"CosmoGIRL" 250 Things You Can Do to Green the World
by Lauren Greene
Today's teenagers want to make a difference...and they can, simply by following the 250 fabulous tips in this ultra-portable guide. It presents unique, teen-friendly ideas that girls can really get excited about - and do: recycle Styrofoam packing peanuts into beanbag stuffing; send a Facebook friend a lil' green plant (free!) and have real money donated to rainforest preservation; and, plot out their ecological footprint. The tips are organised into nine chapters, spanning topics from fashion t...
Resource Recovery from Wastewater
This informative volume provides comprehensive knowledge on various aspects of wastewater resource management from the point of process sustainability and resource recovery. This authoritative compendium is crucial for developing resource-efficient and sustainable wastewater treatment technologies and management strategies for both small (decentralized) and large (centralized) communities. Traditional wastewater systems have become increasingly energy-consuming and cost-intensive while also not...
This series shows balanced arguments for and against issues affecting our modern world. The books study each argument in detail and explore the history of each topic. The use of case studies throughout bring the issues to light.
Part biography, part guidebook to the contemporary environmental movement, this book is the perfect gift for future and current activists and changemakers! Girls Who Green the World features the inspiring stories of 34 revolutionaries fighting for our future! An inspired collection of profiles, featuring environmental changemakers, social entrepreneurs, visionaries and activists. Journalist Diana Kapp has crisscrossed this country writing for and about empowered girls, girls who expect to...
What Is the Future of Wind Power? (Future of Renewable Energy (Reference Point))
by Andrea C. Nakaya
What Is the Future of Hydrogen Power? (Future of Renewable Energy (Reference Point))
by Carla Mooney
Why Are the Rainforests Being Destroyed? (Global Questions)
by Peter Littlewood
This series takes an in-depth look at some of the major social and political issues that feature on the front pages of today's newspapers
Kaplan AP Environmental Science (Kaplan AP)
by Craig C Freudenrich, Jane D. Gardner, and Dora Barlaz
This title looks at how raising livestock had been done in the past and the massive factory systems in place today. Is it sustainable, humane, and healthy? Are their ethical models that are also profitable?
All the stuff that surrounds us has a life cycle: materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores those stages in detail, including lots of ways to reduce, reuse or recycle waste along the way.
Rachel Carson, Environment (PB) (New Directions)
by John Henricksson and John Henrickson
Journeying by night through the dead of winter, she endures extreme cold, hunger, and a harrowing crossing of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal before her cries of loneliness are finally answered in the wilds of Maine. The mate she finds must gnaw off a paw to escape a trap. The first coyotes in the northern U.S., they raise pups (losing several), experience summer plenty, winter hardship, playfulness, and unmistakable love and grief. Blending science and imagination with magical results, this...
Population, Resources, and Conflict (Confronting Global Warming)
by Jacqueline Langwith
Soak, scrub, and soothe your way to relaxation with simple homemade spa recipes from award-winning author Aubre Andrus. Using some of nature s best ingredients, such as beeswax, sugar, coconut oil, shea butter, avocado, sea salt, essential oils, and more, craft everything from a Cooling Peppermint Hand Cream to a Vanilla Honey Body Scrub. Make practical products, like your own all-natural Bugs-Be-Gone Insect Repellent, Minty Homemade Toothpaste, and Natural Shaving Cream. Or pamper yourself afte...
Garbage and Recycling (Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints)
