When an organism is intoxicated, it gets sick. This is what has happened to our planet. Today’s children are confronted more and more often with the problems generated by incorrect human behaviours and strongly feel the need to be promoters of new models that transform many small wrong gestures into as many healing practices.
Saving my planet offers them a handbook full of practical advice to organize their daily life in a sustainable way, choose what they consume, reuse, learn interesting facts and other tips to help the planet and reflect on environmental sustainability.

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This book is not about ecology, but about happiness
In fact, what is happiness if not feeling good together with others and the environment that surrounds us? Can we be happy in a rich city without birds, without trees? And again, is there true happiness without sharing?
Saving my planet tries to give possible answers to these and many other questions, and does so, along with a programme 40 steps where readers will find:

• The inspiration of great personalities;
• Numerous ideas for reflecting on environmental sustainability, a prerequisite for a more equitable and supportive society;
• Useful practical tips for organizing a sustainable daily life.

BOOK STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS

The volume presents 40 short chapters, 40 steps to reorganize the daily life of each reader.

A cartoon introduces the subject matter.

Several quotes underline the importance, and the urgency, of the programme that has been started.

Practical tips help young readers organize their daily lives in a sustainable way.

Leaf through some selected pages from the book that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

THE AUTHOR

Vittoria Iacovella She is a journalist and author. She was a member of the Greenpeace press office in 2008. In 2004 she wrote Islam up close for the D’Anna publishing house. In 2019 she wrote The Troublemakers: Stories of young heroes without cloaks for Risfoglia edizioni, which has been translated into numerous languages. In 2020 she wrote With grace and courage: Stories of women who have paved the way for the new Città Nuova edition. In 2013 she won the Ilaria Alpi Journalism Award. She has worked for Repubblica, La7, CBS News, Al Jazeera, Rai 3. Today she works for Rai 1, the main Italian television channel.