Books with title Human Impact On The Environment

As people, we have a huge impact on our environment, and sadly this impact is not always a positive one. This incisive volume explores concepts such as pollution, habitat loss, and climate change in age-appropriate language. Later chapters explain what people are doing to reduce or reverse negative changes to the environment and provide readers with information on simple things they can do to shrink their carbon footprint.

If someone dropped you on the moon without an astronaut's equipment, what would happen? You'd die, of course. The human body depends on its environment. This engaging four-volume set examines our bodies' inseparable relationship with the environment. Each volume presents the parts of a particular body system and how they work, things that go wrong and how they're treated, how the environment affects the particular body system and impacts our health, controversial environmental issues (where applicable), and changes individuals and groups are making to fix environmental problems and restore health.Volume 1: The Muscular & Skeletal SystemsVolume 2: The Circulatory & Respiratory SystemsVolume 3: The Digestive & Urinary SystemsVolume 4: The Reproductive & Nervous Systems Set Features: • 576 pages in 4 volumes • 7 x 10 • 2-color interior • 175 Photographs • 50 Charts and Illustrations • Sidebars and Fact boxes • Glossary • Pronunciation key • Source list (books, Web sites, etc.) • Index. Curriculum Themes: • Anatomy • Body Systems (parts of each system and how they interact together) • Diseases • Common tests and treatments • Environmental impact on health • Wellness techniques. Reading Level: 6th-8th Grade

As people, we have a huge impact on our environment, and sadly this impact is not always a positive one. This incisive volume explores concepts such as pollution, habitat loss, and climate change in age-appropriate language. Later chapters explain what people are doing to reduce or reverse negative changes to the environment and provide readers with information on simple things they can do to shrink their carbon footprint.

As people, we have a huge impact on our environment, and sadly this impact is not always a positive one. This incisive volume explores concepts such as pollution, habitat loss, and climate change in age-appropriate language. Later chapters explain what people are doing to reduce or reverse negative changes to the environment and provide readers with information on simple things they can do to shrink their carbon footprint.

We are all aware of the importance of the environment - it's in the news and it affects our behavior and the decisions we make every day. But what actual impact has environmental thinking had on the world around us? This thought-provoking series looks at the way changing ideas about the environment and sustainability have affected our landscape, conservation efforts, our transportation, food and farming, and our towns and cities.