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kids can do it too: how a children’s book can inspire community-based action for the environment

fri, 10 feb 2023 12:00:27 +0000

meet Ángela, a shy but curious girl from quito, ecuador.

in Ángela and the plastic problem, she embarks on a journey to discover what her local community and communities across her country are doing to increase sustainability by combating plastic waste. learning about intiatives in other cities and even going on a trip to the marvelous galápagos islands, she is helped and inspired along the way by her best friend, julia, and her mamá.

Ángela meets new friends like pedro and his mother to continue her exploration of ecuador, facing her fears to discover how community can tackle plastic pollution together.

in this children’s book, youth will hopefully be inspired to take action after learning about what other people are doing to combat plastic waste.

cover of faro’s original children’s book.

Ángela and the plastic problem was written as an original story by first-time and emerging authors maria zaharatos & shelby atherton, edited and published with support from elena negrón, and illustrated by ruby walker.

the following two page spreads are an excerpt from the book.

the book is made available through the texas-based educational nonprofit organization, faro: projects for global education, which writes educational curricula and children’s books on global issues.

for interested readers who liked this excerpt, you can check out the full book available on amazon, and keep an eye out for our kindle version coming soon!

for teachers or others who want to use the book for educational purposes – please contact faro at info@faropge.org

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children: our future and our present

sun, 22 sep 2019 16:42:30 +0000

dc’s youth climate strike on friday, sept. 20, showed the power children have in making their voices heard all while continuing to learn outside the classroom and ignite a movement of change for the environment.

check out the following page for further details on the strike.

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making his environmental mark at 13

mon, 04 mar 2019 04:53:35 +0000

it’s not every day that an 11 year-old is so impacted by researching the detrimental environmental effects of agribusiness that he decides to save up money from lemonade stands to fund his own small farm. sam tobin is that boy, now a 13-year-old chicken farmer who started his own free-range egg business two years ago in an effort to live more sustainably. he currently has 60 chickens roaming around his backyard in urban charlotte, n.c., and sells his eggs to local restaurants and neighbors. this is a brief glimpse into a day in his life, loosely inspired by wendell berry’s poem “i go among trees”.

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food supplement diy for low income youth

sun, 03 mar 2019 22:42:26 +0000

in this video i show children the supplies they’ll need to start seedlings in order to help increase families’ food security, even in urban settings. it’s not much, but for low income families’ saving just a few dollars can mean a lot. with more than 16.2 million children in the u.s. not receiving enough nutritious food, teaching families that they can grow lettuce, broccoli, strawberries, or other healthy foods, even in an apartment, could provide a fun family project while also benefiting their children’s health and their wallet!

this topic is important to me because i currently live in syracuse’s 18th ward where the average annal income is about $12,000 a year in in a city where 47% of children live below the poverty line. this means a disproportionate amount of my neighbors’ children are likely the 1 in 5 children that will go hungry at some point during the year.

in addition i also live in a federally designated food desert, and thus it is difficult for myself, even with access to a vehicle, to get access to fresh fruit and vegetables. having personally dealt with the reality of food insecurity i see the necessity for social justice and hope that some of those who’s lives could be affected by the ideas within this story find them, one way or another, and are able to make their lives just a little bit easier by growing a single seed.

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from tigger’s to milford house, with love

thu, 21 mar 2013 13:00:02 +0000

in 2008 a remarkable relationship was kindled between the children of tigger’s honeypot, a child care centre at the university of new south wales, australia, and the residents of milford house, an aged care facility in sydney’s eastern suburbs. once a fortnight the children pay a visit to their older friends, to paint, sculpt, sing, laugh and share stories.

our video looks at the benefits of bringing together the very young and the very old, and how better planning of our built environment could make for a happier, more healthy living environment for all.

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ask bill nye

thu, 23 jun 2011 16:14:48 +0000

is nuclear power safe?

could tornadoes be linked to climate change?

do you prefer the freedom of boxers or the security of briefs?

bill nye answered two of those questions when we sat down with the science guy on friday, plus more submitted by the planet forward audience on facebook.

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