Children's environmental education advocate, journalist & author / illustrator
“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
Help your children be part of the solution by Andrea Koehle Jones. (EcoParent Magazine, Fall 2021) “Climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity today and our kids will hear about it in school, on the news and from friends so I think it’s critical that we talk to them about … Read more
Top 5 tips to get kids and teens off screens and plugged into the wonders of nature. By Andrea Koehle Jones, OUTDOOR PARENT NEWS, 1 MARCH, 2021 “Since the start of the pandemic, children have less time and fewer opportunities to get outdoors connect with nature,” said Andrea Koehle Jones, executive … Read more
The pandemic is threatening the survival of outdoor learning programs just when kids and teens need them most. BY Andrea Koehle Jones OUTDOOR PARENT NEWS, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 As the covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold, many environmental education organizations around the world are facing a growing risk of collapse. An alarming … Read more
Andrea Koehle Jones, founder of The ChariTree Foundation, author, environmental education advocate, and founding partner of The FirstLine Foundation, tells the story of how she went from being a CBC Newsworld journalist and Greenpeace communications strategist to building one of the sweetest little children’s charities out there. “Let’s give kids … Read more