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Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the story of Wangari Maathai who left Kenya to go to college in America. When she returned home she was struck by how the clearing of land had harmed both the land and the people of Kenya. She started a movement to reforest the nation.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Describes how Lawrence Anthony took in a herd of "rogue" elephants at his game reserve in Zululand in order to save them from being killed. Depicts the following years during which he bonded with the elephants and discovered they could teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"This nonfiction book for middle readers profiles twenty environmental activists of colour from around the world. Their individual stories show that the intersection of environment and ethnicity is an asset, not an obstacle, to helping the planet. Illustrated with photos of each of the people profiled."--
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Traces the twisting path of Muir's life, from his Scottish childhood to his youthful labors in Wisconsin to his exultant embrace of the nat;ural world. This volume chronicles the life of an American original and celebrates the legacy of naural splendors he fought so tirelessly to preserve.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Dr. Moore shares an engaging firsthand account of his many years spent as the ultimate Greenpeace insider, a co-founder, and leader in the organization's top committee. Moore explains why, 15 years after co-founding it, he left Greenpeace to establish a more sensible, science-based approach to environmentalism.
Author
Series
Elephant whisperer volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Fran©ʹoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Fran©ʹoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist Lawrence Anthony and everything changed. After Lawrence's death, Fran©ʹoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
An award-winning journalist uncovers the forgotten story of a progressive alliance, started by writer Bernard DeVoto and his wife, who fought to stop millions of acres of national parks and other western lands from being ceded to logging, mining, and private industry.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Asian elephants are majestic creatures. But they are in danger. Humans are harming them and destroying their homes. Yet there is still hope for Asian elephants. Many people around the world have made it their mission to help these special animals. Conservationists are working hard to save them, and young people just like you are taking action to help. Find out inside how you too can make it your mission to save Asian elephants.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Acclaimed as 'the premier chronicler of America's complex relationship with our oceans' (Honolulu Weekly), David Helvarg has also been a war correspondent, investigative journalist, documentary producer, and private investigator. The one constant in this adventurous life has been love for the sea. This eloquent and honestly told tale of the changes in one man's journey and the world's ocean over the last half-century is a profound, startling, and...
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