He finally finds a friend in a little girl with a red hat, and they work together to rally creatures from all over the world who want to fight back against the fog. Earth Day Network pulsed its staff for their favorite books on the environment, and here’s what they’re recommending this season. Book links are referral links. It also includes actionable tips for kids on how they can help slow the effects of global warming. Chesapeake Requiem is a soulful examination of the natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, an intimate document of a vanishing way of life and a brilliant account of man’s relationship with the environment. The picture book, which was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign, comes with a glossary of climate change terms at the end, such as coral bleaching, ocean acidification, and ice sheet. We’ve created this mess, but we can also pull ourselves out of it, Owen argues, before the tap runs completely dry. Primatologist and ethologist Frans de Waal challenges this assumption, outlining the evolution of human understanding of animal cognition and exploring case studies of animal problem solving, tool use and social structures. How can he possibly make this claim? Written with clarity, intelligence, and humor, this engaging book will appeal to basically everyone. While acknowledging still unsolved problems like global warming, More from Less is a paradigm-shifting account of how we’ve stumbled into a better balance with nature. These books introduce kids to the problem of global warming and climate change, and shows them ways that they can help. Kids have the power to change the world, and this book will equip kids with ideas and motivation for fighting climate change. Free continental U.S. shipping is included, in time for the holidays. You will get two "Cool for You" 8"x10" landscape-oriented hardcover books, and two will be donated to the kindergarten and first grade girls in Science Club for Girls! Truth is, I don’t know a whole lot about climate change. In addition to insider updates that show details of the illustrator's process, and access to the e-book download, you'll receive a beautiful 8"x10" landscape-orientation hardcover "Cool For You" book! However, ignoring the problem won’t make it go away. David Owen takes us on a journey down this prized waterway, from the snowmelt atop the Rocky Mountains to the dried-up deserts of Mexico. In areas that are still, barely, above sea level, salt is killing the trees and plants, and as they die, essential habitat disappears. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation. The most economical choice for getting multiple copies of "Cool for You," you will get three 8"x10" landscape-oriented softcover copies of the book! Later, I worked in cancer research before earning my PhD in Zoology from the University of Washington in Seattle. After moving in, Isabella Tree and her spouse, Charlie Burrell, decided to let nature take over. While not directly about climate change, I had to include this classic story because of its powerful message. You may not know this, but America’s coasts are disappearing, little by little, wave by wave. Get one hardcover and two softcover books at a very low price! How to Save the Whole Stinkin’ Planet by the TV presenter, science communicator, and Captain Planet devotee Lee Constable covers topics from compost to button mending and it’s packed with quizzes and science experiments you can do at home. Warbler is an expert people-watcher, but he gets concerned when a mysterious fog interrupts his human-watching. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Basically, both agree on the basic facts of human-caused environmental issues, but disagree on what to do about them. Then, in the midst of all this emotional turmoil, her father unexpectedly dies. Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America, by Darren Dochuk (Basic Books 2019, 688 pages, $35.00). One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman (Simon & Schuster 2019, 480 pages, $29.99). As Murphy says: “You must only take from this land what you can give back.”. To tackle this problem and mobilize action, “Don’t Even Think About It” argues we need science, but just as importantly, we need emotional, compelling narratives. The descriptions of the 12 books listed below are drawn from copy provided by the publishers. In “Storming the Wall,” Todd Miller tells the story of climate change refugees that have been forced from their homes and paints a larger picture of how wealthy countries like the United States are putting up walls, militarizing borders and bloating detention centers to restrict those seeking refuge and maintain the status quo of the haves and have nots. Journalist Earl Swift’s timely book provides a behind-the-scenes view of what it’s like to live, every day, in the path of climate change and rising sea levels -- whether you “believe in it” or not. How we respond to this crisis will determine what kind of world we leave for our children and grandchildren. I recommend reading this with kids ages 3 to 6. Three percent of the cover price of each book, printed on 100% recycled paper, will be donated to 350.org. Bad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age, by Nicole Seymour (University of Minnesota Press 2018, 320 pages $26.00).