REPENT, the end of the world is nigh -- just ask my seven-year-old.

As far as he is concerned we are on the brink of oblivion.

He is terrified that the world is ending and every day has become a battle about climate change, global warming, the carbon footprint and water wasting.

So thank you eco-warriors for putting the fear of God into a seven-year-old boy.

It seems that environmental brain washing is now part of the school curriculum -- ergo, my little environmental boy warrior.

He has been reduced to tears seeing some 'evil' gardener chopping down a tree.

He has been enraged that farmers have cleared land to plant crops and he is a constant reminder of the need to watch every drop.

And don't get me started on 'recycling to save the planet mummy'.

Ugh.

I have had enough of climate change being shoved down the throats of every boy and girl in school as fact, because for every study that shows the polar caps are melting and the world is ending, I can show you another where it isn't.

Government has embraced the green message and is using our kids as the messengers.

We have ministers for the environment, for climate change, for water and if all else fails, of course, we have Bob Brown.

It's not just Australia -- around the world governments are spending millions of dollars telling us global warming is real, despite the scientific divide on the issue.

Perhaps the worst environmental campaign I have ever seen was launched in Britain this week.

The message is clear, if we don't reduce our carbon footprint then puppies will drown and bunnies will cry and a frightening giant carbon monster will eat you up. I kid you not.

The campaign ad opens on a dad reading his little girl a children's bedtime story.

She's tucked up in bed listening transfixed. She looks worried and concerned at the course of story, as children often do when listening to stories.

As dad tells the story we see close-ups of the content of the children's storybook he's holding.

It shows us visuals of some of the story as it unfolds, images which magically come to life before our very eyes.

Here's part of the transcript:

Dad: "There was once a land where the weather was very, very strange. Scientists said it was being caused by too much CO2, and it was the children of the land who'd have to live with the horrible consequences."

Insert crying rabbits in the midst of drought before switching to a flooded town. A cat clings to a piece of debris and a little brown and white dog sinks beneath the waves. Above it all, a sooty, blackened monster seems to suck in the world with a grotesque grin.

"The grown-ups discovered that over 40 per cent of the CO2 was coming from ordinary things like keeping houses warm which meant, if they made less CO2, maybe they could save the land for the children."

He looks up, eyebrows raised, and closes the book.

The little girl looks apprehensive and tense at the cliffhanger he's left the story on.

"Is there a happy ending?" the little girl asks as she nods expectantly, clearly concerned at how the story ends as daddy tucks her up and kisses her goodnight.

Eerie voice over: "It's up to us how the story ends."

What's the message here?

That children who dare to keep warm, whose parents drive cars, are responsible for drowning puppies?

How low can an environmentalist go?

The Brits are paying a cool £6 million for this load of bollocks.

In an article in the Register, Andrew Orlowski points out that even the UK Met office doesn't go this far. "Met Office climate modeller Vicky Pope has said apocalyptic predictions are misleading, distorting the perception of climate change. She cited shock-horror press releases about recent Arctic ice melt, which she said could equally be explained by natural variation."

Are we really helping our children by terrifying them with this kind of fear campaign?

Apparently not.

A government student has found Aussie kids are terrified.

A report by the Australian Childhood Foundation revealed that Australian children are deeply concerned about the state of the environment and the impact of climate change.

The report, children's fears, hopes and heroes Modern Childhood in Australia, surveyed 600 10-14 year-olds across Australia and revealed that:

  a.. 52 per cent are scared that there will not be enough water in the future.
  b.. 44 per cent of children are worried about the impact of climate change.
  c.. 43 per cent of children are worried about the pollution in the air and water.
  d.. One in four children believe the world will end before they reach adulthood.
That's a helluva lot of pressure on some very little shoulders.

Perhaps it's time solve our own problems and stop using our children as weapons.

Let's allow them to be kids for as long as they can.