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without bullying change, and it took me a long time to
or shootings, and figure out my role in it.
freedom from Once I started engaging in solutions that
racism and seemed most likely to do what scientists
oppression in our said we had to do—specifically, slash
communities. We emissions drastically and sequester
also have a right carbon—I got to know a lot of other
to healthy air,
parents willing to do whatever it will
soil, and water. take to keep our kids safe. So yes, I do
And all present actually sleep better. I don’t feel alone
and future anymore, and that’s been huge.
generations—
those least What do you most hope readers will
responsible for take away from your book?I hope
climate they’re entertained. I hope they feel
destruction—have more alive, empowered, and connected.
a right to a If they walk away with even a handful of
livable planet. practical ideas for taking action, that’s a
fantastic start.
All of these
climates are Special Thanks to New World Library
deeply interconnected. They’re also
badly threatened, so much so that, in About Mary DeMocker:
2015, Pope Francis wrote a letter calling Mary DeMocker
on every person on Earth to help end is cofounder and
income inequality, war, and the creative director
degradation of the Earth. Families are on of 350.org’s
the front lines of every one of those Eugene, Oregon,
climate crises, which means that parents chapter. She has
find ourselves at an unprecedented written about
crossroads: Do we let the planet go conscious
down on our watch? Or do we set parenting and
boundaries with ruthless industries, just climate activism
as we do with bullies on the playground? for the Sun,
Are you getting more sleep yourself? EcoWatch,
Mothering.com,
I used to lie awake often at night a
Spirituality &
decade ago, fretting over my kids’
future. Even though my husband and I Health, Oregon
were valiantly leading our little foursome Quarterly, and
in biking and eating organic and the Oregonian.
vegetarian food and buying every She lives with her family in Eugene,
“green” product we could afford, the Oregon. Her website is
global temperatures kept rising year www.MaryDeMocker.com.
after year. I knew something big had to

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