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Often, books for kids about the environment or any complex issue are touted as “conversation starters.” At worst this notion results in books that barely scratch the surface of their subject matter and leave kids scratching their heads and their parents to fill in the blanks. At best, as in the case of E Is For Environment, the book is really designed to introduce a series of topics and supply the tools for further discussion
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Pamela Blais’ first book targets the (all too) well-known phenomenon of urban sprawl – the low-grade fabric of cookie-cutter subdivisions, big-box power centres, remote office parks and tawdry commercial strips – none of which can be accessed without a car. Sprawl, Blais points out, is an extremely inefficient way of building communities. It sucks up enormous quantities of non-renewable resources (such as energy, land, building materials and water) and spits out a stream of wastes (greenhouse gases, air pollutants, garbage) that choke the planet’s survival systems.
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There is no question that we are addicted to fossil fuels — they are the lifeblood of our global economy and the main driver of the Second Industrial Revolution — so kicking the habit will be no easy task. As a key advisor to politicians throughout the world, Jeremy Rifkin has been working on a carbon-free alternative for over 30 years.
His new book begins with the obligatory dissection of the full crisis before us, which Rifkin describes in a nutshell as peak globalization. “We have reached the outer limits of how far we can extend global economic growth within an economic system dependent on oil and other fossil fuels,” he writes. He also cites climate change as another major threat that could be “cataclysmic” if left unchecked.
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A family of turtles has gathered to celebrate the wedding of Miss Taylor Turtley. It is a perfect day for all concerned, until suddenly they are pelted with garbage from a passing car on the nearby highway. Outraged, young Thurman the Turtle vows to take decisive action to stop the littering and spoiling of the turtles’ habitat. … Artie Knapp’s Living Green is pleasant enough. Its characters and story are simple and relatable, and its message is positive and worthwhile. More cynical children and adults might be a little put off by the didacticism and heavy-handedness of the storytelling, but the book will be well-enjoyed by younger children.
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