One Earth
Registered by gypsysmom of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 3/18/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
The publisher, Orca Books, offered some copies of this book on LibraryThing and I was lucky enough to win one. The subtitle is People of Color Protecting Our Planet.
This book is an Advance Reading Copy from the publisher Orca Books. As such the illustrations and photographs are in black and white but there is a statement on the back cover that the final book will be in color. Since the intended audience for this book are young adults ages 12+ that should make it very attractive.
The author, Anuradha Rao, is a conservation biologist raised in Ontario but now living in Vancouver. She is the daughter of immigrants from India and has taken lessons from the Indian culture but also from indigenous peoples with whom she has worked and interacted. She noticed that very few people of colour worked in the forefront of environmental fields but they are everywhere saving animals, stopping destruction of habitats, researching solutions, and many other actions. She writes about 20 people from around the world and each of them has words of wisdom to share with young people.
In one of those instances of synchronicity that happen often when I read I was watching a PBS program called the Age of Nature which is exploring ways habitats around the world are being restored. One of the areas they highlighted was the fynbos region outside of Cape Town in South Africa. I had never heard of this region until I read the chapter devoted to Ismail Ebrahim, a horticulturist working in the fynbos region to find and save rare plants. And then within a few days the fynbos was mentioned again in The Age of Nature. I love when that happens.
If you know of a young person interested in the environment and nature this would be a great gift for them.
The author, Anuradha Rao, is a conservation biologist raised in Ontario but now living in Vancouver. She is the daughter of immigrants from India and has taken lessons from the Indian culture but also from indigenous peoples with whom she has worked and interacted. She noticed that very few people of colour worked in the forefront of environmental fields but they are everywhere saving animals, stopping destruction of habitats, researching solutions, and many other actions. She writes about 20 people from around the world and each of them has words of wisdom to share with young people.
In one of those instances of synchronicity that happen often when I read I was watching a PBS program called the Age of Nature which is exploring ways habitats around the world are being restored. One of the areas they highlighted was the fynbos region outside of Cape Town in South Africa. I had never heard of this region until I read the chapter devoted to Ismail Ebrahim, a horticulturist working in the fynbos region to find and save rare plants. And then within a few days the fynbos was mentioned again in The Age of Nature. I love when that happens.
If you know of a young person interested in the environment and nature this would be a great gift for them.
Journal Entry 3 by gypsysmom at Skating and Walking Trail on Assiniboine River in Headingley, Manitoba Canada on Saturday, May 8, 2021
Released 3 yrs ago (2/21/2021 UTC) at Skating and Walking Trail on Assiniboine River in Headingley, Manitoba Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book on a straw bale along the river trail . This release is for the 2021 52 Towns in 52 weeks release challenge - Town #6.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
