…short narrative intro about the youth activist and their initiative. It includes 5 to 7 facts about the particular challenge—deforestation, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, etc.—sprinkled across a double-page spread illustration…
…that invites a conversation about E.O. Wilson’s concept of Half Earth as one solution to the current biodiversity loss crisis—humans leaving half of the planet for nature to be itself….
…to support soil fertility, plant health, water quality, and biodiversity. In the United States, certified organic production follows USDA Organic Program rules that prohibit synthetic fertilizers, most synthetic pesticides, and…
…may feel around biodiversity loss. The liberating function of tears, adapted from the fairytales, suggests the possibility of channeling climate grief into hopeful planetarianism. Bianca’s failure to convince adults to…
…Impossible Creatures demonstrates biodiversity loss since the mythical animals are at risk of extinction or forced into climate migration by the magic failing in their habitats, an analogy for climate…
…of habitats that support them; the importance of protecting existing ecosystems and biodiversity; the value of multicultural understanding, communication, and respect with regard to natural resources; and the patterns of…
…and learn from them. This helps open up conversations about what it means to understand an animal’s place in the ecosystem (see biodiversity) and how young children can begin to…
…touches down near a rainforest and transforms into a speedboat. The children help with a reforestation project that restores wildlife habitats and biodiversity in the forest. By including examples of…
…needs to adopt to stop the climate emergency and biodiversity loss. Amplified by evocative illustrations, the book also models youth environmental activism in the character of Mangoshi. Although she initially…
…to explore consumerism, human expansionism, and other systemic drivers of the current ecocide (chapter One); biodiversity loss and the destruction of habitats that results from extractivism and the capitalist market…
…change. Water and air pollution, biodiversity loss, religious and military conflicts, as well as general publics’ ignorance and complacency—“all the people who stood by and took no notice of what…
…children can lead to real-world change that results in the conservation of land and the preservation of biodiversity. The novel features a twelve-year-old who is able to recognize the injustice…
…terraforming, slow violence, and human superiority and domination have altered our Earth. The film’s cinematography presents impactful scenes of biodiversity loss within various ecosystems, anthropogenic causes of pollution and carbon emissions,…
…life comprised of diversity of plant and animal species (see biodiversity, web of life). This story of deep time is represented not just by Earth’s memories, but is highlighted at…
…elves to secretly restore Earth’s biodiversity and wilderness. Radical changes occur without warning. A long stretch of a highway is replaced overnight with an old-growth forest (see afforestation). Governments and…