conservation of natural resources

"[Text and illustrations introduce plants, exploring] how plants grow, why they are important, and the developments made to help them grow bigger and healthier"--Amazon.

"Introduces the importance of recycling and conserving, ... the different methods people use to recycle and conserve resources, and the impact these efforts have on Earth"--Provided by publisher.

"A small boy longed to roll and play in the grass like his father had when he was a child. But the boy lived in a concrete city without any grass or trees. Then, one day the boy and his friend discovered a sapling hiding behind a low wall. The boy had never seen a tree before. He was so amazed, he dreamed about the tree. He imagined it tall. When they heard that a condominium was being built right on the spot where their tree was growing, the boy and his friend knew they had to dig it up and replant it in a safe place. They had to make sure the last tree survived"--OCLC.

Uses ten case studies to demonstrate how policy sciences can address and resolve the human issues underlying natural resource problems.

The dam built by a colony of beavers changes the environment of a valley and threatens the lives of many animal residents.

Examines the concept of sustainability, the capacity to provide for the needs of the world's current population without harming the ability of future generations to provide for themselves. Learn about factors that can affect sustainability such as carrying capacity, population density, and ecological footprint. Also explore some of the challenges and successes of sustainability in the rainforest, one of the world's most diverse habitats. Observe sustainability in action at a school that has employed green building practices and in a community that has used smart growth policies to combat suburban sprawl.

Tad, a small toad, has been called upon by his fellow toads to save their home from a monstrous earth-eating machine and it has been fortold that if a toad kisses a human girl they will be able to save their home. Meanwhile, a girl named Taylor is determined to stop her favorite place, her grandmothers pond, from being paved over and turned into a strip mall.

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

By following clues from a dream and taking photographs of endangered wilderness areas, eleven-year-old Sarah and a Native American environmentalist try to prevent the commercial development of a southwestern canyon.

Boris lives in Hogg Bay, in an old bus that used to travel all over the world, but now just sits there, until one day when his parents take him on an adventure.