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Kicking off Earth Month with ACTION!

Published 7 months ago • 1 min read

Stories in Sustainability & Science

Hi Reader,

Happy Earth Month!

This month, I’ll share some ways you can take positive planetary action in your community with your learners. To kick things off, I wanted to tell you about one of my personal experiences volunteering with my kids.

My daughter and son started volunteering with me at our local children’s food pantry a few years ago. Prior to their volunteer work, they had little knowledge of what true hunger was or were aware that kids in their school experienced hunger on a daily basis. I started looking for resources to help them understand the power they had to address hunger in our community and was introduced to the story of José Andrés.

José Feeds the World

is a biographical children’s picture book that introduces the reader to José Andrés and his global work to fight hunger. This book emphasizes food and its importance in different cultures, and illustrates how food is a universal sign of love that unites people, no matter where we live or what we eat.

Additional Resources to Address Hunger with Kids

Over on my sister site, Raising Global Kidizens, we created a resource to help kids connect with and understand the global social and environmental justice goal of “No Hunger” as defined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #2 using children’s picture books.

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Sustainably yours,

~Jess

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Thoughtfully Sustainable

by Jessica Purcell

Are you a parent or teacher that’s looking to integrate science and sustainability concepts into your learners’ lives? I’m here to help! My name is Jessica and I’m a science teacher and mom that creates hands-on sustainability and STEM lessons for grades K-8 to cultivate critical thinking skills and foster a deeper appreciation for the natural world.

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