conservation of natural resources

Describes the sources and uses of several renewable and nonrenewable natural resources; explains how they are recycled and cleaned; presents a hands-on investigation of different kinds of particles that can be observed in the air; and visits a geothermal plant to show how volcanic heat can be turned into electricity.

Uses ten case studies to demonstrate how policy sciences can address and resolve the human issues underlying natural resource problems.

Sends the reader on a fact-finding mission, posing an initial challenge and concluding with questions and answers, while learning about ways to care for our planet.

Uses the perspective of a sea turtle to introduce many sea creatures and the importance of conserving the oceans of the world.

Fourteen-year-old Mike's passion for natural history causes him to fight a land-developer's destruction of his woodland haven first with persuasion and then with violence.

Features environmental activities and projects in such areas as water pollution, recycling, acid rain, and wildlife gardens.

Sixteen-year-old David chooses to fight his father, other area businessmen, and a powerful developer when a planned shopping mall threatens to destroy wildlife in nearby marshland.

Twelve-year-old Daniel Rider draws upon some extraordinary resources while helping his grandmother resist land developers who wish to purchase her property in the Adirondack Mountains and build a resort.