Description
In this fifth installment in Allan Drummond’s picture book series about green living, a town in Japan takes a stand against its throwaway past and shows that it truly does take a village to make sustainable change.
Kamikatsu, Japan is known around the globe for its sanitation innovations. This small community of 1700 people is leading the way in which in recycling and up-cycling, and as of 2022, had nearly achieved its goal of zero waste. Told in Allan’s hallmark narrative style, Zero Waste is the story of a group of citizens who dared to wreck out in their comfort zone and make radical change for the good in their town and the planet. In the course of the eyes of two children visiting their grandmother, this inspiring addition to the writer’s acclaimed Green Power series about on a regular basis communities inventing exciting new approaches to green living shows that working together for a common cause has an affect that may be lasting, meaningful―and fun!
