- Overview
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This book provides a variety of knowledge and information for children about waste, which is takin over the Earth.
- Book Intro
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Of all the numerous species living on earth, humans are the only ones that produce many different kinds of waste in huge amounts. It is also human waste that threatens the environment. Waste, the Trace Only Humans Leave provides a range of knowledge and information for children about waste that has been a big part of human history.
At the dawn of human history, there was waste, and waste has always been produced wherever there are humans. Piles of shells from prehistory are dumps sites that show the lives of our ancestors. They ate the clams and threw away the shells, which accumulated over time. Broken stone tools and earthenware are valuable resources for us to understand the lives of people who didn't have letters. However, most waste is stuff we should get rid of to make life more pleasant. Before industrial development, the biggest issue was human waste. The streets of European cities smelled really bad. Then in the 19th century, a British plumber named Thomas Crapper developed the modern flush toilet. In the 20th century, flush toilets came into wide use and a modern human waste disposal system was established, both of which allowed people to have more convenient and hygienic lives. But at the same time, they caused extreme water waste and environmental pollution. The rapid increase in population and industrial development became a direct cause of environmental pollution. In the past, there was no dangerous waste that could threaten the lives of humans. But new types of material, like plastic, which doesn't decay, and harmful radiation, have produced new kinds of waste which now threaten the Earth. As seen in micro-plastics that flow into the sea, harm marine animals, and bring disaster to humans, waste has enormous effects on both our living environment and on us. This book emphasizes that efforts to manage and reduce waste as much as possible are essential to protect the Earth and all of us.
- About the Author
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Park, Sang-gon
Park, Sang-gon (M) studied biology at the Catholic University of Korea for two years, but he graduated from the Korean Language department of Seoul National University. Park also majored in Social Science at Waseda University in Japan. He received his PhD from the Graduate School of Foreign Studies at the University of Tokyo in Local Culture Research and International Studies. Park currently works as a professional translator and a writer. He has written Emergency! Virus Attack and translated Hand of God, Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds and Your Medical Mind.
Lee Kyung-kook
(Vietnamese) Tác giả minh họa Lee Kyung-kook được lựa chọn là họa sĩ tranh minh họa của năm tại hội sách thiếu nhi quốc tế Italia Bologna năm 2008. Hiện nay tác giả đang dạy vẽ truyện tranh tại trường học truyện tranh Hankyoreh. Một số tác phẩm tiêu biểu của tác giả như “Bí mật của ngôi làng đậu tương”, “Sam ngốc nghếch”, “Nhà vô dịch cá cơm”, “Làm tốt lắm”, “Sống như một tác giả truyện tranh bình thường”, “Cửa hàng tiện lợi người ngoài hành tinh”.
(English) Lee Kyung-kook (M) majored in Furniture Design at Hongik University and studied Graphic Design at the graduate school of the same university. He teaches students who love picture books at Hankyoreh Picture Book Academy while working as a children's book writer. He received the New Writer Award at the Korea Publishing Illustration Association (KPIA) in 1994, and was selected as Illustrator of the Year at the 2008 Bologna Children's Book Fair. To date, Lee has illustrated The Wriggling Book; The Goblin Wriggles; and The Hidden Power, Media.
- Selection
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Korea Environmental Education Center, included textbook Green Treasure Hunt
