Chris Packham experiences eco-anxiety often. Climate breakdown can feel overwhelming and cause numerous concerns about the future. But that doesn’t mean the wild world can’t be an amazing place. In fact, if eco-anxiety is caused by the state of nature, then perhaps the state of nature has answers to our eco-anxiety.
This nature book for kids confronts the climate breakdown, normalizes eco-anxiety, and trumpets advocacy – while keeping the joy of nature at the forefront.
Help children overcome eco-anxiety and learn how they can make a positive impact!
- Uplifting and practical eco-centric advice: Full of hopeful, science-backed tips and tricks to lessen climate anxiety, alongside key climate information and perspectives from experts and other young people, including advice on activism, navigating social media, and discerning fake news.
- Full of nature activities: Reinforce the learning with fun, age-appropriate nature activities for kids in every chapter – including a variety of nature crafts and mindfulness exercises.
- The perfect nature gift for kids: An empowering exploration of the natural world, perfect for kids aged 9-12 who want to make the world a better place.
Personal anecdotes from Chris’s many years working as a naturalist are interspersed throughout, emphasising that nature can still be a joyous place – and that it still holds many answers to the biggest personal and global problems we face. Because, as Chris has found throughout his career, Nature is the Answer.
Author
Chris Packham
TV presenter, photographer and conservationist Chris Packham is one of the nation’s favourite naturalists. He is best known for the BAFTA-winning The Really Wild Show and fronting BBC’s Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Packham is president of the Hawk Conservancy Trust, the Hampshire Ornithological Society and the Bat Conservation Trust and vice-president of the RSPB and the Butterfly Conservation. In 2011, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology’s Dilys Breese Medal for his ‘outstanding work in promoting science to new audiences’, and in 2016 he won the Wildscreen Panda Award for Outstanding Achievement, for his contribution to wildlife filmmaking.Packham’s partner Charlotte Corney owns the Isle of Wight Zoo, and his step-daughter is studying zoology at Liverpool University. He lives in the New Forest.
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