Exceptional Women Environmentalists
From Rachel Carson, the woman who started the modern environmental movement, to Severn Cullis-Suzuki, former host of Suzuki’s Nature Quest, to Marina Silva, who fights to keep the Brazilian rain forest from disappearing, read about these ten amazing women who prove how ordinary people can do extraordinary things. While the threat of environmental crises becomes more dominant in the media and popular culture, these trailblazing women have taken action to make a vital difference for our planet.
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Exceptional Women Environmentalists
From Rachel Carson, the woman who started the modern environmental movement, to Severn Cullis-Suzuki, former host of Suzuki’s Nature Quest, to Marina Silva, who fights to keep the Brazilian rain forest from disappearing, read about these ten amazing women who prove how ordinary people can do extraordinary things. While the threat of environmental crises becomes more dominant in the media and popular culture, these trailblazing women have taken action to make a vital difference for our planet.
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Exceptional Women Environmentalists

Exceptional Women Environmentalists

by Frances Rooney
Exceptional Women Environmentalists

Exceptional Women Environmentalists

by Frances Rooney

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Overview

From Rachel Carson, the woman who started the modern environmental movement, to Severn Cullis-Suzuki, former host of Suzuki’s Nature Quest, to Marina Silva, who fights to keep the Brazilian rain forest from disappearing, read about these ten amazing women who prove how ordinary people can do extraordinary things. While the threat of environmental crises becomes more dominant in the media and popular culture, these trailblazing women have taken action to make a vital difference for our planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781926739182
Publisher: Second Story Press
Publication date: 01/01/2007
Series: The Women's Hall of Fame Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 112
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Frances Rooney is a writer, editor, and spiritual director who lives in Toronto. Her books include Working Light: The Wandering Life of Photographer Edith S. Watson (published in Canada, the U.S. and Britain) and Our Lives (finalist for the Lambda Award). Frances has written two books for the Women’s Hall of Fame Series – her first was Extraordinary Women Explorers.

Table of Contents

Introduction     1
The Eloquent Voice of Warning   Rachel Carson     5
Turning Compassion into Action   Jane Goodall     17
A Voice Against the Flood   Dai Qing     27
Reclaiming a Ravaged Land   Fatima Jibrell     37
Defending Earth Democracy   Vandana Shiva     45
Leading the Cry Against Poisoning the North   Sheila Watt-Cloutier     53
Exposing the Corporate Towers of Power   Sharon Beder     63
Dedicated to the Amazon   Marina Silva     71
From Lemonade Stand to Global Stage   Severn Cullis-Suzuki     79
Taking on a Government   Olya Melen     91
Glossary     99
Resources     103
Photo Credits     109
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