The Fertile Crescent
The Teach Your Parents climate initiative (TYP)
A climate literacy initiative for children. Children learn through our climate comics and art workshops.
Climate change is upon us. Children will be most affected, as the climate emergency is expected to worsen over their lifetimes.
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Teach Your Parents (TYP) is our free climate literacy initiative for schools and children. Through comics, animations, and workshops, children learn about climate change in fun and creative ways. They then paint what they’ve learned, with their work showcased in a formal art gallery show. TYP gives young people a platform to share their ideas and feelings with the community, and to start thinking about how they can make a difference.​
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VIEW SAMPLE COMICS (more are coming soon):
Get Involved- TYP 2025!
We are excited to launch the 2025 edition of Teach Your Parents. This year’s program will wrap up with a final exhibition at the Arnprior District Museum in Canada. If you're a student, teacher, parent, or school interested in participating, view the How to Participate section.
Or write to us at TYPtalk@gmail.com or sanjaysundram@gmail.com for more details.
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This video features student paintings currently on display at the Museum.
In TYP’s 2022-23 edition, over 750 students across Canada and India took part. The program culminated in a month-long public exhibition at the Trinity Art Gallery in Ottawa, with school awards celebrating young climate voices.
More photos: Exhibition, students and school events>
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TYP in the news:​
The TYP initiative and its student participants have been covered extensively in national media. The Globe and Mail highlighted the TYP team as “Canadians making a difference.” CBC News and Radio interviewed teachers and student and provided in-depth coverage. A paper on the TYP initiative was published in the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights at Carleton University and by CRC Research at Royal Roads University.
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CBC's interview with the TYP co-founders, participating teachers and students
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On CBC Kids: How 1 kid inspired 700 others
Story on Nandini Sundram, a TYP co-founder. It also showcases TYP student art.
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On CBC News: How kids see our changing planet
A behind-the-scenes interactive feature covering the TYP initiative and its goals.
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Canadian Journal for Children's Rights (CJCR)
Paper on TYP published in the CJCR at the Langdon Pearson Centre in Ottawa
Hear from the student co-founders
TYP co-founders Abhi (17) and Nandini (13) share their vision for the initiative at Carleton University, Ottawa at the launch of the Canadian Journal for Children's Rights.
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Teach Your Parents in Canada and Overseas​
Students from schools in Canada and India participated in previous editions
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SESI Publications, Brazil
TYP children's art is being schoolbooks published by SESI Publications in 2025-26. They are Brazil's largest non-governmental publisher.
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