Una bolsa de plástico (One Plastic Bag)

En Njau, Gambia, las bolsas de plástico se apilaban en montones horribles al costado de los caminos. El agua se estancaba en ellas y atraía mosquitos y enfermedades. Mataban el ganado que intentaba comerlas. Algo tenía que cambiar.

Isatou Ceesay fue ese cambio. Encontró una manera de reciclar las bolsas y transformar su comunidad. Esta historia real motivadora muestra cómo las acciones de una persona pueden hacer una diferencia verdadera en nuestro mundo.

“Texto simple pero lírico, que narra este relato hermoso que invita a la reflexión sobre la conciencia ecológica y el reciclado . . . Una historia inspiradora.”
—starred, School Library Journal

The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community.

Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.

The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change.

Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story, now available in Spanish, shows how one person’s actions really can make a difference in our world.