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How to make your climate values your family values
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How to make your climate values your family values

A conversation with Elham Marder: lawyer, blogger, and sustainability advocate on how we can talk to our kids about loving the earth and confronting the climate crisis.

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by Michelle Kim Hall

In honor of Earth Day, I spoke with Elham Marder, a lawyer, eco-advocate, and mother of three. Her blog Plant Based Persian is full or healthy, sustainable recipes and information about eco-conscious living. She kindly shared her green smoothie recipe which you can find below.

The episode covers some ideas for teaching children about eco-conscious living. To Elham, when it comes to sustainability, if we’re helping our kids understand the WHY behind our choices, the benefits of sustainable practices will feel like conscious choices. In a world where sustainability has become part and parcel of consumerism, where 40% of “green claims” made to consumers are misleading, treating climate values as family values is a sustainability practice.

Elham has kindly shared a few resources she’s discussed with her kids including education.com which is full of free resources to explore sustainability and eco-consciousness at home.

Recommended Resources:

PBS - 

Kid Conservationist - 

McGraw Hill - 

Elham’s Green Smoothie Recipe:

A green drink (literally and figuratively) that your kids will drink! 

Recipe: 

  • 1 cup Spinach 

  • 1 1/2 cups Soy milk (plain and unsweetened)

  • 2 Tbsp. Tahini 

  • 1 tsp. Ground Flaxseed 

  • 1/2 tsp. Vanilla 

  • 1/2 tsp. Maple syrup 

  • 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon 

  • 6 Dates (pitted, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, and drained) 

  • 6-7 ice cubes 

Blend in high speed blender 

Serves 2 


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