{"id":2865,"date":"2025-06-02T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2025-05-29T10:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:42:57","slug":"listen-greensportspod-retired-nfl-pro-discusses-new-eco-book-for-kids-ep-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/listen-greensportspod-retired-nfl-pro-discusses-new-eco-book-for-kids-ep-39\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: GreenSportsPod &#8211; Retired NFL Pro Discusses New Eco-Book for Kids (ep.39)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cI\u2019m a nerd wrapped up in an athlete\u2019s body\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So says triple major at Penn State, retired NFL offensive lineman, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebridgeecovillage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bridge Eco Village<\/a> (an innovative mixed use real estate development company that prioritizes environmental justice), motivational speaker, and EcoAthletes Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoathletes.org\/ecoathleteschampionsusa\/garrygilliam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garry Gilliam<\/a>. He can now add children\u2019s eco-book author to his phenomenal athlete-nerd resume, with the publication of \u201cThe Bleacher Garden\u201d, a true life story about Garry\u2019s vision to convert an abandoned high school football field and the bleachers surrounding it into a garden that helps feed the community in his hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greensportsblog.com\/ep-39-retired-nfler-garry-gilliam-on-his-new-childrens-eco-book-the-bleacher-garden\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#171576;border-color:#13115f;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:6px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;border-color:#5d5ca0;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-soccer-ball-o\" style=\"font-size:13px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> LISTEN NOW!<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/greensportsblog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greensportsblog.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script src=https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js data-type=\"book\" data-affiliate-id=\"102171\" data-sku=\"9781961026001\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m a nerd wrapped up in an athlete\u2019s body\u201d So says triple major at Penn State, retired NFL offensive lineman, CEO of The Bridge Eco Village (an innovative mixed use real estate development company that prioritizes environmental justice), motivational speaker, and EcoAthletes Champion Garry Gilliam. He can now add children\u2019s eco-book author to his&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/listen-greensportspod-retired-nfl-pro-discusses-new-eco-book-for-kids-ep-39\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;LISTEN: GreenSportsPod &#8211; Retired NFL Pro Discusses New Eco-Book for Kids (ep.39)&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,25,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-culture-lifestyle","category-environment","category-housing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2865\/revisions\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}