11/27/2023 0 Comments Books and magical trees![]() I think one of the main challenges is that we are in this triangle where everyone blames each other and no one wants to take responsibilities. ![]() ![]() What do you identify as the main challenges to actually changing the way we currently deal with waste? The story has lots of twists and turns, beautiful poems and riddles to solve and also some interesting facts on trees and forests (as the author is also a forest engineer)! Indeed, as the story is quite elaborated, we received feedback from many parents who also loved reading the book! So we realise it is not only an ideal tool to light an ecological spark in kid’s minds, but it also has the same effect on the parents who read the book to them! We didn’t want to tell kids what to do/what not to do, we wanted to write an inspiring tale to excite kids about adopting simple measures in their life to produce less waste, and possibly also make them keen to initiate actions in their schools, their sport’s clubs, or simple at home with their families. Tara and the magic tree is a book mostly for children but – in the end – it is also a lesson for adults to raise awareness about the problem of waste, isn’t it? The book has been translated into English as we wanted kids from all over the world to be able to enjoy this exciting and inspiring tale on how we can all be active in our communities to reduce the waste that is produced and littered. I wanted to make it a high-quality work of art and I got the chance to surround myself with the best artists: Zarko Vucinic who turned the concept into the story of the book and ten young artists from the National Art School who illustrated the book. So we decided to bring those characters to live in the story of the book. To put things back into context – I started a social enterprise four years ago to help vulnerable communities in Montenegro and also to show that it is possible to create beautiful products entirely made of waste. One day, a good friend of mine told me: “Well, why don’t you make one book about Zero Waste with your social enterprise ?” That’s how everything started… In Montenegro where I am currently based, there is little to no education on the topic, and no material to educate kids in their native language is available. Well, educating kids about their relationship with waste is, of course, essential to have future environmentally-minded citizens. Tell us more about what inspired you to create this book and how it was made? If you want to know more about it you can read my blog post here. What got me into waste was a visit to a dumpster in Phnom Penh, Cambodia – which was a mind-blowing experience, and I followed that experience with working on recycling issues in Kenya a few years later. I have been involved with waste for about a decade now, and I find it quite addictive! There is always a new way to motivate people and communities to reduce waste, and seeing results is always so rewarding. Hi Alexandra, can you briefly introduce yourself: how long have you been working in this field and what got you into (zero) waste? This week, we had the pleasure to interview Alexandra Aubertin, not only Founder of Zero Waste Montenegro and Board Member at Zero Waste Europe but also book director of this wonderful creation. Indeed, Tara is the heroine of the newly published book “Tara and the magic tree” an eco-tale teaching everyone the basics of the concept of zero waste. Tara is a little girl with a mind as clear as the river she was named after who – with the help of an unusual bunch of mysterious creatures and her trusted friend Timothy – crochet a magical bridge connecting our hope for a cleaner planet and the wisdom needed for this to become a reality. On a windswept, rainy night in a country far from the concrete jungles of suburbia, exactly a thousand owls’ nests west and three hours butterfly flight east… we meet for the first time Tara.
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