Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children

Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children

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Author: Shannon Brescher Shea

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 240


Tips, tools, advice, and activities for raising eco-friendly kids while nurturing compassion, resilience, and community engagement. Tips, tools, advice, and activities for raising eco-friendly kids while nurturing compassion, resilience, and community engagement. 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. Growing Sustainable Together is packed with easy tips, expert parenting advice, and practical hands-on activities for the toddler years up through the early teens. The enriching activities, resource guides, and recommended book lists in each chapter distill core sustainablility knowledge, like- Understanding energy efficiency and renewablesInstilling anti-waste and anti-consumerist valuesLearning where our food comes fromDeveloping a lifelong love for environmental activism, volunteering, and community engagement The book concludes with a practical appendix that gives talking points for engaging teachers, school systems, and fellow parents in eco-friendly activities.



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Shannon Brescher Shea

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 240


Tips, tools, advice, and activities for raising eco-friendly kids while nurturing compassion, resilience, and community engagement. Tips, tools, advice, and activities for raising eco-friendly kids while nurturing compassion, resilience, and community engagement. 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. Growing Sustainable Together is packed with easy tips, expert parenting advice, and practical hands-on activities for the toddler years up through the early teens. The enriching activities, resource guides, and recommended book lists in each chapter distill core sustainablility knowledge, like- Understanding energy efficiency and renewablesInstilling anti-waste and anti-consumerist valuesLearning where our food comes fromDeveloping a lifelong love for environmental activism, volunteering, and community engagement The book concludes with a practical appendix that gives talking points for engaging teachers, school systems, and fellow parents in eco-friendly activities.