One Green Thing
Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet
by Heather White
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Pub Date Apr 19 2022 | Archive Date Apr 29 2022
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Description
Your non-overwhelming, down-to-earth guide for daily climate action…personalized to your unique strengths.
The climate crisis is the biggest challenge of our time. But the urgency of a warming world creates anxiety and can sometimes cause us to throw our hands in the air and think, How can I possibly make a difference?
Heather White—known as "the Brené Brown of the environmental movement"—will show you how to contribute to the green lifestyle movement through self-discovery and joy. Your personality, interests, and strengths give you a unique role to play in the climate movement. Are you the Influencer? the Beacon? the Spark? the Sage? Once you identify your Service Superpower Profile, it's time to dive into the action and track your progress.
One Green Thing is this generation's definitive climate action handbook. In it you'll:
- Learn your unique strengths of climate service and how to focus those strengths into specific actions.
- Log the mental health benefits and measure your progress.
- Reflect on your journey and your "why" for taking action with exercises and journal prompts.
- Commit to being an awesome ancestor for future loved ones as you inspire your family, friends, and community to work toward a regenerative, sustainable world.
Embark on the journey and find your ONE GREEN THING—your personal action that will contribute to climate healing, ease your eco-anxiety, and create a sense of hope—without becoming overwhelmed.
Advance Praise
"I call Heather the Brené Brown of the environmental movement because she makes environmental action personal, doable, and joyful. Coming to terms with the impacts of climate change on our shared future makes us all feel vulnerable and scared. But we have to embrace this vulnerability, experience all the emotions that come with it, and also celebrate the joy of climate action."
-Erin Brockovich, Consumer Advocate
"In One Green Thing, Heather White shows you how to reduce your eco-anxiety through service. Find your climate 'why' and learn how to apply it to environmental action in this easy-to-read, entertaining, and informative book on creating a greener, healthier future."
- Dr. Mark Hyman, New York Times bestselling author; head of strategy and innovation at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
"Eco-anxiety is all too real for Generation Z. It's time for other generations to step up, partner with us, and help save our shared future. In One Green Thing, Heather White shows you how to get involved in the movement by focusing on your strengths and celebrating a positive vision of what we can create together."
- Maya Penn,Gen Z activist, author, artist, 3x TED speaker, and entrepreneur
"Heather White uses her extensive environmental policy experience to create an accessible and actionable guide for everyone to put their talents to work and create a lasting legacy."
-- Russ Feingold, former United States Senator, author, John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Awardee, Honorary Ambassador for the Campaign for Nature, a global effort calling on policymakers to address the growing biodiversity crisis
"One Green Thing doesn't dwell in gloom and doom but instead gives us just what the climate movement needs: a down-to-earth and back-to-joy approach to climate action."
-- Chris Hill, Senior Campaign Director, Sierra Club's Our Wild America Campaign
"One Green Thing is a joyful must-read for everyone - from the curious to the committed in the climate movement."
-- Colleen Wachob, co-founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen
"In this essential climate action handbook, Heather leverages her twenty years of experience in environmental advocacy and her warm, smart, and relatable approach to welcome you into the movement. She shows you how to make meaningful, lasting change and create a positive legacy for the next generation."
- Gregg Renfrew, founder & CEO of Beautycounter
"In my faith tradition, a good person leaves an inheritance to their children's children. It's time to take a hard look at what kind of inheritance we are leaving the next generation. The world is facing a climate crisis and younger generations need our help to avoid a global calamity. In this book, Heather White creates a welcoming path for all to engage in daily practices of sustainability, to seek policy solutions and to let our kids and grandkids know they will not face this crisis alone."
- Larry Schweiger, award-winning author, speaker, former President & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation
"Heather continues to be a beacon of light and compass in helping families navigate climate change. Her work and network are precious resources that we can leverage to create change for future generations."
-- Robyn O'Brien, author, food activist and co-founder and managing director of RePlant Capital
"Heather has created a positive, innovative, and engaging book to guide you on your climate action journey. In One Green Thing, you'll discover how to use your talents to create a better future for us all."
-- Dan Wenk, retired Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park after a forty-three-year career with the National Park Service
Marketing Plan
Aggressive email and social media campaigns planned to support book before and after release
Content marketing plan includes videos, recipes, an environmental personality quiz, and green activity suggestions
Supported by author speaking events and blog campaign at OneGreenThing.org
Partnerships planned with microinfluencers within the community of environmentalism
Galley mailing to select bookstores
Seeking bookstore signing and speaking events
Author hometown: Bozeman, Montana
Marketing Contact: John.Andrade@HarperCollins.com
National media campaign including print, web, podcasts, and TV
Key focus on the topics of climate change, sustainability, mental health, and climate anxiety
Author is contributing writer with MindBodyGreen with multiple appearances on Dr. Oz
Target media includes Good Morning America, The View, Family Circle, Real Simple, CBS Sunday Morning, and multiple NPR shows
Publicity Contact: John.Andrade@HarperCollins.com
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780785291299 |
| PRICE | $27.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
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Featured Reviews
Alexandra R, Reviewer
A good addition to other resources you are reading. Can give different ideas or ways to interpret ways to make a change. Nice that it has chapter takeaways (brief point summaries) and journal prompts.
Sarah & Frederique P, Reviewer
This is a great book for everyone who wants to do more to protect our world from the climate and biodiversity crises we are facing.
It differs from the other books I read about 'going green' in that it starts with how differrent personality types can use their own strengths to make an impact. I really liked this, as it can help people to see how their small part can still make a bigger impact because you are always influencing the people around you and this will pay forward to the people around them, and so on, in the long run. I also love how it includes imporant topics as education and climate justice.
The only tiny thing I disliked was the tip of fishing as a way for the Adventure type to relax. I strongly disagree as fish are an important part of the ecosystem, and because fishing is hurting not only the fish themselves but lost fishing gear is very dangerous for water birds and other animals as well. But this is only one sentence in an otherwise very good book that hopefully will inspire many people to start doing one green thing!
Gloria F, Reviewer
One Green Thing is an engaging and thought-provoking book that offers a lot of information to contribute to tackle the environmental crisis from different perspectives. It can be a good guide on our climate action journey as the suggestions are focused according to our personality, skills and interests. Heather White also talks about issues related to the psychological consequences of the climate crisis, such as eco-anxiety. Additionally, the clues to deal with skepticism, empathy, and the creation of habits that she provides in this book also could be helpful to thrive in other problematic situations.
What I have liked the most is that her proposals are realistic and feasible. No matter big or small we have the opportunity to put 'one green thing' into practice every single day, so we can all do our part to care the planet.
The book is centered in United States regulations. Apart from that, anybody from the planet will find good and motivating ideas, and information about the impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, bio-accumulative persistent organic pollutants or the so called ‘forever chemicals’, that unfortunately have been used globally.
Thanks to Netgalley and the author Heather White for an advanced copy of the e-book in exchange for an honest review.
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