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From School Library Journal

April 1, 2022

Gr 4-8-As a longtime environmentalist, Greenfield wants kids to know that they can make a difference. In this volume, he touches on environmental topics like food waste, water, and energy issues affecting our planet today. Each section contains ways that Greenfield has helped the environment himself, followed by smaller get-started ways for students to do the same. Readers who are interested in environmental topics and want to help will be inspired. Greenfield leads by example, and kids will look at his ideas and see that they can help out, too. Many of his suggestions are easy and small, and thus manageable for young readers to embark on independently. Readers will be drawn in by the full-color photographs that make large statements throughout the book. VERDICT An inspirational addition to any nonfiction section in an elementary or middle school library. Perfect for those who want to know more about how they can help the environment and inspire change in their communities.-Elizabeth Pelayo

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From Booklist

March 1, 2022
Grades 4-6 Adventurer and activist Greenfield embraces environmental sustainability in this nifty handbook that focuses on nine related subjects: stuff, waste, food waste, the food system, water, energy, transportation, money, and connection. He devotes an eight-page chapter to each, with each chapter employing a common format: the first four pages give essential information, the next two feature Greenfield's related adventures, and the final two offer commonsense ideas about what readers can do. For example, the chapter on waste reports that the average person creates 1.63 pounds of trash a day, most of it problematically going to landfills. What did Greenfield do? He wore a suit made of his trash for 30 days to attract attention to his cause. What can readers do? Set up a compost bin, buy unpackaged food, purchase used stuff, etc. Most readers will find his adventures of the greatest interest: riding a bamboo bicycle across America, not showering for a thousand days, being a dumpster diver, and more. Highly illustrated with photographs, charts, and graphs, this salute to sustainability works for both individual reading and classroom use.

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