Hardcover with jacket
ISBN: 0-8109-7239-5
EAN: 9780810972391
US $17.95
May 2008
Availability: In Stock
$17.95
Magnificent full-color photographs coupled with practical tips guide young readers to save our planet.
In 50 Gestures for the Earth, readers learn easy, meaningful ways to help reduce their carbon footprints, from saving energy and caring for water to putting the dustbin on a diet. Describing fifty simple daily actions, this book shows children that they can have a positive impact on the environment, and that every action, no matter how small, counts. Accompanied by gorgeous and inspiring photographs, 50 Gestures for the Earth reminds young readers of the beauty and fragility of our planet and encourages them to take action to preserve it.
Anne Jankéliowitch is an engineer specializing in the environment. She has worked for several years in nature conservation and for the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace. She contributed to the bestseller The Earth from Above, and to several other nature-related books. Most recently she authored Ships. She lives in France.
A regular contributor to magazines and books and the photographer of Abrams’ Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater’s Edge, Philippe Bourseiller has been awarded the prestigious World Press Prize five times.
