How You Can Save the Planet

How You Can Save the Planet

Summary

*Foreword by Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author of The Lost Words.*

If you're worried about climate change, this book is an essential and reassuring read.

We often feel like we don't have the power to make real change.

But our small changes can add up to something BIG.

Packed with reassuring step by step actions and easy to follow DIY activities, How You Can Save The Planet is the perfect gift for young activists who want to make a difference.

With simple explanations, practical tips and stories from children across the world, this guide is ideal for young people who are worried about climate change and want to help our planet!

Crafted by Hendrikus van Hensbergen, whose work is featured on BBC Bitesize[JP2] , this inspiring read is perfect for children at KS2.

'Every young person in the country should be given this book' Sir Tim Smit, Founder of The Eden Project

'It's enlightening, inspiring and empowering' Kate Humble, TV presenter

'Wonderfully informative, fun and practical [. . .] A great source of inspiration' The Rich Brothers, TV presenters

Reviews

  • An excellent down-to-earth handbook for teens and pre-teens
    Patrick Barkham, Guardian

About the author

Hendrikus van Hensbergen

Hendrikus van Hensbergen has a BSc in Zoology from the University of Bristol, where he was awarded the Rose Bracher Memorial Prize, and an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation & Management from the University of Oxford.

He is the CEO of youth environmental charity, Action for Conservation (AFC), which he founded in 2014, whilst working for WWF, after realising that no charities in the UK existed with the sole purpose of engaging young people in environmental action. In a short space of time the charity has become an influential force, driving greater action to engage and involve young people across the environmental sector. In 2018 Hendrikus' inspirational leadership was recognised with a Postcode Trust Rising Star Award and in 2019 the charity launched the world's largest youth-led nature restoration initiative in Wales.
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