DURBAN author, Kasthurie Govender, has penned a new children’s book entitled Rosy and Friends Learn about Climate Change, Global Warming, Plastic Pollution and the Three Rs, which is aimed at teaching the youth about these important issues.
Until recently many people argued over whether or not global warming was happening, and if it was, what the cause of it was. Now most scientists agree that it really is happening and that a lot of the changes they have recorded over the past 50 years have happened because of what humans are doing.
“Global warming is affecting us in many ways that we can see and feel – heat waves, droughts, flooding, storms, decrease in crop yields, rising sea levels, to list a few. The question is why are these things happening, and what can we do about it?” said Kasthurie.
She said this book was written with the intention to help the reader learn and understand the serious environmental issues we are facing such as global warming. The reader will also learn about plastic pollution and how it adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans. As a solution to help alleviate these global environmental issues, the reader will learn about how to recycle, reduce and reuse.
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“The aim of the book is to help children become more aware of the current environmental issues we are facing globally. The book was written in a story format rather than a text book style, to make this difficult topic more simple and easy to understand and follow, she said.
Kasthurie is married with two adult children, and is passionate about Mother Nature, her beauty and wonder. “But in the process of ‘playing’ with Mother Nature, I discovered the abuse earth has been subjected to by her children, that’s us, the inhabitants of this planet earth. Hence the birth of this book. We need to be the change – together we can make a difference!” she said.
The book was recently published and is now available on Amazon, Kindle, and Smashwords, with work being done to have the book supplied to local book stores and libraries. It is also available from the author. Contact Kasthurie on 031 303 9226, 083 338 4854 or email: kasthurie108@gmail.com.
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