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Explores the lives and work of a number of women currently active in the field of environmental conservation, from Jane Goodall to Sylvia Earle and women working to save the environment from pollution.

The intertwining stories of a girl traveling to the Rock and Roll Extravaganza and a toad whose home is in danger of being paved over.

Simple text and color photographs contrast things that are good and bad for the Earth, such as wind farms and smokestacks.

"This title encourages children to take care of the planet, but it doesn't just focus on the problems--it teaches them proper practical solutions to the issues facing our world today. Veterinarian, author, and TV host Jess French guides kids through taking care of our planet, from living a sustainable lifestyle to using their voice in politics. Discover how to reduce your carbon footprint, understand the importance of preserving our forests, oceans,...

Eleven-year-old Olivia Bouler has drawn and illustrated a brief guide to endangered birds in an effort use book sales to contribute to the clean-up expenses for the oil contamination of the Gulf of Mexico.

On Arborium, the last forested island in the future, fourteen-year-old Ark, who lives in a mile-high city set in the treetops, overhears a plot to rob Arborium of its wood, a natural resource more precious than gold.

Explores how human activity has affected the environment of the planet, such as through pollution and mining activities, and offers solutions to make our activity less harmful to the environment.

"From the veteran New Yorker staff writer and award-winning author of The Experience of Place: an urgent, resounding call to protect half the earth's land--and thereby millions of its species--by 2050, that gives us the tools to think big about the planet and our role in conserving it. Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent from the Northern Sierra to Alabama's Paint Rock Forest...

Douglas Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision. Now Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways...