environmentalism

Offers step-by-step instructions to help people reduce their carbon footprint and live a budget-conscious, environmentally-friendly lifestyle in eight weeks or less.

Color photographs and simple text introduces readers to conservation, including why conservation is important and ways in which people work to protect our natural resources.

Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.

"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.

"Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her town's 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.

This book surveys projects available to students interested in using service learning to find solutions to local and global environmental issues.

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!.

Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.

Rhyming text describes how human beings have affected the the environment and shows ways in which we can care for the planet.

Describes how people worldwide are wasting energy and threatening the environment. Also provides information on how to live more sustainably through such activities as recycling, using green sources of energy, car-sharing, and reducing air travel.