While visiting the beach, Sandy is horrified by the mess left by other visitors and starts to clean up, and a local environmentalist tells her about limiting her footprint--the effect that how she lives leaves on the environment.

Updated for 2020, young readers will discover what Earth's resources are and how they can help recycle them.

Young readers explore various forms of pollution and how people are cleaning up the environment.

Level 3 guided reader that helps educate young readers on the importance of recycling and what they can do to help protect the earth's resources.

Can one person really make a difference? Yes! Every environmental change you and your family adopt can make the earth a cleaner and greener planet for you and the generations of people who will follow in your carbon footprints. Discover what you can do in your home to make it a better place for the environment, and how going green can save green—money, that is. Meet other young people who are making a difference, and read about the green-living efforts of some of your favorite celebrities.

This title delves into several specific types of manufacturing pollution and their causes, effects, and how we can proactively deal with them to make our planet a cleaner and healthier place.

What happens when one small boy picks up one small piece of litter? He doesn't know it, but his tiny act has big consequences. From the minuscule to the universal, What Matters sensitively explores nature's connections and traces the ripple effects of one child’s good deed to show how we can all make a big difference.