Drummond, Allan

Kamikatsu, Japan is known worldwide for its sanitation innovations. This small community of 1700 people is leading the way in recycling and up-cycling, and as of 2022, had nearly achieved its goal of zero waste. This is the story of a group of citizens who dared to break out of their comfort zone and make radical change for the good of their town and the planet. Through the eyes of two children visiting their grandmother, this inspiring addition to the author's acclaimed Green Power series about everyday communities inventing exciting new approaches to green living shows that working together for a common cause has an impact that is lasting, meaningful--and fun!.

"A nonfiction picture book about the largest solar power plant in the world"--Provided by publisher.

Shares the true story of how the people on the Danish island of Sams? reduced their carbon emissions by 140 percent over the course of ten years by harnessing wind power.

This nonfiction picture book is about the women and children who led the social movement that made Amsterdam the most bike-friendly city in the world.

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

Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him.

Shares the true story of how the people on the Danish island of Sams? reduced their carbon emissions by 140 percent over the course of ten years by harnessing wind power.

Grandpa loves working on old cars, especially his Model T Ford, and he passes along to his grandchildren not only the history of automobiles and all of their benefits, but also his concerns about traffic, pollution, and the problems of relying on foreign oil.

In 1903, a group of children on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, dream of flying and witness the first flight of the Wright brothers. Includes a chronology of milestones in the history of flight.

The author retells a story heard as a child, one of many invented to explain the landscape on willow pattern China, popular for the last 200 years. In this, two young Chinese lovers are punished by one's cruel mandarin father.