Children and the Environmental Movement
During the holiday season, visions of sugarplums and flying reindeer dance through children's heads. In this edition of Earthbeat, host Daphne Wysham reviews the crucial part children play in saving the environment -- and how they're often the smallest victims of environmental pollution.
Richard Louv is the author of the book, "The Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder." He discusses the dramatic change occuring in children's attitudes toward nature -- they lack the desire to go outside. Louv is one of the leaders of the world-wide "Leave no child inside" campaign.
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Children's book author Lynne Cherry weaves environmental messages throughout her acclaimed picture books. She joins host Daphne Wysham to discuss how even the very youngest children can become environmental activists.
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Rick Hind, the legislative director of Greenpeace, discusses the group's current campaign to highlight the environmental problems caused by building, and disposing of, computers. Hind says one of the targets of Greenpeace's current campaign is Apple and its ubiquitous iPod. More information on the campaign can be found at Green My Apple-dot-org.
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