Highlights the history, membership, mission, goals, and achievements of Greenpeace. Includes human interest stories, maps, timelines, Web sites, and suggestions for further reading.
Peace Corps workers are called volunteers because they do not work for money. Instead, they gain valuable life skills while they are away. Many learn foreign languages and important career skills. …
Provides a history of the Red Cross, including its members, mission, goals, and achievements, plus case studies of individuals who have benefited from the work of this international service organiz…
Worldwide, over 62 million girls are not in school. But one girl with courage is a revolution. Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education, created a film that chronicled the stories …
What are fossil fuels, and why is it a bad thing to use them? How are greenhouse gases damaging our planet? What is global warming, and how is it changing Earth? How can switching off a light or wa…
Discusses various ways to reuse and recycle materials that are polluting our environment.
Read 'Paper' to discover where paper comes from, how it is made and used, and how paper waste affects the environment. Learn how paper can be reused and recycled, and how to reduce your own paper w…
Text and photographs describe recycling, explains why it is important, and provides simple ways that children can recycle.
Waste is a big problem for our planet. We have to find places to put all the waste we throw away, and we are running out of space. Besides, every time we throw something away, we waste precious mat…
This book provides an overview of the many varied sources of pollution -- from smog and acid rain to chemical pesticides and everyday litter. It also covers the greenhouse effect, the hole in the o…