{"id":1207,"date":"2021-02-23T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2021-02-23T13:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:55:51","slug":"new-book-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"New book launches today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cover-thumbnail-298x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cover-thumbnail-298x450.jpg 298w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cover-thumbnail-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cover-thumbnail-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stefoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cover-thumbnail.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When my agent approached me about the possibility of adapting Naomi Klein&#8217;s writings on climate change and social justice into a book for young readers, I was over the moon. A dream project indeed! Adapting the work of a journalist and writer whom I admire immensely, who deals with subjects about which I care passionately, focusing on kids as activists. Today I&#8217;m even further over the moon, possibly halfway to Mars, because the book has been launched out into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working on this project was a treat from start to finish. Everyone involved was thoughtful, creative, and supportive all the way. But the number-one takeaway from the year I spent on this book is my new awareness of how determined, ingenious, and clear-sighted young activists are. All of the young people whose activism and passion are highlighted in the book insist that the future&#8211;<em>everyone&#8217;s <\/em>future&#8211;is worth fighting. This was for me a sustaining force during the year of the coronavirus pandemic, and it inspires me to hope that we can transform how we live and produce energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will young activists really change everything? I don&#8217;t know&#8211;but I know  they&#8217;ll give their all to the effort. I hope that with this book, we&#8217;ve handed them some useful tools. I can&#8217;t wait to see what they do.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my agent approached me about the possibility of adapting Naomi Klein&#8217;s writings on climate change and social justice into a book for young readers, I was over the moon. A dream project indeed! Adapting the work of a journalist and writer whom I admire immensely, who deals with subjects about which I care passionately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,27,4],"tags":[75,74,77],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-work-life","category-writing","tag-climate-change","tag-naomi-klein","tag-young-activists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stefoff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}