Product Overview
From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.;What is energy? -- Energy consumption -- How big is our footprint? -- Energy and the environment -- Use better energy -- Use less energy -- Think global, act local -- Sustainable living -- The energy island -- Building a green community -- Greening your school -- Going green at home -- Power up! Describes how people worldwide are wasting energy and threatening the environment. Also provides information on how to live more sustainably through such activities as recycling, using green sources of energy, car-sharing, and reducing air travel.
From the Publisher
How are many people in different places around the world learning to live in a green and sustainable way? Find out how human activities such as driving cars and wasting energy are threatening our environment and putting the future of our planet at risk. Discover how people everywhere are choosing to live more sustainably by recycling, using green sources of energy, car-sharing, and reducing air travel.