Voices for Green Choices

Crabtree’s Voices for Green Choices is a series of biographical portraits of people who advanced the goals of achieving greener, more sustainable lifestyles. Young readers will be inspired by the stories of these environmental pioneers, and will come away with a clearer, more informed grasp of the critical environmental and ecological issues the world is facing today.

Format
Size: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4
No. of Pages: 48
Index Included
Glossary Included

click for larger view Al Gore: A Wake-Up Call to Global Warming Politician Al Gore has lent both his voice and his political influence in the fight against global warming. His work and creative energy have earned him numerous forms of public recognition, most notably the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Reading Level: Gr. 6 Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Author: Dale Anderson	click for larger view David Suzuki: Doing Battle with Climate Change David Suzuki is a prominent environmental activist. Throughout his adult life, he has been the creative force behind numerous television shows on science and the environment. He has used his voice to advocate for the environment and to take to task political leaders whose action and inaction have been part of the problem behind the global warming crisis. Reading Level: Gr. 6 Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Author: Suzy Gazlay	click for larger view Ed Begley, Jr.: Living Green Ed Begley, Jr. is a Hollywood actor, who inspires, entertains, and motivates a new generation of environmental activists, fans, and consumers with his all-encompassing green lifestyle. Whether he is promoting his own line of green products, lending his voice to further environmental awareness and action, or “walking the walk” of the life he touts in his own solar-powered home and the star of Living with Ed is constantly on the lookout for ways to live more green - and get others onboard in the process. Reading Level: Gr. 6 Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Author: Robert Grayson
click for larger view Rachel Carson: Fighting Pesticides and Other Chemical Pollutants Rachel Carson was a marine writer, biologist, and ecologist whose work inspired millions to take seriously the danger that human activity poses to the environment. She both revealed the wonders of the natural world and exposed the sinister threat to that world posed by DDT and other pesticides. Reading Level: Gr. 6 Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Author: Patricia Lantier	click for larger view Victor Wouk: The Father of the Hybrid Car In 1974, an inventor named Victor Wouk became a man who could be described as “ahead of his time.” He had developed a prototype for the hybrid, a car that would become the most credible – and commercially successful – alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles. Reading Level: Gr. 6 Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Author: Sean Callery	click for larger view John Muir: Protecting and Preserving the Environment John Muir spoke, wrote, and lived the wilderness, including taking President Theodore Roosevelt on an overnight trip to the Yosemite Valley. This trip led to Roosevelt’s signing into law a bill that placed Yosemite under federal control as a national park. Because of this and his founding of the Sierra Club, John Muir is credited as one of the key shapers of the modern environmental movement. Reading Level: Gr. 6 Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Author: Henry Elliot