Environmental Footprints

Specifications

8 1/2" X 11"; 32 pages; Library Binding

Interest/Age Group

Grades 4+

Special Features

Glossary; Index; Text in spreads

About the Series
How big is your environmental footprint? This important series is about the footprints people leave behind them. But these are special footprints. These "footprints" are long-and short-term effects people have on the environment. By using examples that are part of a child’s own day-to-day life, this series introduces ecological sustainability in a child-friendly way while simultaneously providing easy tips on how to be green.

Each book provides simple examples of how everyday uses of resources result in "heavy" or "light" environmental footprints. These examples present information and case studies that allow young students to consider the impact they have on the environment in their daily lives, and to consider how we can all change our "footsteps" so we leave a light "footprint" for future sustainability. For example, using too much water leaves a heavy footprint and can lead to water shortages. Rethink! Instead of running the tap and waiting for the water to get cold, keep a jug of water in the fridge for cold drinks.

Special Features:
All text in easy-to-read spreads
Rethink! feature offers ways to lighten your footprints
Case studies give real-life examples of heavy-footprint and light-footprint actions