environmental degradation

In a world devastated by war and disease, a young tree builder meets a girl with a strange tattoo and embarks on a journey to find the last living trees on Earth, but he must brave a barren wasteland where pirates, poachers, and man-eating locusts lurk.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers an optimistic assessment of the future of the planet, exploring how efforts to stop global warming have impacted the environment and possibly changed Earth for the better.

This book asks questions about an environmental crisis, air and water pollution, the American lifestyle, ecological conservation, and more.

On the run from EdenWest, Owen, Lily, and Leech cross North American deserts seeking Atlantis and find a third Atlantean, the wild child Seven, who is goddess of the Heliad-7 death cult in Yucatan.

"In a world ravaged by global warming, teenage Owen Parker discovers that he may be the descendant of a highly advanced, ancient race, with whose knowledge he may be able to save the earth from self-destruction"--.

When, just ten years in the future, oil supplies run out and global warming leads to devastating storms, senior high school classmates Tom, Niki, Gwen, Hector, and Brock realize that the world as they know it is ending and lead the way to a more environmentally-friendly society.

Describes years of damage from climate change that has altered the earth as we know it--and that will cost billions to repair. Suggests that the only way to save the planet is to scale back and live locally and carefully.

Chronicles the author's search for hopeful signs that it is possible to save the environment, following his travels from his Adirondack home to the Brazilian city of Curitiba, to Kerala, a state in Southern India--places where people are living less earth-damaging lives.

A reference guide to global ecology, featuring reprints of articles, book excerpts, speeches, and studies that provide background information and discussion of the issue from various perspectives. Includes a bibliography.

When, just ten years in the future, oil supplies run out and global warming leads to devastating storms, senior high school classmates Tom, Niki, Gwen, Hector, and Brock realize that the world as they know it is ending and lead the way to a more environmentally-friendly society.