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Nature
Regular price $16.95 Save $-16.95Using little stories about environmental protection, this beautifully illustrated book will enchant readers with its vivid landscapes.
In this book, young readers will embark on an inspiring ecological journey to learn about the importance of protecting our planet. Through a series of captivating stories, kids will learn about topics such as biodiversity, deforestation, and how each and every person can make a positive impact on our environment.
Each page is filled with illustrations that vividly bring to life the natural world, from lush green forests to deep blue oceans. The stories and images create a powerful and inspiring message about the beauty and fragility of our planet. Young readers are encouraged to think deeply about their own impact on the environment and are asked to consider important questions about how they can make a difference.
Sections include:
- Our Lifestyle: We must give back to nature, which provides us with food, water, air, and sunshine, and remember that we share this planet with other living beings.
- Connections: Our well-being depends on fulfilling essential needs like clean air, water, nutrients, and socializing.
- Modern Life: A girl named Jane’s unhealthy lifestyle caused exhaustion by overconsuming, being inactive, and using her phone excessively, leading to less enjoyment of life.
- A Call for Help: Jane’s exhaustion underscores the importance of us meeting our basic needs, and it also mirrors our need to care for the planet.
- Land Conservation: Sir David Attenborough expresses his concern for the Earth due to human activities that harm the environment, but he also holds hope for a better future.
- Ecological Footprints: The Earth and we people have limits, and ecological footprints help us measure how our actions impact the planet, reminding us to use natural resources wisely.
- Rainforests: Rainforests, like the Amazon, absorb and store carbon dioxide, acting as "the lungs of the planet" and purifying the air for humans.
- Biodiversity: Rainforests exhibit high biodiversity, but human activities like farming and economic development are continually leading to their loss.
- Deforestation: Deforestation and human activities harm rainforests, reducing biodiversity, valuable species, and the forest’s carbon processing ability, exacerbating global warming.
- Farming: We often overlook the impact of our actions on nature, using more and more land for food production.
- Our Species: Human actions are harming the planet by depleting resources and causing pollution. We must remedy this.
- The Miracle of the Ocean: The ocean regulates temperature, absorbs CO2, and its plant life absorbs more greenhouse gases than land forests.
- The Coral Reef: The ocean absorbs CO2 and is crucial for life, but its acidity is harming underwater life. Coral reefs are being destroyed by global warming and overfishing.
- Commercial Fishing: Fishing harms ocean life, and fish farming can be harmful.
- The Ocean: Sustainable fishing means only catching what we need to eat, giving the ocean time to recover, and not relying too much on fishing.
- The Earth Has a Fever: Human progress has harmful consequences: greenhouse gases warm the planet, leading to devastating outcomes.
- Ecological Extinction: The Earth’s getting hotter causes air pollution, water contamination, and wildfires that damage nature irreparably.
- Balance: Balance and stability in the ecosystem are crucial for our well-being, and it’s up to us to take care of our bodies and maintain a healthy environment.
- Balance Restored: Jane found balance in nature, friendships, healthy food, and rest, which brought joy and transformed sadness.
- What Can We Do For You, Earth?: Sustaining biodiversity in rainforests and oceans, reducing waste, meat consumption, and embracing reusable products can support the environment.
In Nature, children aged 7–11 will learn about the importance of preserving the natural world, and be inspired to take action to protect it. This book is perfect for kids who are curious about the world around them, and who want to make a positive difference in their communities and beyond.
Nature, My Teacher
Regular price $23.00 Save $-23.00“Make this book your friend,” says Arianna Huffington. James Thornton’s Nature, My Teacher, is a powerful guide to being human in a time of eco-crisis.
In Nature, My Teacher, poet, lawyer and founder of top global environmental group ClientEarth, James Thornton offers a meditation on being alive while the planet fights to survive. He explores topics such as memory, climate anxiety, and human consciousness through a series of short essays, arranged into twelve “books”, each closing with a poem and a photo to leave readers in a reflective space.
As a Zen priest from Los Angeles, James contemplates what he has learnt from observing and listening to nature, and shows that when the planet is hurting, we too feel its pain.
The way this book is opening hearts and minds is remarkable. Arianna Huffington found it “powerful and moving”, Zen abbot and author Joan Halifax sums: “A profound guide to discovering the great wisdom in the natural world, this book…is a treasure for all”.
The Little Picnic Book
Regular price $34.99 Save $-34.99Studio Ghibli Aesthetic in Your Picnic Spread
Experience tranquility with The Little Picnic Book, your ultimate companion to cozy, aesthetic picnics. Master picnic essentials, delve into delicious easy Asian food recipes for foods to eat outside, and immerse yourself in Studio Ghibli aesthetics with every outdoor feast.
Experience slow living with The Little Picnic Book. Open up a realm of serene, unhurried living through the simple pleasure of picnics. Explore the charm of the Studio Ghibli aesthetic and the creativity of cooking, transforming your outdoor meals into a Pinterest aesthetic any cozy gamer, nerd, or dreamy artist would envy.
Cozy cottagecore aesthetics you can eat. Delve into the world of artistic Asian food with this enriching picnic cookbook. Each dish is a journey toward the slow living aesthetic, enhancing every gathering with the quaint charm of a Pinterest aesthetic picnic.
In this picnic book, find:
- Expert guidance on embodying the Studio Ghibli aesthetic in your picnics
- A collection of food to eat outside, transporting you to the world of artistic Asian food
- Strategies for planning and executing perfect cottagecore aesthetic
- Proven techniques for embracing slow living through the art of outdoor feasts
Wild Life
Regular price $28.00 Save $-28.00“As sensitive and touching as it is urgent . . . [Wild Life is] a poignant exploration of the natural world.” –O, The Oprah Magazine
“Wild Life is the bushwacking, honest, and inspiring memoir I wish I'd had as a budding scientist. Dr. Wynn-Grant's richly-told, revelatory journey will surely have remarkable ripples for generations—and have you on the edge of your seat.” —Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, cofounder Urban Ocean Lab
In this vulnerable and urgent memoir, Rae Wynn-Grant explores the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals, and the earth through her personal journey to becoming a wildlife ecologist.
Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant always felt worlds away from the white male adventurers she watched explore the wilderness on TV. She dreamed of a future where she could spend sleepless nights under the crowded canopies of the Amazon and the starry skies of the savanna. But as Rae set off on her own expeditions in the wild, she saw nature’s delicate balance in a new light.
Wild Life follows Rae on her adventures and explorations in some of the world’s most remote locales. Hers is a story about a nearly twenty-year career in the wild—carving a niche as one of very few Black female scientists—and the challenges she had to overcome, expectations she had to leave behind, and the many lessons she learned along the way. An incredible journey spanning the Great Plains of North America to the rainforests of Madagascar, Wild Life sheds light on our pivotal relationship and responsibility to the natural world and the relatives—both human and otherwise—that we share it with.
Meditations on Butterflies
Regular price $16.95 Save $-16.95Fly away from daily stresses while coloring and journaling, taking inspiration from the natural beauty of butterflies. Author Kristen D’Angelo and artist/author Maryjo Koch have created the ultimate inspirational gift book. Meditations on Butterflies features 26 stunning North American butterfly species, from the Monarch to the Painted Lady to the Tiger Swallowtail and more, for coloring book fans to color and complete. Readers will learn the butterflies’ beautiful winged markings, practice simple calligraphy, and enjoy calming nature quotes. Pages also guide readers to adorn each page with butterfly and garden observations, daily gratitudes, and encouraging notes. Fifty-two additional lined pages are included (between the color plates) for weekly journaling.
Coloring book and guided journal enthusiasts using Meditations on Butterflies will:
• Recharge and relax while doing something creative
• Find emotional balance through reflective journaling
• Be inspired by nature and the transformative beauty of butterflies through artwork
• Appreciate the restorative power of mindful gratitude and insightful verse
Meditations on Butterflies features removable, perforated pages. Each finished color plate can be detached from the book and framed as personal artwork. The thick, matte, acid-free paper is archival quality and perfect for colored pencils and inks.