Humanism Now | Secular Ethics, Curiosity and Compassionate Change 41. Bridget Shirvell on Parenting in a Climate Crisis: Teaching Kids Curiosity, Resilience & Hope
“Research has found that the amount of questions kids ask dramatically decreases once they start formalized education.” – Bridget Shirvell
Journalist and climate-communicator Bridget Shirvell joins Humanism Now to share a four-part roadmap—feel, love, build, act—for raising climate-resilient kids. Drawing on her new book Parenting in a Climate Crisis, she explains how families can turn eco-anxiety into everyday action, nurture curiosity, and help children transform concern into hope.
Hachette Book Group
Connect with Bridget
- Website – https://breeshirvell.com
- Newsletter – Raising Climate Resilient Kids -Substack
- Instagram– @breeshirvell
- LinkedIn – /in/breeshirvell
Topics we cover
✔︎ Bridget’s feel-love-build-act framework for climate-conscious parenting
✔︎ Turning daily habits—into social tipping points
✔︎ Teaching stewardship through family pets without gender stereotypes
✔︎ Countering the curiosity slump that formal schooling often creates
✔︎ Balancing individual choices with systemic change & local activism
✔︎ Practical ways to ease eco-anxiety while fostering genuine hope
✔︎ Food, waste-reduction and other low-lift actions kids can lead
Resources & further reading
- Parenting in a Climate Crisis – Bridget Shirvell (2025)
- Tipping point for large-scale social change – Science (2018)
- Parenting and the climate crisis –The Ecologist (2025)
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