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Way or the Highway: Inside the Minnehaha Free State by Mary Losure
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Minnehaha Free State, the longest urban occupation in US history. On the coldest night of the year in 1998, over 600 police brutalized and arrested over 35 residents of the camp on sacred land in south Minneapolis. This book chronicles the encampment from beginning to end.
Listen: The Story of the People at Taku Wakan Tipi and the Reroute of Highway 55 by Elli King (editor)
Read “Green” to Your Kids
The key to getting young people fired up about
environmentalism is to present them with a balance of information and plausible
solutions. This fresh crop of books is intended to give kids clear and
achievable ways to contribute to saving the world.
Eco Babies Wear Green by Michelle Sinclair Colman, illustrated by Nathalie Dion, shows savvy newborns composting their cheerios, running on solar energy, and carpooling on the back of mama's bike. A witty primer for the very youngest eco-warriors.
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