You can make a difference : be environmentally responsible

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You can make a difference : be environmentally responsible

Judith Getis

WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1999

2nd ed

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This book is organized around the three parts of the biosphere: land, water, and air. Each section contains descriptions of the environmental problems associated with that part of the biosphere. In the section on the atmosphere, for instance, such problems as acid rain and the greenhouse effect are discussed. Immediately following each problem or "challenge" are suggested ways that individuals can help solve or alleviate them. This book has been written to provide the reader with some easy and practical ways to protect the Earth, and to help understand why the task is so important.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - on board spaceship Earth
  • the land - challenge - the garbage mess
  • the five Rs
  • hazardous waste
  • destruction of the tropical rain forests
  • saving water
  • water pollution
  • smog
  • acid rain
  • the greenhouse effect
  • depletion of the ozone layer.

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