Heroes Of The Environment: True Stories Of People Who Are Helping To Protect Our Planet Read Free Books and Download eBooks
This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River, a Mexican superstar wrestler who works to protect turtles and whales, and a teenage boy from Rhode Island who helped his community and his state develop effective e-waste recycling programs. Plenty of photographs and illustrations bring each compelling story vividly to life.
Lexile Measure: 1070L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 110 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (August 12, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 081186779X
ISBN-13: 978-0811867795
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.5 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #101,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #47 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Social Activists #160 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Environment #1758 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works
Age Range: 10 - 13 years
Grade Level: 4 - 9
I would think that anyone who reads this book would be inspired by the actions of these "everyday" (many of them young) people and the way they have inspired others, and CHANGED their neighborhoods and others for the better.This book stresses the "Majority of One" concept -- where a person with an idea can bring that idea to successful fruition, no matter how little they have to begin with, in the way of resources (money, tools, authority, prestige).From a young Hopi woman comes the power of Solar electricity in her reservation -- and overseas, as she travels with her crew (some of them her fellow-students), teaching others about solar electricity and how to implement it in their own village(s).A young student (11 years old) reads about electronic trash (e-waste) and out of his concern he creates a company that recycles computers and keeps them from polluting the ground water -- and this project too, has gone international.A young lady (purloining her father's windshield wipers and using them as electrodes!!) discovers a way to clean polluted water.A woman saves her beloved mountains in West Virginia.A woman saves her community from fatally-filthy air.A man posts "Fire your Boss" signs as a prelude to hiring eager young (and old) people to create and maintain self-sustaiing gardens "City Farms".A famous wrestler in Mexico inspires his adoring fans, young kids, to go out there and keep their world clean and pollution-free. He teaches kids about flood control in their own villages and the importance of ensuring clean water for their familes and for future families in their village.
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