This year’s Earth Day 2024 on 22nd April focusses on Planet vs Plastics – and yet the importance of reducing our carbon footprint has become the centre of the Earth Day project, as it endeavours to raise awareness about environmental issues.
Our plastic footprint and our carbon footprint come together in an event on Monday 22nd April in Sidmouth – when writer Jo Earlam will be down at the Library to give away copies of her book “Rosa’s Footprint”:
Here’s more on the story of the photo which inspired the latest episode around “Rosa’s Footprint”, from the Herald:
Amazing dinosaur footprint discovered on Sidmouth beach
A stunning photo of a dinosaur’s footprint, discovered on Sidmouth beach in February, is being used to send a powerful environmental message to children. Fossil hunter Dr Rob Coram spotted and photographed the print, which was made 240 million years ago by a rauisuchian – a reptile that looked like a cross between a crocodile and a dinosaur.
The picture is being used to promote the environmental message of a children’s book by local author Jo Earlam, which is being given away to local libraries and coastal litter picking groups. The book, Rosa’s Footprint, was inspired by the discovery of a similar print in Sidmouth 12 years ago. It aims to raise awareness of climate change and marine pollution, encouraging readers to think about their own ‘footprint’ on the planet. More information can be found here:
Amazing dinosaur footprint discovered on Sidmouth beach | Sidmouth Herald
And here’s the bookplate which will be in each book gifted as of 4pm on Monday 22nd April in Sidmouth Library:
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