
READ
- Fighting climate change must be an intergenerational conversation (Michael A. Smyer -USA Today)
- Kids, it’s time to give your parents ‘the talk.’ Not that one, the one on climate change (Michael A. Smyer – Aberdeen News)
- Check out the Good Energy Playbook and their Our Possible Futures: Maria’s Two Worlds interactive article
- Ok, Climate Change: Can Four Generations of Environmentalists Agree on Just About Anything?
- A guide created by the NRDC to Talking With Kids of All Ages About Climate Change or their article on How to Argue with People You Know and Love—IRL
- Bridging Faith and Social Justice Across Generations, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- How two generations are fighting climate change by focusing on finance and age
LISTEN
- Only future generations commissioner from Wales by Sophie Howe. Listen on Spotify
- A road map for young change makers by Melati Wijsen. Listen on Spotify
- How to be a good ancestor by Roman Krznaric. Listen on Spotify
LEARN
- Developing our interpersonal skills with the Inner Development Goals
- Having 1:1 Conversations Across Differences with Braver Angels
- A Conversational Guide to unpack Aging and Ageism by LivingRoom Conversations
- A Playbook to Bridge Differences from Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center

FOR ALL AGES
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Share this guide with climate activists in your network and have more intergenerational climate conversations.
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Try playing our “Guess When?” card game or using other conversation ice breakers like “Parents Are Humans” by bringing in climate themes in the answers.
- Check the environmental threads of your neighborhood, area or city and find out if there are organized groups working on it. Our Local Action Map might be helpful.
- Participate in the Elders for Climate Action intergenerational huddles (you can sign up here!)
IDENTIFIES AS YOUNGER
- First and foremost, make sure you are registered to vote! Consider becoming a driving volunteer and riding voters who need help getting to the polls.
- If you’re a student or a member of an academic institution, consider checking our campaign’s Climate Action In Practice section of our Educators Kit.
- Using this guide or other similar resources, talk to your parents and the other adults around you about your feelings about climate.
IDENTIFIES AS OLDER
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We need AARP and its 38 million older voters across the partisan spectrum to join the climate fight. If you are a member, please sign onto this petition asking AARP’s leadership to act urgently on climate.
• Consider participating on Third Act’s Senior to Senior: Intergenerational voter registration
•Join Elders for Climate Action and participate in their intergenerational huddles (you can sign up here!)