environmental aspects

Describes efforts on three Montana ranches to preserve the environment while also raising cattle by rotating the herds among various grazing pastures.

Presents a graphic novel illustrating the impact of consumer trash on the world's oceans. Includes tips for helping the environment, and information on threatened marine wildlife.

Isaac and James discover the cause and effect relationship between our cities' storm drains and the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Collects articles and essays discussing the importance of preserving the cleanness of the Earth's fresh water supply, arguing that many nations' water policies need to be adapted to fit the modern world's needs, as well as altered to be fair to less-developed nations.

Traces the history of Earth's climate and examines the causes of climate change over time, including human-induced climate change over the past 200 years. Features sidebars, black-and-white photographs, line illustrations, a glossary, and a list of resources for further study.

An introduction to pesticides. Describes the dangers of pesticide use and looks at alternatives.

Describes the concept of sustainability and describes how individuals, communities, and nations are adopting sustainable practices. Discusses land management, food production, mineral resource extraction, power generation, urban areas, and waste disposal.

Explores the use of natural methods to produce healthy crops and meat, discusses the concept of sustainable food, and illustrates the importance of growing food naturally without pesticides. Includes color photos, chapter notes, a glossary, and an index.

Presents the past, present, and future of cancer research in a readable and comprehensive format. Explores the successes and failures of treatments using high doses of chemo- or radiation therapy; the plight of cancer survivors; recent advances in the use of light-activated compounds, monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy, and stem cells, which have provided powerful methods for dealing with this disease; as well as the extensive research that has been done to determine the causes of different types of cancer.