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Rohmer, Harriet.
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Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Rohmer, Harriet.
Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Heroes of the environment : true stories of people who are helping to protect our planet / by
Harriet
Rohmer
; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin.
by
Rohmer
,
Harriet
.
Chronicle Books, c2009.
Call #:
333.720922 R738h
Subjects
Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780811867795 (hardcover)
081186779X (hardcover)
Description:
109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Maps on endpapers.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
This book profiles the accomplishments of twelve environmentalists from United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
Other authors:
McLaughlin, Julie.
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Tantallon Public Library
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333.720922 R738h
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