"It is the basic aim of this book to indicate that we have a remarkable opportunity to establish an integral education for children in their middle years and to recover, both for them and for ourselves, an integral mode of being in the great world of the living."

–From the Foreword

"Growing Up Green is a profound and deeply felt work that asks that the learning potential of middle childhood be recognized as vital to the fundamental project of recovering our sense of relationship to the earth community. Teachers of young children, whatever their day-to-day professional concerns, will rediscover their real calling in these pages."


–David Selby, University of Toronto

"The most severe form of impoverishment is surely the loss of the sense of wonder in childhood. That this loss, now commonplace, is connected to the larger processes of biotic impoverishment and environmental degradation is the message of David Hutchison’s important book. Taking children seriously means taking the earth seriously and understanding the intricate and wonder-filled connection between the two. This is an important contribution to our understanding of education and its relation to the earth story."


–David W. Orr, Oberlin College

"This stimulating text brings together ecological thinking, theories of child development, and holistic education in a unique manner. This book will be of interest to progressive and holistic educators, as well as educators endeavoring to apply theories of child development to educational practice."


–John P. Miller, University of Toronto