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I enjoyed reading "The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting" so much I didn’t want to stop. Parents like me have been waiting for this sort of sensible and wide-ranging book, and I’m just disappointed it wasn’t published when my teenagers were babies.
John Cossham, author and winner of the Oxfam Carbon Footprint Competition in 2008
Inspired by our newest offering, we are also highlighting some other great green titles, plus news (another prize!), events (we got 'em), media (tune in to interviews), and reviews (positive).
World's easiest free book contest! Win a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting. To enter, email info@btlbooks.com by June 6th with the subject line "May newsletter contest" and give us the name of the author. We will draw a winner from the correct responses (Canadian mailing addresses only please).
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Announcing!
The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting
By Zion Lights
“A science-based account of the ways we parents might be more green, and raise healthier children in the process. The whole book is written with a view to the larger society, which is good, since that’s the society our children will have to live in.” – Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, author of Deep Economy
The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting is the first book of its kind. Journalist, science writer and mother Zion Lights has researched all those questions that beset new or expecting parents – not just about environmental issues but also on approaches to parenting. She focuses on the scientific evidence rather than on the latest fad or personal anecdote and the result is a book that will help you adjust your lifestyle in practical ways that work for you and your child.
From birth to nutrition and from diapers to travel, advice based on research and evidence can guide the way. And the good news is that going green will not only help to save the planet and help to protect your child’s health, it will also result in a happier and more fulfilling family life.
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Still incredibly timely
A Line in the Tar Sands
Struggles for environmental justice
Edited by Stephen D’Arcy, Toban Black, Tony Weis and Joshua Kahn Russell
Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; government environmental scientists are muzzled; and public hearings are concealed and rushed.
Yet, despite the formidable political and economic power behind the tar sands, many opponents are actively building international networks of resistance, challenging pipeline plans while resisting threats to indigenous sovereignty and democratic participation.
Featuring contributions from Winona LaDuke, Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Harsha Walia, Jeremy Brecher, Crystal Lameman, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Yves Engler, Cherri Foytlin, Macdonald Stainsby, Yudith Nieto, Greg Albo, Brian Tokar, Jesse Cardinal, Rex Weyler, Jess Worth, and many more.
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Stories from the high seas
Rainbow Warriors
Legendary Stories from Greenpeace Ships
By Maite Mompó Photographs by Greenpeace
Following the lives of the three Greenpeace ships with the name “Rainbow Warrior”, long-serving Greenpeace activist, Maite Mompó tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the ships’ most exciting adventures and actions.
Rainbow Warriors provides a narrative of real life on board, a history of these famous vessels, and a history of Greenpeace that goes beyond the organization’s work on the oceans. Starting with the early life of Greenpeace and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by the French secret service through to the imprisonment of the Arctic 30 by the Russians, the stories are brought to life with colour photos from the Greenpeace archives, maps, and nautical charts. Mompó’s tales from the high seas are full of action and daring but also of humanity and great compassion.
Get it today from BTL! |
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BTL Events
 Members of the Graphic History Collective will be at launches around the country:
Vancouver May 29th, details here; Calgary, May 29th, details here
 Author Tom Slee is part of the funky and fun Last But Not Least Feast brunch and talk in Kitchener. Details here.
 Author and illustrator Laura Ellyn will be speaking on her book at the Miners Memorial Festival June 18 in Cumberland B.C. Details here. |
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People are talking
rabble. ca says “Drawn to Change is a comprehensive historical account that easily outshines other labour history texts because of its progressive self-reflection and grassroots feel. . . an invaluable resource that should be utilized by both labour educators and history teachers.”
Rank and File says “There are some books you always want to have handy on your coffee table or bookshelf. The latest anthology edited by the Graphic History Collective, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggles, is one of those books.”
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