Help your readers richly explore the history of the green movement, and evaluate whether or not going green makes a difference. This book presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. Readers will examine the benefits of reuse and recycling, the impact of local food purchasing on the environment, and the influence of "green" advertising. Essay sources include Roberta Kwok, Sarah Fenske, Jeffrey Hollender, and Jim Fedako.

The definitive, practical, go-to resource guide on helping all charities become more "green" Nonprofit Guide to Going Green is your comprehensive learning tool to guide nonprofits and NGOs towards becoming greener. A desktop reference for any charitable organization to become greener, this essential book gives your organization the support it needs to take proactive steps to protect the environment while fulfilling its mission. Timely and clearly written, with contributions from experts from around the globe, Nonprofit Guide to Going Green leads the way in helping charities in all countries meet this challenge. Helps nonprofits green their efforts and carbon footprint * Shows CEOs, presidents, deans, marketing officers, board members proactive steps they can take to protect the environment * Teaches how to do a self-audit and plan for a more environmentally sensitive future * Nonprofit Guide to Going Green delivers a timely and essential call to action for this new century. Can your organization afford not to "go green?"

I have long advocated the notion that the time to start eating well for a healthy baby is several years before your child is born! Going Green Before You Conceive will show you exactly how to do this well! Christiane Northrup, M.D. ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause Choosing to GO GREEN and limit toxins in your daily life will improve fertility and the overall health of you and your family. It takes approximately 72 days for sperm and 3 months for eggs to mature. Create the healthiest sperm and eggs possible for conception by the choices you make in diet, beauty and cleaning products, home furnishings and by limiting your daily exposure to environmental toxins. Learn what to avoid to protect your health and even uncover conditions your doctor may miss! Going Green Before You Conceive is a guide for you and your partner on how to begin living a healthy, toxin free, GREEN lifestyle at any stage of your journey to conception, through pregnancy and into parenthood. Learn the tools you need to DETOX your body, home, and lifestyle. Also learn: Timing for Conception, How to try for a Boy or Girl, Fertility Massage, Yoga, Acupuncture, Reiki, Feng Shui and how to Remove Stress from your life so that you can help make your body ready to grow another life and greatly improve your health. Included are fertility boosting recipes and foods for maximum health. Bonus info: How to have a Natural Birth, Essential Oils, Perineal Massage, How to prepare a GREEN Non-Toxic Nursery with the safest products and restore health after birth to promote Breastfeeding! Give your baby and family the healthiest start possible by GOING GREEN!

Global warming and pollution go hand in hand but the major concern of most scientists and environmentalists now is global warming or the constant rise of the earth’s temperature. For the past decades, science has recorded that the constant rise in temperature has been caused by human activity. With all the pollutants that are produced by humans, these three gases namely, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane. Studies have already shown how these gasses can trap heat but there are still some uncertainties on how the earth reacts to it. What they do know is that the earth needs to stay temperate enough to support life but that humans are speeding up the process.

Get Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Helping The Earth And Using Green Construction! Is the fact that you would like to learn how to use green construction and help out Mother Earth but just don't know how to get started making you feel really bad... maybe you have even thought about just giving up? Unless You Wish To Continue To Fail And Not Reach Your Goal Of Learning About Green Construction You Need To Pay Attention Here! The Costs of NOT Understanding What All Of This Means Could Spell Your Failure For Your Goal! So feel fortunate today -- as we’re going to help you STOP wringing your hands in frustration, and learn how you can quickly and easily get a better understanding about going green with construction under control... for GOOD! This Book Below Will Show You Exactly What What You Need To Do To Go Green With Construction! In This Book, You Will Learn: What Does Green Construction Mean Making Your Current Home More Energy Efficient Green Architecture Environmentally Friendly Building Materials Environmentally Friendly Maintenance Material

Over the past several decades, numerous planning movements have taken root within the United States. With names like "Urban Renewal," "Garden Cities," "Healthy Cities," "Smart Growth," "Eco-Cities" and "Sustainability," these programs promote ways to create, protect, preserve, enhance, and restore the quality of life in cities, towns and suburbs, especially in regards to the natural environment. This guide to the best practices of these programs introduces the rapidly evolving field before presenting more than 40 case studies of communities that are effectively "going green." An assessment of the future of these towns and cities and resources for citizens and officials seeking additional information conclude the work. By compiling these success stories, this handbook makes an excellent resource for anyone seeking to facilitate the restoration of the natural environment within their community.

Lola Zuckerman is always last—ding-dong, Z-for-Zuckerman last. What this means, of course, is that Lola has to win first place in her class's "Going Green" contest. And she'll need to beat Amanda Anderson—always first, and more importantly, her ex-best-friend! In this laugh-out-loud story with unforgettable characters—the first in an ongoing series about Lola's travails—Lola's out to prove that while she may be last, she is certainly not least!

This problem-based assignment allows learners to problem solve and apply their learning. Written specifically for mathematics teachers, this lesson helps facilitate the understanding and process of writing problem-based lessons.

Standards-based lessons to encourage students to take care of the environment by adapting the way they live and do things, beginning in the classroom. Each unit includes suggestions and adaptations to help ELL students and students in RTI (response to intervention) programs keep pace with the rest of the class.

Turn your classroom into an environmentally friendly learning zone! With It?s So Easy Going Green, your students will be made aware of problems facing our globe, and will learn a wide variety of ways to protect and conserve our Earth. 12 articles cover a range of environmental topics, from global warming to organic products. These articles are complemented with more than 35 student-focused activities that teach eco-friendly practices. Students will use solar-powered ovens, build terrariums, reforest land, and so much more! Going green has never been this easy, or this fun!