A Sustainable Life - Children's

Inspired by internationally acclaimed environmental activist, humanitarian, and adventurer Rob Greenfield, Zero Waste Kids fun and easy illustrated projects and activities that will help your family reduce, reuse, and recycle at home, at school, and in your community.

While most kids probably aren't going to grow all their own food for a year like Rob has, Zero Waste Kids features fun and practical projects for growing

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"The beautiful simplicity of a garden is depicted through digital woodcut illustrations and engaging nonfiction text presented as a series of sweet questions and gentle replies. Less of a traditional how-to and more of a how-to-appreciate, this soothingly sparse text paints an inviting and accessible picture of what a garden offers. And with an all-child cast, the absence of an adult presence empowers readers to view the garden and its creatures through...

For thousands of years, the Elwha river flowed north to the sea. The river churned with salmon, which helped feed bears, otters, and eagles. The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, known as the Strong People located in the Pacific Northwest, were grateful for the river's abundance. All that changed in the 1790s when strangers came who did not understand the river's gifts. The strangers built dams, and the environmental consequences were disastrous. Sibert...

While visiting her uncle John in the city for the summer, an African American girl, L'il Sissy, her siblings, and uncle transform an empty lot into a vegetable garden. Includes recipe for succotash.

"Even though the Earth seems big and unchangeable, humans have altered its climate, creating consequences for all life. By working together, humans can save the planet, and ourselves" --

Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.

A boy's circle starts out small but steadily grows as he builds relationships throughout his community.

"In each season, Earth has something special to enjoy--and we can find ways to be good stewards to the planet too!"--

An “irresistible” environmental fairy tale full of “funny rhymes and an essential message” that proves even little ones can help in the fight against single-use plastics (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus).
 
Meet Sippy, the world’s last plastic straw, as he discovers how he can help create a cleaner, safer world for his new animal friends.
Sippy, a plastic straw who...