Andrea Koehle Jones | journalist, writer/producer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, children's environmental education advocate
A new teaching resource for The Wish Trees: How Planting Trees Can Help Make the World a Better Place includes discussion prompts and student activities for K-Grade 2. If your students want to learn about trees, there’s no better way than planting Wish Trees. The idea, inspired by the children’s … Read more
There’s no place like the beach, but you might not realize how much fun a beach clean-up party can be—until now. You’ll be amazed at all the garbage that can wash up over time and the difference an enthusiastic group of kids can make in just a few hours. Click to read this EcoParent article to learn how to host and epic beach or shoreline clean-up party for children and teens.
“Planting a tree is an act of hope. And that is a message our children need to hear now more than ever.” The Wish Trees: How Planting Trees Can Help Make the World a Better Place: #1 in Children’s Forest & Tree Books (Kindle Store) #2 in Children’s Nonfiction Nature … Read more
The ChariTree Foundation is excited to partner with UNICEF to help grow climate education + tree planting opportunities for children and youth in Mongolia. A recent International Monetary Fund report revealed that Mongolia is warming at a rate three times faster than that seen anywhere else on the globe. Many … Read more
All over the world, authors, illustrators, teachers and librarians will read books to school students through the magic of the internet! In honour of #WRAD, Canadian children’s author + environmental education activist Andrea Koehle Jones will read her book, The Wish Trees: How Planting Trees Can Help Make the World … Read more
“Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face.” — Nelson Mandela GLASGOW — We must give children the climate education tools required to face the climate crisis. In these last hours of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is still hope that negotiators will … Read more