Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer

"One More Year, keep your stuff longer, people" is Tilly's mantra and passion as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their overconsumption to give the planet a fighting chance. She doesn't know all three sports, so she relies on a curmudgeon former cyclist, her irreverent, tattooed, best-friend, Camas, a group of maverick mountain bike guys, an old pirate, and her water dog, Pedro, to overcome her obstacles and save the town. One More Year is Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a read-in-an-afternoon novella-length adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, mountain bike jumps, love, and magnificent scenic beauty. In these wonderful stories, Kalfsbeek addresses important environmental issues through the loving, gentle hands of a cast of characters that are easy to connect with. One wants to be part of this healthy gang; it is easy to fall in love with one or two of them. She has found an avenue to address these critical issues that must be talked about but without a heavy hammer. A delightful read that will fill you with hope and a forgotten bounce in your step, or pedal.

One More Year: The Hilltop Pact is a lively, heart-forward short play adapted from Avis Kalfsbeek's novella One More Year, Book 1 in the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series. On a simple hike above a quiet mountain lake, best friends Tilly and Camas stumble into a moment that might just change everything. With Pedro the Water Dog breaking the fourth wall-and an optional chorus of Overconsumers and Keepers adding humor and visual contrast-this 10-minute scene blends comedy, climate awareness, and best-friend energy into one compact, performable adventure. Fast to rehearse and easy to stage, this play stands on its own while offering a theatrical glimpse into the world of One More Year. It invites audiences to laugh, reflect, and consider the small, daily choices that shape our planet. Performance Highlights· Cast: 3 Actors (Tilly, Camas, Pedro) + Optional Chorus.· Minimal Props: Designed for maximum spirit with a tiny footprint.· Flexible Staging: Perfect for classrooms, libraries, or outdoor gatherings. Perfect For:· Educational performances and festivals.· Earth Day and eco-club events.· Youth theaters and community groups.· Book events and living room theater. A story about friendship. A story about choice. A story about what happens when two people promise to keep what they already have-for one more year.

Volcanoes and tropical waterfalls on the Big Island of Hawaii are the dramatic, stunning backdrop as Tilly trains for the Kona Ironman for an environmental cause. Concerned about plastic pollution, her estranged brother, Moore, and his quirky, stoner hip hop-loving best friend, Spit, set sail to the plastic scoop up machine at the Great Plastic Garbage Patch off the coast of Hawaii. Nemesis SodaCo has falsified the machine's results, and it takes a spunky insider, an old French sailor, the Sandglass bike-surfer dudes, a large lovable Hawaiian, and a cape-wearing pug hero named Plastic, to slow the tsunami of ocean plastic and save the day. Plastic Plankton is Book 2 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a read-in-an-afternoon novella-length outdoor cli-fi adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, athleticism, love, and magnificent scenic beauty.

In Book 3 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, realizing the only way to end fossil fuels is to get rid of cars, best-friend athletes Tilly and Camas write a manifesto for their bicycle ride across the country, The Great Petal Pedal Ride. The elders of Burning Man are called upon, having just kicked cars out of the playa and the mayor of Netherland bike mecca, Utrecht. Add an ominous monopoly of oil barons, an elegant, musical, starlet riding for the cause on Route 66, a glacier wedding proposal, and the beloved cast of quirky, irreverent, humorous friends on the Great Ride to a bike-first car-out world. Bike Rock is Book 3 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a read-in-an-afternoon novella-length outdoor cli-fi adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, bicycles, love, and magnificent scenic beauty.

Two hip-hop-loving best friends work a salmon season in Alaska and, with the help of a humorous, sexy social-media vlogger and a 106-year-old pot-smoking resort matron, uncover a back-room side deal and unscrupulous dealings of a sinister lobbyist to thwart the poisonous acid runoff of an evil mine to save the largest wild salmon run in the world. Copper Cobra is Book 4 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a read-in-an-afternoon novella-length environmental, cli fi adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, fishing, love, and magnificent scenic beauty.

Planeteering is a novella-rama length (short novel) environmental climate adventure (cli fi), filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, adventure, racing, and love. On a global One More Year tour of the greenest countries to reduce overconsumption, Tilly and Camas discover orienteering. Between running through forests and over streams and mountains, an Icelandic sage suggests Tilly also visits the least environmental countries. Orienteering leads Camas to adventure racing. She competes on a team with three smelly men in the Parklands Enviro-Climate Challenge, a televised adventure race covering ten national parks in twenty-one days that tests her strength, relationships, and spirit. With the help of a spunky Bohemian activist, a rhyming green lobbyist, and an ancient Harvard professor, who are working to stop racial injustice with the passage of a Green Amendment, Camas reveals fossil fuel threats looming over each of the nation's natural treasures.

What if saving the planet starts with what's on your plate-and who's at your table?In Mono Mutante, the sixth book in the beloved Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, Tilly and her best friend Camas bikepack into the soy-soaked heart of Iowa to MC the Slow Earth Food Festival. Tilly is pregnant, the scenery is saturated with monoculture and factory farming, and Camas… is drinking too much.When a surprise inheritance leads them to a crumbling farmhouse, the ride becomes a riotous, eye-opening road trip through the hidden fault lines of Big Ag. Along the way, they meet a rogue cast of characters: a 102-year-old poet-farmer who speaks fluent compost, a young agrochemical crusader, and a food scientist mom with zero tolerance for empty calories.But beneath the farm-fresh satire and seed sovereignty chaos lies a deeper reckoning-with sobriety, self-worth, and the roots of regenerative love.Irreverent, heartfelt, and hilarious, Mono Mutante is a love letter to real food, chosen family, and the messiness of recovery. For fans of environmental fiction, social satire, and unforgettable female friendships."An exuberant dirt-splattered food adventure with a conscience.""In these wonderful stories, Kalfsbeek addresses important environmental issues through the loving, gentle hands of a cast of characters that are easy to connect with. One wants to be part of this healthy gang; it is easy to fall in love with one or two of them. She has found an avenue to address these critical issues that must be talked about but without a heavy hammer. A delightful read that will fill you with hope and a forgotten bounce in your step or pedal." -Chris White, author of Wind, Waves and a Suicidal BoatAbout the AuthorAvis Kalfsbeek is the author of One More Year, Plastic Plankton, Bike Rock, Copper Cobra, and Planeteering-Books 1 through 5 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a collection of sharp, heartfelt environmental climate adventures. With Mono Mutante, she continues her signature blend of activism, satire, and best friend fiction.Avis has an immense love of nature and storytelling that wades into the messy, hopeful intersections of food justice, friendship, and ecological rebellion. She can usually be found with her own water dog, Teo Panadero Pescadero, swimming, hiking, or biking wherever their paws and pedals take them-especially along farmland backroads and winding river trails. Avis Kalfsbeek has an immense love of nature and can be found with her own water dog, Teo, swimming, hiking, and biking wherever their human and canine feet lead them. She encourages you to keep your stuff longer to slow down our overconsumption and give the planet a fighting chance.

We live in a world of endless stuff and the madness of "more," where things are built to break and be replaced without a thought. But what if the secret to a happier life wasn't buying something new, but choosing the creative, regenerative act of sustainable living-using what you already own for as long as possible?Inspired by the eco-fiction novella One More Year, this anti-consumerism companion guide offers the practical side of Tilly and Camas's vow: a gentle, rebellious manifesto for repairing and keeping our stuff longer.Through the 10 Principles of Enough, this book offers everyday minimalism inspiration for living and being enough:· Everyday practices to keep your possessions loved and out of the landfill· Simple rituals that shift you from mindless consumption to care· A compassionate decluttering guide to releasing "just-in-case" clutter· The Forever Possessions List and Forever Log-gentle tools for clarity· A companion pocket play drawn from One More Year to spark your own pact· Profiles of eco-activists and Architects of Enough who show what low-impact, joyful living looks likeYou don't need more. You simply need to care more deeply for what you already have. This book shows you how.About the AuthorAvis Kalfsbeek is an author, peace storyteller, and creator of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet universe-a series of eco-fiction novellas, stage plays, and Peace Stuff guides designed to inspire friendships, peace, and gentler footprints on the Earth. Avis Kalfsbeek has an immense love of nature and can be found with her own water dog, Teo, swimming, hiking, and biking wherever their human and canine feet lead them. She encourages you to keep your stuff longer to slow down our overconsumption and give the planet a fighting chance.