The water in your cup has a longer memory than you can imagine, and it is the very same water dinosaurs once drank. In this episode of The Fairy Podcast, we sit down with Donna Goodman, Founder of Earth Child Institute and a longtime UNICEF educator, to explore freshwater, children’s environmental leadership, and the powerful ways kids change the world. Along the way, we keep it simple, curious, and practical, so families can turn wonder into real Earth care.

In this episode, we explore:

• Donna’s path through Earth Child Institute and global work with children 
• Why children have the power to influence adults and communities 
• Research-backed stories of kids driving behavior change, like recycling 
• The closed water cycle and the idea of “dinosaur water” 
• Practical ways kids can help, including simple water testing 
• What kids around the world ask first and what it reveals about connection 
• EcoMasters and using stories to teach environmental stewardship 
• Mother Earth and Me and the tree practice for body kindness and self-love 

About Donna Goodman

Donna Goodman has worked to serve Mother Earth, her children, and waters for more than 36 years in more than 67 countries. It all started in 1999, when, as a single mom attending Jean Houston’s Mystery School, Donna was invited to the United Nations to teach Peace through Science using rainbow glasses and magnets to explore the invisible forces that guide our lives. The synchronicity of that first invitation led to the founding of Earth Child Institute (ECI), a US-based 501(c)3 not-for-profit, international organization dedicated to 'Empowering Today for A Sustainable Future for All’ in 2002. While young leaders from all over the world were leading Earth Child Institute on a day-to-day basis, Donna was employed by UNICEF as Program Advisor, Water, Environment and Sanitation, and later Climate Change Education. 

Before and after her United Nations career, Donna was nominated as one of the Top 100 Women in Franchising for her work as co-founder of Little Scientists – A Hands-On Approach to teach science to young children, and later served as Global Program Director for Swarovski Waterschool, overseeing a global network of school programs on the great rivers of the world. She was a consultant to Turner Broadcasting, Cartoon Network Latin America, and Program Developer for Kids1, a New Jersey-based company leading the way on school leadership for at-risk students in the United States.

Today, Donna is proud to be focusing on her work as the author of the middle-grade fiction series ECOMASTERS: A Planet in Peril, as well as on Mother Earth and Me teaching and learning materials. 

Born and raised in Connecticut, she is mom to three adult children and Nonna to five awesome grandchildren. 

Donna's Websites:

www.donnagoodman.com

www.ecomastersbooks.com 

www.earthchildinstitute.org

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Music Credits: ”Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel performed and recorded by Winslow Vail.