Growing sustainable together Practical resources for raising kind, engaged, resilient children
Book - 2020
"Drawing from cutting-edge social science research, parent interviews, and experiential wisdom, science writer and parenting blogger Shannon Brescher Shea shows how green living and great parenting go hand in hand to teach kids kindness, compassion, resilience, and grit...all while giving them the lifelong tools they need to be successful, engaged, and independent"--
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Berkeley, California :
North Atlantic Books
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781623174712
- Introduction
- 1. Cultivating Kindness
- 2. Connecting with Our Food
- 3. What Do You Do Without a Minivan? Walking, Biking, and Public Transit
- 4. Not Your Mother's Household: Energy Efficiency, Waste Reduction, and Renewable Energy
- 5. Breaking Free of "Stuff": Rejecting Materialism
- 6. Getting Dirty While Doing Good: Environmental Volunteerism
- 7. Listen to the Children: Engaging in Environmental Activism
- 8. Envisioning a Sustainable Future
- Appendix, Organizing Environmental Activities at Your Child's School
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author