En Njau, Gambia, las bolsas de pl stico se apilaban en montones horribles al costado de los caminos. El agua se estancaba en ellas y atra a mosquitos y enfermedades. Mataban el ganado que intentaba comerlas. Algo ten a que cambiar.
Isatou Ceesay fue ese cambio. Encontr una manera de reciclar las bolsas y transformar su comunidad. Esta historia real motivadora muestra c mo las acciones de una persona pueden hacer una diferencia verdadera en nuestro mundo.
"Texto simple pero l rico, que narra este relato hermoso que invita a la reflexi n sobre la conciencia ecol gica y el reciclado . . . Una historia inspiradora."
--starred, School Library Journal
The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community.
Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.
The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change.
Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story, now available in Spanish, shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world.
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