is from Ojibway/Odawa heritage. Autumn has travelled far and wide to carry the message of the importance of clean water and the Sacredness of Water.
Isra Hirsi - Isra Hirsi was one of the three youth leaders planning the U.S. component of the International Youth Climate Strike, in which young people will walk out of class in order to call for urgent climate action.