Book
Heroes of the environment : true stories of people who are helping to protect our planet
Record details
- ISBN: 9780811867795 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 081186779X (hardcover) :
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Physical Description:
print
109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. - Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on endpapers. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Raising food in the city: Will Allen, founder, Growing Power Community Food Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Discovering a new way to clean polluted water: Kelydra Welcker, student chemist, environmental scientist, and inventor, Parkersburg, West Virginia -- Turning waste into good business and good jobs: Omar Freilla, founder, ReBuilders Souce, The South Bronx, New York City -- Bringing solar power to Indian country: Debby Tewa, solar electrician, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona -- Speaking out to a big oil company: Margie Richard, activist and former middle school teacher, Old Diamond, Louisiana -- Inventing eco-machines: John Todd, inventor, engineer, and designer, Woods Hole, Massachusetts -- Recycling electronic waste: Alex Lin, teenager who helped write Rhode Island's e-waste law, Westerly, Rhode Island -- Saving West Virginia's oldest mountains: Julia "Judy" Bonds, community activist, Coal River Mountain Watch, Whitesville, West Virginia -- Fighting the enemies of the environment: El Hijo del Santo ("Son of the Saint"), champion masked wrestler, Mexico City, Mexico -- Protecting Louisiana wetlands: Barry Guillot, middle school science teacher, Destrehan, Louisiana -- Saving the Porcupine River caribou: Sarah James, spokesperson, Gwich'in Indian people of Alaska and Canada, Arctic Village, Alaska -- Safeguarding the California coast: Erica Fernandez, student and environmental activist, Oxnard, California -- How you can get involved. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 7.4 3 |
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature Curriculum Lab |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | J 333.72 ROH (Text) | DCL130735 | Junior Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
