Environment

Tag: Environment

February 23, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The Forest in the Sea, a guest post by Anita Sanchez

The more I researched the bewildering problems facing our planet, the more I kept bumping into an unlikely hero—seaweed.

August 9, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone

Hand this one to social justice-minded readers who will be inspired by the actions of these incredible kids.

June 14, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

#SJYALit Booklist: Environmental Dystopia, aka Cli-Fi

Cli-Fi is fiction that deals with the topic of climate change. Climate change is an important political and social justice issue as it affects everything from health to food and water resources See, for example, this discussion: The Next Frontier of Climate Change: Climate & Social Justice. Natalie Korsavidis joins us today to share this […]

Behold the Power of Reading; Or, how my 8-year-old was inspired to start her own #TrashTuesdays

November 30, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Last Saturday, Thing 2 turned 8. For her birthday, a friend sent her the following three books: Monday night, The Teen, Thing 2 and I curled up and bed and read them together. We cried as we read Malala’s story. We were inspired as we read about Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton. One thing that […]