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What moves inside when you hear, “The adults of the world can no longer be trusted to safeguard the future of our planet.”? The words eerily echo the voice of environmental activist, Greta Thunberg. Yet, a children’s book fictional character, speaking about the greatest Call for Peace in human history, was simultaneously appealing to young people around the world to form an enormous Human Shield to prevent weapons of destruction from ever being used again. Listen in to the fascinating story of how the children’s book, Amelie Trott and the Earth Watchers, came to be written.
By Dr Julie Krull5
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What moves inside when you hear, “The adults of the world can no longer be trusted to safeguard the future of our planet.”? The words eerily echo the voice of environmental activist, Greta Thunberg. Yet, a children’s book fictional character, speaking about the greatest Call for Peace in human history, was simultaneously appealing to young people around the world to form an enormous Human Shield to prevent weapons of destruction from ever being used again. Listen in to the fascinating story of how the children’s book, Amelie Trott and the Earth Watchers, came to be written.

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