green movement

As people began to see how pollution and industry could damage the environment, they began to seek change. Environmental Protests explores the research that revealed how common practices harmed the environment, the events people held to raise awareness, and the tactics protesters use to protect nature and change laws.

New third grade teacher Mr. Granite has so many strange ideas about how to make Ella Mentary School environmentally friendly that the students are sure he must be an alien.

An exploration of sustainable living, covering e-pollution, reducing waste, telecommuting, related careers, and more.

Simple photographs and text show young readers how to keep our earth healthy and clean.

Presents a guide to measures individuals can take to support environmentally responsible companies and products, covering categories such as home furnishings, toys, beauty products, electronics, and transportation, with photographs and illustrations.

When Milly Zantow learned that her town's landfill was nearly full, she went out to the dump and watched the garbage trucks emptying their loads. There was a lot of plastic, and Milly knew that was a problem - plastic would stay there for a very long time. Milly ha a brilliant idea: recycle it!.

"The story of Greensburg, Kansas, a town that rebuilt completely green after a deadly tornado"--.

Teaches children about what it means to be green by helping them to view everyday tasks through an environmentally friendly lens.

"Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her towns full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard the system of numbers you see inside the little triangle on plastics. This is the inspiring story of how she mobilized her community, creating sweeping change to help the environment."--Amazon.com.