conservation of natural resources

Brief biographies of eight American pioneers in conservation and ecology: Henry David Thoreau, George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Law Olmsted, John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, George Norris, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson.

Discusses how people use Earth's resources, such as air, energy, and water, and what can be done to protect each, and examines how various human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels and clearing of forests, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.

Fifteen-year-old Sam's fight to save a wilderness area for endangered eagles helps an autistic girl return to reality and reveals her strange hidden power.

While helping her Great Aunt Melanie try to protect an Oregon redwood forest from loggers, thirteen-year-old Kate goes back five centuries through a time tunnel and faces the evil creature Gashra, who is bent on destroying the same forest.

Tips for ways to cut down on pollution in the home, garden, garage, supermarket, office, and community.

Offers 365 suggestions for reducing one's carbon footprint and includes related statistics.

A group of radical environmentalists struggles to find a way to save the natural beauty of Antarctica from the politicians who are fighting for control of its natural resources.

Describes a variety of jobs in the conservation and environment field, from park ranger to nuclear specialist.

President Theodore Roosevelt does not approve of cutting down living trees just to be used as Christmas decorations, but his two young sons try to sneak one into the White House anyway.