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Kids Fight Climate Change: Act Now To Be A #2minutesuperhero Chapter Sampler
Kids Fight Climate Change: Act Now To Be A #2minutesuperhero Chapter Sampler
MARTIN DOREY
I L L U S T R AT E D B Y T I M W E S S O N
COUNT YOUR CARBON
SUPERHERO POINTS.....................................................................
ARE YOU
ready to be
a superhero?
Great!
Planet Earth is
currently looking for
superheroes to fight
Climate Change.
We’re off!
No sardines
here, pal.
Hello! I’m your
16th cousin, 4,521
times removed.
Me too.
How about
a hug?
Arrie
difference
I solemnly pledge
my allegiance to
planet Earth.
ange
I will fight climate ch
and will
through my actions
every
take two minutes of
d the
day to help nature an
natural world.
Training approved
by:
utebeachclean
Founder of the #2min
difference!
Do not be sad
or afraid.
Everything yo
u do makes a
positive differ
ence.
eep smiling!
Make it fun! T
hen more peopl
will join you in e
your missions
.
Once you have
completed a
mission, keep
doing it.
When the last animal of a certain type dies, that species becomes
extinct and will never be seen again. You might have heard of the
dodo or the Tasmanian tiger. They became extinct years ago. Now
you can only see a dodo by going to a museum. That’s no good, is it?
Did you know that in a single year (2019), more than a dozen
animals, including three bird species, a small mammal, and a species
of snail, became extinct? They will never be seen again. If you needed
a reason to FIGHT, this is it!
to live in your garden, eat fresh and tasty local food,
According to data from NASA, 2016 was the warmest year since
1880. The ten warmest years in the 140-year record have all occurred
since 2005.
GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
YEAR
At the time this book was written, 2020 was the second-warmest
year on record. The global temperature was 2°F (1.1°C) warmer
than the average for 1850–1900, which was a period when many
factories were just being built during the Industrial Revolution.