environment

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Breathing space

how allergies shape our lives and landscapes
2007
Explores how American culture and society have been shaped by allergies, drawing on medical, environmental, and cultural history as well as the fields of science and biology to explore how the country's changing environment from the late nineteenth century to the present have led to an epidemic growth in allergies.

Red sky at morning

America and the crisis of the global environment
2004
The author explains why he believes efforts to protect Earth's environment are not succeeding, offers a critique of what he sees as a failure of U.S. leadership in the international community, and describes eight steps he believes can lead to a sustainable future.

Careers inside the world of environmental science

1995
Describes environmental careers and explains the background needed for pursuing this type of work.

The Next step

50 more things you can do to save the earth
1991
Provides fifty new projects to help become more environmentally active and responsible in the community.

The solution to pollution

101 things you can do to clean up your environment
1990
A tour of the home, the backyard, the supermarket, and other places revealing hazardous wastes and what to do to clean up the environment and stop pollution.

Not in our back yard

the people and events that shaped America's modern environmental movement
1993
Describes the grass-roots struggle to save the nation's water, land, air, amd wildlife. Recounts the mass marches and lonely crusades of ordinary people to bring about changes in environmental policies.

Consider the earth

environmental activities for grades 4-8
1989
Provides activity-oriented experiences to enable students to discover and learn the different aspects of the environment.

Environmental America, the southeastern states

Looks at the impact of humankind and society on the environment, with special emphasis on the Southeastern region.

The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the coughing catfish

1995
The Bear Scouts can't believe it when Lizzy catches Old Jake, the Catfish King of Lake Grizzly. He's sick from the pollution in the lake, and it's up to the Scouts to clean it up.

The super science book of the environment

1994
Text and photographs explore what makes up the earth's environment and why its health is so vital to mankind's continued existence.

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