
Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man Boobs? : My Confused, Guilt-Ridden and Stressful Struggle to Raise a Green Family.
Title:
Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man Boobs? : My Confused, Guilt-Ridden and Stressful Struggle to Raise a Green Family.
Author:
Harding, Robyn.
ISBN:
9781926685304
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (115 pages)
Contents:
COVER PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1 PALE MINT -- 2 THE ACCIDENTAL ENVIRONMENTALIST -- 3 WELCOME TO THE GREEN ZONE -- 4 KEEPING UP WITH THE GREENS -- 5 AN OASIS OF GREEN -- 6 THE ENVIRONMENTAL ZEALOT -- 7 CAN WE AFFORD TO EAT ORGANIC? CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO? -- 8 MOM, WILL THIS CHICKEN GIVE ME MAN BOOBS? -- 9 SOMETHING'S FISHY -- 10 WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH DAIRY? -- 11 OUR LARGEST ORGAN -- 12 THE NEW BOOGEYMAN -- 13 MY SMALL GREEN WORLD -- 14 HAPPY SUSTAINABLE BIRTHDAY -- 15 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS -- 16 A GREEN FIELD TRIP -- 17 A DIRTY HABIT -- EPILOGUE.
Abstract:
After moving to ultra-eco-conscious Vancouver, Robyn Harding vows to decrease the size of her familyâÂÂs carbon footprint. Ten-year-old Ethan worries about getting moobs from hormones in the food supply, so Robyn commits to buying organic. She quickly discovers that to keep the family in organic milk, sheâÂÂll have to sell a kidney. Then, eight-year-old Tegan becomes obsessed with the diminishing polar bear population. Soon Robyn finds herself making litterless lunches, greening her home, and valiantly trying to de-commercialize Christmas and birthdays. To make matters worse, she befriends a three-children, no-car single mother who shuttles her offspring and their various musical instruments (including a cello) around by bike and trailer. Who can compete with that? Harding deals with the challenges of ethical consumerism with spirit and wit, pondering how far her family has come, how far theyâÂÂre willing to go, and whether she can go green and stay sane àand keep her kidneys.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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