A Kid's Guide to How to Save the Planet (Camelot World)

Product Description Now everyone can help save the environment. This practical volume includes tips that readers and their families can use to help improve our world. Charts, graphs, timelines and diagrams really make the point as the hazards of avid rain, population growth, the greenhouse effect, endangered species and other topics are discussed. From Publishers Weekly The final sentence of this well-intentioned, clearly focused book neatly sums up its author's message: "It's your planet, so do something about it." Goodman emphasizes throughout that the Earth's resources are being used up at a frighteningly fast rate, and that everyone must do his or her part to halt global destruction. In addition to pleading for action, the author provides a good deal of background information, including statistics and charts that help drive home his all-important point. Goodman describes the first forms of life on Earth; the food chain, more aptly called the food web; interactions be