Launched in 2007, by Bon Appétit Management Company, the Low Carbon Diet set specific targets to reduce our carbon emissions over five years. In 2015, they moved from a diet aimed at quick reduction goals to a long-term, sustained way of living: the Low Carbon Lifestyle. They’ve developed five easy tips to help people think […]
Using the Climate change food calculator, users learn more about the impact meat and dairy products have on their environmental footprint. But what is the difference between beef and chicken? Does a bowl of rice produce more climate warming greenhouse gases than a plate of chips? Is wine more environmentally friendly than beer? To find […]
The Carbon Map provides current and historical carbon emission, extraction, consumption, and reserve data. The traditional Robinson map is used to start but can be shifted to show actual land area, population, wealth, people at risk, sea level, and poverty – helping students visualize and make connections between carbon emissions and the above listed factors. […]
This map shows population size, city pollution, background pollution, and plume AQI index in cities in every part of the world. Resource Creator(s) PlumeLabs’ mission is to make air quality information accessible and empowering. Every year, across every border on this planet, air pollution causes more than 7 million premature deaths. The magnitude of the […]
This resource is an interactive map provided by the Illinois Public Health Department. Using the map, you can look at doctor visit rates for the health issues listed below. The map provides data on race/ethnicity, age, education, and household income in various community areas across the state of Illinois. The map provides data for the […]
This resource is an interactive map that shows the Air Quality Index in cities all over the world. It also provides a daily world AQI ranking. Organization: IQAir Every year, 7 million people die from air pollution, and billions suffer unnecessarily from the effects of poor air quality. Yet many of people don’t have access to […]
Lonely after being displaced by his family’s move from Tucson, Arizona to Edenboro, Massachusetts, Ben Moroney misses the desert ecosystem, his best friend Tony, and his pet lizard Lenny. Desperate for the connections he had in his old home, the fifth grader begins walking through the woods near his house and spending time with his […]
A book biography of environmentalist Wangari Maathai shows young readers exactly how much of a difference one determined person with a vision can make. Born near Mount Kenya, Wangari misses the trees of her homeland while she is in the United States studying. Upon her return, she finds a desolate land where buildings have displaced […]
Amara’s dad says they shouldn’t waste food. But why is this such a big problem? Follow their story and find out what happens to food waste, what can be composted, and how to reduce the amount of food we throw away (Source). Author(s): Deborah Chancellor & Diane Ewen Deborah Chancellor is a writer of children’s fiction […]
Internationally acclaimed artist Tyree Guyton grew up on Heidelberg Street in Detroit, Michigan. When he was a boy he collected bits and pieces—trash—to create his own fun. Eventually Tyree left Heidelberg Street to find his way in the world, but his mind often traveled back home. When he did return, hard times had fallen on […]