Conversations with Seven Sisters

Having Children During a Climate Crisis with Meghan Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli

Does global warming play a role in your decision to have children or not? This episode dives into how the climate crisis impacts family planning. 

This week on Conversations with Seven Sisters Jen speaks with Meghan Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli, authors of The Conceivable Future: Planning Families and Taking Action in the Age of Climate Change. They explore the ways in which the climate crisis is affecting our personal decisions about family planning, parenting, and political action. Jen asks about parenting tips for how to speak and act with your children about climate change. They reframe the current conversation about population control and having children in the face if the climate crisis. 

Whether you want kids or not, this is a fantastic episode about all the facets of climate change and how to take action in and out of the family structure. 

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Connect with Meghan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-kallman-6030a3229/ 

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