A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.
Today’s freebie is a copy of Girls Gone Green, a book by Lynn Hirshfield written for preteen girls eager to shrink their own carbon footprints and become environmental activists.
Published by Participant Media, Girls Gone Green‘s uber exuberant tone and brightly busy design is really, really meant for upbeat young girls for whom “Green Is the New Black!” doesn’t yet sound trite. Celebs like Alicia Silverstone, Michelle Branch, Mischa Barton, Ellen Page, and other famous women dish out green tips — as do many less famous women with stronger environmental creds. I like how the book goes out of its way to highlight the great work done by women environmental activists, who often get overshadowed by bigger-name male activists.
Comment by Thursday to get into the drawing, which’ll happen Friday (more info on freebies here). US addresses only.
Such an awesome book! Lynn is so awesome for bringing all this amazing work into the spotlight.
Comment by Gina Shelton — March 19, 2010 @ 9:15 am
Yay for women who care for Mother Earth. It takes a woman to understand a woman.
Comment by Jacquelyn — March 19, 2010 @ 9:16 am
Well, Alex isn’t a preteen yet but I think she would still like the book :-)
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Comment by Kim Woodbridge — March 19, 2010 @ 9:56 am
“Let’s hear it for the girls(women)!
Thanks, Cindi
Comment by Cindi — March 19, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
sounds cool! i’d love to read it!
Comment by jessie — March 19, 2010 @ 2:25 pm
So glad there’s a book out there for pre-teens who are just starting to become aware, before they learn bad habits. Would love to give it to my niece.
Comment by Danika Carter — March 19, 2010 @ 4:41 pm
I would love to share this with my sister.
Comment by Teresa — March 19, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
Sounds like a great book!
Comment by Sharon at momondealz — March 19, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
This would be a great book to give one of my cousins & inspire them toward an environmentally minded future. Please count me in!
Comment by Trudy — March 20, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
I am a school counselor in a local high school and would love to add this to my library to promote green livivng to inner-city high school students.
Comment by Liliana — March 20, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
Great book to gift to my niece, thanks for the opportunity! :)
Comment by lorena — March 20, 2010 @ 5:25 pm
This book sounds great! I certainly know more than a few people who could stand to read it!
Comment by Felicia — March 21, 2010 @ 10:33 am
I would love to show this book to the middleschoolers I teach
Comment by Sarah — March 23, 2010 @ 4:38 am
jessie is the lucky winner!
Comment by Siel — April 1, 2010 @ 6:00 pm