Living Green (eBook)

The Ultimate Teen Guide

Kathlyn Gay (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
240 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-7702-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In this book, readers learn why protecting the environment is such a crucial undertaking, why young adults should take up this important cause, what efforts are needed, and how their actions can affect generations to come.

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What does living green mean? For some, it means making a commitment to reduce, reuse, and recycle every day. For others, it also means respecting and conserving our natural resources, so they will be available in the future. In Living Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide, readers learn why protecting the environment is such a crucial undertaking and why and how young adults should take up this important cause.Living Green demonstrates how reckless indifference to our planet's needs jeopardizes not only plants and animals but the existence of mankind. This volume addresses such concerns as leaving a low carbon footprint, protecting wildlife, saving natural resources, conserving trees and gardens, and fighting for environmental justice. Most importantly, Living Green explores the many ways that teens can make a difference-in their homes, communities, and in the world at large. While some of the teen efforts described here may be familiar, the author also focuses on issues seldom addressed, such as dumping toxic waste on poor and powerless communities. The book includes quotes from green advocates and teens who consider themselves eco-friendly, as well as useful advice that will help young adults embrace a lifestyle that will positively affect generations to come.

Autor

Kathlyn Gay has written more than 120 books and articles. She is the author of several titles in the "It Happened to Me" series for Scarecrow, including Cultural Diversity (2003), Volunteering (2004), The Military and Teens (2008), and Body Image and Appearance (2009).

Inhalt

Introduction: Living Green: What Does It Mean?Chapter 1: Caring for the EarthChapter 2: Leaving a Low Carbon FootprintChapter 3: Using Less Fossil FuelChapter 4: Getting There the Green WayChapter 5: Fighting for Environmental JusticeChapter 6: Protecting WildlifeChapter 7: Saving Water ResourcesChapter 8: Helping Parks, Zoos, and Animal SanctuariesChapter 9: Conserving and Planting Trees and GardensChapter 10: Buying GreenChapter 11: Reducing, Reusing, RecyclingChapter 12: Participating in Green Projects at SchoolsChapter 13: Being Green at HomeChapter 14: Living Green Today and TomorrowSelected Resources

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.3.2012
• Reihe/Serie: It Happened to Me
• Zusatzinfo: 17 Illustrations including: - 17 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Tiere / Pflanzen / Natur
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-8108-7702-3 / 0810877023
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-7702-3 / 9780810877023