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Giving Kids a Voice … and a Role

Wednesday, den 30. April 2008

Reposted with permission from the Yale Climate Media Forum; by Bud Ward

“A hopeful book in a discouraging time.”

It’s how Antioch University Professor David Sobel characterizes “How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming,” co-authored by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch.

“This is not a scary book,” the front flap of the book jacket reinforces.

It’s the kind of velvet glove approach Cherry and Braasch take in walking 10- to 14-year olds through the ins and outs of a changing climate … and their roles in helping address the attendant challenges. (more…)