My 5: Jacob Sackin, Author and Environmental Educator  December
24, 2012 by   Filed under Blog, Front Page, My 5, Slideshow
Author Jacob Sackin, whose young adult novel we recently
reviewed, responded to the two questions we like to ask those we
interview. We invite you to ponder Sackin’s words and consider
how you would respond to the same questions. When you have
finished, I encourage you to read his young adult novel, Iglu. —
Julia Wasson, Publisher  My 5  Jacob Sackin, author and
environmental educator. Photo: Courtesy Jacob Sackin    1.
Invest in environmental education.  I have been an environmental
educator for 12 years, and I am always amazed by the number of
6th graders in the U.S. who have to think for awhile before they
can tell you where apples and oranges come from. In order for
people to care about the environment, they need to understand
how they are connected to it.  If every school invested at least
one day a month to getting students outside exploring the
habitat they live in, Americans wou