What environmental books written by black authors do you have on your bookshelf? Check out these five great books, some fiction and others nonfiction, all with a focus on environmental justice or climate change and written by great Black authors. Request them from your library or purchase them from your local bookshop and add them to …
Interested in expanding your Black racial literacy? Check out some of these books and learn a bit more about why racial literacy matters to environmental justice. I primarily write about eco-friendly living for modern families, climate action, and other environmental matters. I have dabbled in discussions related to intersectional environmentalism but am not nearly an …
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Picture books are a great way to teach complex topics to the children in our lives, and they are valuable far past young childhood. Read on for more about why picture books can be a great medium for learning about complicated social and community issues for all ages. As parents, we are our children’s first …
Environmental advocacy and racial advocacy are deeply intertwined. While both push for change to enhance the well-being of people on this planet, environmental hazards and climate change disproportionately harm Black and Brown people. A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism and It’s Assault on American Minds lays out in detail the damage and trauma endured …
Ready to use picture books to help your children learn about important issues like climate change and social justice? After several years of reading these types of books to my boys with intention, here are a few things I’ve learned about how to share them with our kids, where to find the books, and what …
