Developing tomorrow’s leaders with Northern Michigan climate families

24 June 2024

Keeping children safe, healthy and entertained while maintaining a busy schedule of sports and other activities can be overwhelming, especially for working parents who also have a long list of commitments outside of the kids. This busy life leaves relatively little head space or energy for activism on any issue, let alone such daunting topics as climate change or other major environmental problems.

Lauren Teichner and Jen Beuthin understand that. As mothers of young children, the two Traverse City professionals know what it’s like to run out of gas. But they also constantly think about the world their children will inherit, and doing nothing in the face of major environmental problems just didn’t seem like a viable option.

Last year, the two founded Northern Michigan Climate Families, a group dedicated to “playing, learning and protecting the Earth.” The first goal is simple: to create an education and action program on climate change and other environmental issues that fits into the fragmented and volatile world of parenting.

Read more about the group this week Northern Express, Sister publication of The Ticker. The Northern Express is available online or can be picked up for free at kiosks in nearly 700 locations in 14 northern Michigan counties.

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