Children

🌳 Forest Schools can go some way to replacing what has been lost to our children during the coronavirus crisis, including schooling.

Young people are demanding better education on environmental issues. Why aren’t we giving it to them?

Chris Packham supports release of new wildlife crime novel illustrated by 13-16-year-olds.

Collective learning can empower as well as educate school students - schools should embrace the climate strikes.

A global, independent youth movement is gaining momentum - with a UK strike planned for February.

Radical action on climate change should be the many versus the few, not the young versus the old.

Children feel the threat of climate change and want to drive radical action to safeguard their future - so we should too, argues children's author SUE HAMPTON.

Encouraging your children to grow their own food is fun and educational, writes SCOTT JENKINS

Science textbooks aimed at teenagers simply ignore the most effective lifestyle changes to prevent climate change: go vegetarian, cycle, take the train overseas and have fewer kids. It is time parents sat down and explained the low carbon birds and the bees, asks BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Naturalist and wildlife photographer Matt Adam Williams asks whether childhood experiences are the key to the long-term health of nature and the conservation sector........

First women, then men: now children and babies are the latest to join the conscious clothing revolution. Lisa Stephens rounds up five of the best eco-friendly kids clothing brands

Is population really the demographic time bomb it’s portrayed as? Author Vanessa Baird sifts through the evidence and comes up with some surprising answers, says Mark Newton

Wonderful illustrations, an entertaining story and a free packet of rocket seeds make Rio Rocket’s adventures an enjoyable way to introduce kids to green issues

Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in the UK and Scandinavia, and now aiming to crack the US. Co-founder Alison Lindley discusses the difficulties of keeping it green during a period of meteoric growth

Awareness of pesticide-use in public areas used by children is low but the health dangers demand our attention

Children may be more likely to turn to sugary drinks and ice-creams because of a lack of working water fountains in public parks in the UK, says campaign group

An accessible, enjoyable book on climate change for the next generation of eco-warriors. Contributors include James Lovelock

Fruits, vegetables and juices were advertised in only 1.7 per cent of commercials on US children's TV, says study, but reducing junk-food advertising may not be enough

The season of flu (and fear of swine flu) is upon us. But before you reach for this sticky pink cocktail dished out by doctors and parents as a cure-all for children, think again...

Mobile phones could soon be banned in junior schools in France, under plans put forward by French senators

Can climate art help save the world? Rebecca Heald reports on a school art installation and its ambitious 'Cool it Schools' global online initiative

In response to a petition calling on wireless technology to be removed from schools, the Government has pronounced itself happy with WiFi safety guidelines its critics have labelled 'dangerously out of date'

Leaked documents show that the US Environmental Protection Agency has launched an inquiry into the health risks of tyre chippings

A groundbreaking new study has shown that a mother’s exposure to pollution can have a measurable impact on the genes of her unborn child.