environmental protection

Examines the history and effects of pollution, looks at arguments for and against restrictions on development, and discusses what is being done to clean up and prevent pollution.

Presents an introduction to sustainable development, discussing what it is, examining how humans throughout history have used and abused Earth's resources, and looking at what is being done to stop and/or repair the damage done to the planet by unchecked development.

Provides an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies threatening North America.

A reference guide to environmental geology, providing an overview of the causes and consequences of environmental change, covering natural processes, ecology and pollution, the greenhouse effect, water flow and flooding, seacoasts and estuaries, desertification, natural disasters, and other topics.

Presents ten articles from "The CQ Researcher" magazine in which the authors discuss topics related to the fight to save the environment, each with notes and a bibliography; and includes tips on writing research papers.

Presents a comprehensive plan for saving the environment by addressing population, technology, and education.

When Mallory is appointed to the Fern Falls Elementary School Environmental Committee, which is deciding on class projects for the upcoming Green Fair, she rapidly succeeds in alienating her classmates, friends, and family by her overzealous efforts to save the planet.

Gilbert seems to be the only one in his class who cannot think of any ideas for an Earth Day project.

An 800-year-old Douglas fir ponders the many things it has seen in the natural world as it hears the bulldozers coming, and then some people arrive to save it from destruction.

The unicorns flee from the noise, violence, and destruction of civilization and find refuge in the sea.