中文简介:
在这本广受好评、拥有数百万册畅销书的《小人物,大梦想》系列丛书中,你将了解乌干达气候正义活动家凡妮莎·纳卡特(Vanessa Nakate)不可思议的生活。
小时候,凡妮莎认为气候变化是发生在世界另一端的事情。成年后,她亲眼目睹了干旱如何导致农作物歉收,使家人挨饿。在其他活动家的启发下,凡妮莎开始为拯救刚果雨林而奔走,并被邀请将她的运动带到世界各地。
2020年,凡妮莎受邀参加了一个关于气候变化的重要峰会,但最终刊登出来的照片中凡妮莎的镜头被剪掉了。对她而言,新闻媒体抹去的不仅仅是一张照片,更是一整块大陆。这个时刻激励了凡妮莎,使她的声音更加响亮,并为非洲人的气候正义而努力奋斗。今天,她继续成为气候变化运动的领导者和她那一代人的代言人。
本书以时尚古怪的插图为特色,后面还有更多事实,包括带有历史照片的传记年表和这位年轻活动家迄今为止的详细生活概况。
英文简介:
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Vanessa Nakate, the Ugandan climate-justice activist.
As a kid, when little Vanessa heard about climate change, she thought it was something that happened on the other side of the world. As an adult, she saw how droughts led to crop failure that left families hungry. Inspired by other activists, Vanessa took a stand and began campaigning to save the Congolian rainforests. Soon, she was invited to take her campaign around the world.
In 2020, Vanessa participated in an important summit about climate change. But when she was cropped out of a photograph featuring other climate-change activists, it felt like not just her contribution to the movement had been erased, but that the needs of a whole continent had been disregarded.
It was a moment that shocked the world, but it spurred Vanessa on to raise her voice louder and to fight harder for climate justice for Africans. Today, she continues to be a leader in the climate-change movement and a voice of her generation.
This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the incredible young activist's life so far.