My name is Elin and I wrot who loves the countless wonderful things about i simple stuff like swimming in the ocean or the thrill of discovering surprising new ideas I wrote you look you re bombarded with these hopeless of our planet I wanted to write a hopeful book a UT Here's the thing all that doom and gloom stuff is only half the story You are not nature's bogeyman You are nature You're connected to this great wide world in ways beyond your wildest imagination The feathers in your pillow likely grew on the breast of a duck raised in China The foam in your stuffed animals was made from 400 million year old remains of microscopic plants and animals buried deep within the Earth The air that you breathe is alive with teeny tiny insects seeds and the pollen from more than 100 000 species of flowering plants All these connections mean that you have power CE ar OTO
n A this book for everyone on Earth from the's first snowfall to the it because no matter where messages about the future the environment Minn power Well the power to choose What you wear you get to school what you eat infinite possibilities about the ways you can choose to live According to researchers believe it or not there are people in studying what makes us happy these choices make you other people and the m ions of animals plants on Earth much happier Inside these pages you'll scover how your favorite video game touches the lives of gorillas how soda bottles can morph into your cozy hoodie and how a bike can grow in your backyard all depends on how you envision your world ady to explore the remarkable connections between you and everything else on Earth Turn the
Petrol OC U Chapter One FAST FASHION It's time to slow down
