Living Green

Kathlyn Gay

doi:10.5771/9780810877023

Summary

What does living green mean? For some, it means making a commitment to reduce, reuse, and recycle every day. For others, it also means respecting and conserving our natural resources, so they will be available in the future. In Living Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide, readers learn why protecting the environment is such a crucial undertaking and why and how young adults should take up this important cause.

Living Green demonstrates how reckless indifference to our planet’s needs jeopardizes not only plants and animals but the existence of mankind. This volume addresses such concerns as leaving a low carbon footprint, protecting wildlife, saving natural resources, conserving trees and gardens, and fighting for environmental justice. Most importantly, Living Green explores the many ways that teens can make a difference—in their homes, communities, and in the world at large.

While some of the teen efforts described here may be familiar, the author also focuses on issues seldom addressed, such as dumping toxic waste on poor and powerless communities. The book includes quotes from green advocates and teens who consider themselves eco-friendly, as well as useful advice that will help young adults embrace a lifestyle that will positively affect generations to come.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-7701-6
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-7702-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 234
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
INTRODUCTION: LIVING GREEN—WHAT DOES IT MEAN? No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 01. CARING FOR THE EARTH No access Pages 9 - 24
Chapter 02. LEAVING A LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT No access Pages 25 - 40
Chapter 03. USING LESS FOSSIL FUEL No access Pages 41 - 54
Chapter 04. GETTING THERE THE GREEN WAY No access Pages 55 - 70
Chapter 05. FIGHTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE No access Pages 71 - 86
Chapter 06. PROTECTING WILDLIFE No access Pages 87 - 100
Chapter 07. SAVING WATER RESOURCES No access Pages 101 - 116
Chapter 08. HELPING PARKS, ZOOS, AND ANIMAL SANCTUARIES No access Pages 117 - 134
Chapter 09. CONSERVING AND PLANTING TREES AND GARDENS No access Pages 135 - 150
Chapter 10. BUYING GREEN No access Pages 151 - 166
Chapter 11. REDUCING, REUSING, RECYCLING No access Pages 167 - 184
Chapter 12. PARTICIPATING IN GREEN PROJECTS AT SCHOOLS No access Pages 185 - 200
Chapter 13. BEING GREEN AT HOME No access Pages 201 - 216
Chapter 14. LIVING GREEN TODAY AND TOMORROW No access Pages 217 - 228
Index No access Pages 229 - 232
About the Author No access Pages 233 - 234