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Taking on the Plastics Crisis

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Taking on the Plastics Crisis by Hannah Testa is an empowering guide that delves into the global problem of plastic waste. It highlights the significant impact of plastics on our environment and presents actionable solutions. Through personal stories and insights, the book encourages young readers to become advocates for change and take a stand against the plastics crisis.
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This book may appeal to you if you're passionate about environmental issues and are eager to learn how one young activist is tackling the global plastic crisis. It offers inspiring insights and practical tips for those who want to make a difference in reducing plastic waste, making it a great read for both students and educators interested in environmental advocacy.

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"We cannot sit idly while plastic continues to wash up on our beaches and into animals' mouths and our own bodies."--Page 4 of cover.

Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us.

In this personal, moving essay, youth activist Hannah Testa shares with readers how she led a grassroots political campaign to successfully pass state legislation limiting single-use plastics and how she influenced global businesses to adopt more sustainable practices. Through her personal journey, readers can learn how they, too, can follow in Hannah's footsteps and lower their carbon footprint by simply refusing single-use plastics.

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Taking on the Plastics Crisis delivers straightforward advice for getting involved in the global movement to eliminate single-use plastics. -- Booklist, Starred Review

Brief yet inspirational, this story will galvanise youth to use their voices for change. -- Kirkus Reviews

Taking on the Plastics Crisis is a sobering and inspiring read by a brilliant young change maker. Now is the time for all of us to come together to solve the plastic pollution crisis. -- Ed Begley Jr. (actor and environmental activist)

In this personal, moving essay, youth activist Hannah Testa shares with readers how she led a grassroots political campaign to successfully pass state legislation limiting single-use plastics and how she influenced global businesses to adopt more sustainable practices. Through her personal journey, readers can learn how they, too, can follow in Hannah's footsteps and lower their carbon footprint by simply refusing single-use plastics.

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this instalment, youth activist Hannah Testa, the founder of Hannah4Change, chronicles both her personal and political mission to save the Earth's oceans by limiting single-use plastic products.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593223338

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Penguin Workshop

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 159.0mm

Weight: 96g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Hannah Testa is a sustainability advocate, international speaker, and founder of Hannah4Change, an organization dedicated to fighting issues that harm the planet. She has partnered with politicians to successfully approve legislation to protect the Earth's oceans by limiting single-use plastics like straws, bags, and utensils. Most notably, she has worked as part of a global coalition of NGOs to influence Starbucks to develop a more sustainable coffee cup, and she partnered with Kashi to co-create healthy, organic, non-GMO cereals and snacks for kids. She has been featured in Parade magazine, Teen Vogue, Goop, USA Today, and has appeared on CNN and Good Morning America. Ashley Lukashevsky is an illustrator and visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, currently based in Los Angeles. Ashley uses illustration and art as tools to strengthen social movements against systemic racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant policy. She aims to tear down these systems of oppression through first envisioning and drawing a world without them. Her clients include Refinery29, Broadly, The Washington Post, Planned Parenthood, Girls Who Code, GOOD magazine, Brooklyn magazine, ACLU, Red Bull, Snapchat, Air Jordan, and Logo TV. Ashley is also the illustrator of the best-selling Antiracist Baby, by Ibram X. Kendi.

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