As If The Earth Matters: Recommitting to Environmental Education. Thom Henley & Kenny Peavy, $23.95

Has over three decades of environmental education succeeded in producing an eco-aware and conscientious population, or are schools stuck in the rut of picking up litter and recycling paper and pop cans?

As If the Earth Matters sets out to reverse the common teaching trend toward information overload and proposes deeper, sensory-based experiences in the outdoors, experiential exercises that renew and inspire hope for the future. Experiencing the natural world empowers children with a sense of responsibility in ways that classroom exercises cannot.

Perfect for parents, school teachers, camp leaders and nature clubs, this book reawakens a child-like joy and wonder in the natural world and compels us with a new sense of commitment.

Barefoot Book of Earth Tales. Dawn Casey & Anne Wilson, $24.99 (ages 6-10)

In this beautiful anthology of folktales, young readers learn how different cultures around the world live in harmony with the rhythms and patterns of nature. Discover how to tread lightly on our precious Earth by following the easy eco-tips and trying out some of the fun and creative activities that accompany each story.

The Bug Book and Bug Bottle. Hugh Danks, $18.95

A Child’s Introduction to the Environment. Michael Driscoll & Dennis Driscoll, illustrated by Meredith Hamilton, $26.95

The air, earth and sea around us — this book is full of fun experiments, projects and activities you can do to help our planet!

Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators. David Sobel, $23.95

“This leading voice in environmental education shows teachers how to build connections between the classroom and the real world. The book demonstrates the seven design principles for structuring projects that focus on the environment. These projects explore issues that students care about as they build skills in language arts, math, science, social studies, and problem-solving. An ideal resource for helping students appreciate the complexity and seriousness of our environmental issues.”

Climate Change: a Groundwork Guide. Shelley Tanaka, $12.95

There is no longer any question that the planet is warming, and that this warming is caused by human activity. Shrinking glaciers and melting permafrost, erratic weather patterns and threatened water supplies are already affecting the lives of people around the globe. Climate change has been called the single greatest threat confronting societies today. The crisis is real, but there is little consensus about how to confront the problem, because the science is complex, the economic, political and social implications of taking action are far reaching, and the scope of the problem is vast.

Climate Change: a Groundwork Guide addresses the main questions. What is happening, and how did we get here? What is the basic science behind climate change? What is going to happen in the future? Why is it so hard for us to accept what is going on, and what can we do about it?

Dangerous or Safe? Which Foods, Medicines and Chemicals Really Put Your Kids at Risk. Cara Natterson, $32.50 (DVD format, 90 minutes)

There is no doubt that children today are living in an increasingly toxic world. Parents are more worried than ever, and conflicting reports in the media and rumors on the playground can cause even more confusion about which products are perfectly safe and which are harmful, even deadly. Dangerous or Safe provides desperate parents with concrete answers on what foods, chemicals, and medicines pose real danger to kids.

The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming. Laurie David & Cambria Gordon, $19.99

Earth to Kids — You can make a difference! What is Global Warming? Wacky Weather Explained! Why Extinction Stinks! How YOU Can Change the World!

This essential guide will help you understand why global warming happens, how it affects the planet, and the simple steps you can take to get involved in protecting the environment.

The Earth and I. Frank Asch, $8.95 (ages 4-6)

This is the story of our very special friendship with the Earth.

Eco-Fun: Great Projects, Experiments and Games for a Greener Earth. David Suzuki & Kathy Vanderlinden, $16.95

With this collection of forty-eight fun-filled, science-based environmental activities, kids from eight to eleven explore the world they live in and find ways to make it better. Projects cover a range of difficulty and include a mix of scientific experiments to do at home or school, activities that explore kids' own world and real-life ecology projects for their neighborhood or community. They can build a solar panel, make recycled paper, build a worm composter and create a forest ecosystem in a jar. Lively, easy-to-follow illustrations clearly tell kids what to do and show how each activity works.

Garbage and Recycling: Environmental Facts and Experiments. Rosie Harlow & Sally Morgan, $9.95 (grades 2-5)

Packed with illustrated activities and experiments to provide a practical, hands-on approach to environmental science, Garbage and Recycling explains the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage, and how everyday materials can be recycled.

Other titles in the Young Discoverers Series:

Pollution and Waste: Environmental Facts and Experiments. Rosie Harlow & Sally Morgan, $9.95 (grades 2-5)

Nature in Danger: Environmental Facts and Experiments. Rosie Harlow & Sally Morgan, $9.95 (grades 2-5)

Energy and Power: Environmental Facts and Experiments. Rosie Harlow & Sally Morgan, $9.95 (grades 2-5)

Go Green Rating Scale Handbook for Early Childhood Settings. Phil Boise, $37.50

This handbook provides a road map for improving the conditions in your facility and provides guidance as you work toward a greener, healthier environment.

Green Babies, Sage Moms: the Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Organic Baby. Lynda Fassa, $16.50

A practical guide for new mothers in raising a "green" family-and doing it simply and inexpensively. Filled with necessary and convenient advice that takes the reader from the first months of pregnancy and beyond, this indispensable book explains:

• The safest ways to get the house ready for the baby
• The best baby gear-from clothes to crib mattresses
• Organic recipes for health-conscious breastfeeding moms
• How to throw a green baby shower
• The best solutions for storing breast milk safely
• How to keep play areas safe from chemicals
• How to handle the diaper dilemma: wash vs. toss
• And much more!

Green Baby. Susannah Marriot, $20.00

Practical solutions for greener parenting. This thoughtful book helps parents of infants and toddlers make planet-friendly lifestyle decisions.

Green Guide Families: the Complete Reference for Eco-friendly Parents. Catherine Zandonella, Editor,  $26.95

Here’s a guide to eco-friendly parenting that's expertly organized and filled with practical advice, definitive explanations, and imaginative ideas. Addressing the key environmental issues faced by parents of young children today, this book takes a straightforward approach to such urgent concerns as lead-painted toys; the risks and benefits of vaccinations, antibiotics, and vitamins; the potential side effects of plastic bottles and containers; how to manage food allergies and avoid fat- and sugar-filled snacks; and much more.

Green Kids, Sage Families: the Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Organic Kids. Lynda Fassa, $16.50

A guide to going green that will fit your lifestyle — and save you money — while protecting your kids and the environment.

How to Grow a School Garden: a Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers. Arden Bucklin-Sporer & Rachel Kathleen Pringle, $31.50

Reclaiming a piece of neglected play yard and transforming it into an ecologically rich school garden is among the most beneficial activities that parents, teachers and children can undertake together. This book provides all the tools that the school community needs to build a productive and engaging school garden that will continue to inspire and nurture students and families for years to come.

It's all here: developing the concept, planning, fund-raising, organizing, designing the space, preparing the site, working with parents and schools, teaching in the garden, planting, harvesting, and even cooking, with kid-friendly recipes and year-round activities. Packed with strategies, to-do lists, sample letters, detailed lesson plans, and tricks of the trade from decades of experience developing school garden programs for grades K–8, this hands-on approach will make school garden projects accessible, inexpensive, and sustainable.

I Love Our Earth. Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson & Dan Lipow, $9.95 (ages 4 and up)

There are so many wonderful things to love about our Earth, our shared home.

An Inconvenient Truth: the Crisis of Global Warning (Revised and Adapted Edition for Younger readers). Al Gore, $20.00 (ages 8 to 14)

Former Vice President Al Gore's New York Times #1 bestselling book is a daring call to action, exposing the shocking reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet and the future we face if we do not take action to stop global warming. Now, An Inconvenient Truth has been adapted for the most important audience of all: today's youth, who have no choice but to confront this climate crisis head-on.

Dramatic full-color photos, illustrations, and graphs combine with Gore's effective and clear writing to explain global warming in very real terms: what it is, what causes it, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it. An Inconvenient Truth will change the way young people understand global warming and hopefully inspire them to help change the course of history.

Journey for the Planet: a Kid’s Five Week Adventure to Create an Earth-Friendly Life. D. Gershon, $15.95 (Grades 2 to 6)

Journey for the Planet: a Kid’s 5-Week Adventure to Create an Earth-Friendly Life is a fun, engaging illustrated workbook for every child who wants to make a difference for the world. Following the tried and tested methodology of his acclaimed Low Carbon Diet, environmental change pioneer David Gershon guides children through a series of action steps that can impact both climate change and the environment as a whole.

The book’s core message is one of empowerment. Taught by a series of animal characters, each of its 46 action lessons illustrates in clear, accessible language exactly how a simple change in the child’s behavior can positively impact the environment.

If you have children, nieces, nephews or students, you’ve probably seen the concern they feel for what is happening to our environment. Now, they have a program to help them translate that concern into concrete action, and feel the heroism of being part of the solution.

Just Grace Goes Green. Charise Mericle Harper, $21.95

Grace can do a lot of things...but can she save the planet???? Lots of exciting things are happening to Grace and her friends and most exciting of all, Miss Lois's class is GOING GREEN! For their "green" project, Grace and Mimi aim to inspire their friends and classmates to conserve plastic bottles.

A Kids’ Guide to Climate Change & Global Warming. Cahtryn Berger Kaye, $8.50 (Grades 6 & up)

Do you want service learning activities and projects for middle and high school kids that make a difference on the local, national, and global scene? This workbook is what you need.

The workbooks encourages kids to explore what others in the world have done and are doing to address the issues; to find out what their own community needs, and to develop a service project. The workbook includes facts, quotations, real-life examples, write-on pages, resources, a note to adults—and a lot of inspiration to get out there and make a difference in the world.

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Richard Louv, $18.95

As children’s connections to nature diminish and the social, psychological, and spiritual implications become apparent, new research shows that nature can offer powerful therapy for such maladies as depression, obesity, and attention deficit disorder. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. Louv shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply — and find the joy of family connectedness in the process.

Learn Every Day about Our Green Earth: 100 Best Ideas from Teachers. Kathy Charner, $15.95 (PK to K)

100 classroom-tested activities that engage young learners and help teachers incorporate discussions about caring for the Earth into any curriculum.

Let’s Go Outside! Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Susie Ghahremani, $17.95

Let’s Go Outside offers a range of activities perfect for fun in the city, the country and everything in between. Get outside and run, jump, play, explore, dance, hike or camp with your pre-teen and engage your child in outdoor activities and projects that will get the whole family closer to nature.

Looking for Miza: the True Story of the Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued One of Their Own. Juliana Hatkoff, et al, $18.99

Miza is a baby gorilla. This is her story.

Low Carbon Diet: a 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds. David Gershon, $15.95

This “30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds” is a fun, accessible, easy-to-use guide that will show you, step-by-step, how to dramatically reduce your CO2 output in just a month’s time.

Grounded in over two decades of environmental behavior change research, this illustrated workbook offers much more than a list of eco-friendly actions. It walks you through every step of the process, from calculating your current CO2 “footprint” to tracking your progress. By making simple changes to actions you take every day, you’ll learn how to reduce your annual household CO2 output by at least 15%. And, for those who are more ambitious, you’ll discover how you can help your workplace, local schools, and community do the same.

Join the growing number of citizens who have decided to take global warming into their own hands.

Love Your World: How to Take Care of the Plants, the Animals and the Planet. Dawn Sirett, $9.99

Preschoolers can make a big difference and help take care of the planet. From growing a garden in a tray to making art with recyclables, this book is full of great ideas for wee hands and minds.

My Big World of Wonder: Activities for Learning about Nature and Using Natural Resources Wisely. Sherri Griffin, $38.95

"Do trees get drinks? Does the sun give us energy? Where do animals go when it rains?"

"My Big World of Wonder helps teachers heighten young children's awareness of nature and develop an understanding of our natural resources at the same time. This easy-to-use activity book explores how we use, and ways to preserve, all natural resources: air, water, minerals, soil, land, and all life forms. Designed for use both inside and outside the classroom, this helpful resource contains 80 stimulating activities organized by season - each focusing on the three core principles of conservation: preservation, restoration, and management. Ideal for teachers from preschool to early primary, My Big World of Wonder includes helpful resource lists of children's literature; nature books, guides, and organizations; thematic lesson plans; and journal instructions."

Nature’s Playground: Activities, Crafts and Games to Encourage Children to Get Outdoors. Fiona Danks & Jo Schofeld, $21.95

This wonderful book leads parents, teachers and children through fields, across streams, and over mountains. From making a dam with sticks and stones to cairn lanterns on the beach at night, Nature’s Playground is packed with activities, games, crafts and adventures that will bring children outdoors for year-round fun and bring back memories of one of the chief joys of childhood for adults – exploring the natural world.

Nature School. Mick Manning & Brita Granström, $13.50 (ages 6-10)

Nature School is full of exciting projects, simple activities, tasks and games that will lead you on a tour of the world around you.

Not Your Typical Book About the Environment. Elin Kelsey, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, $12.95

This is a world where video games are connected to gorillas and bees can help bring world peace. Where buses can be powered by poop and geckos can teach surgeons about bandages. This is a world where hope is possible and so much is sustainable — food, energy, cities and even happiness.

One Well. Rochelle Strauss, illustrated by Rosemary Woods, $19.95 (Grades 3 and up)

Almost 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered with water. And all that water is connected — every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single global well. A single splash can sprout a seed, quench a thirst, provide a habitat, generate energy and sustain life. How we treat the water in the well will affect every species on the planet, now and for years to come. One Well shows how every one of us has the power to conserve and protect our global well — and why we need to pay attention.

Organic Baby: Simple Steps for Healthy Living. Kimberly Rider, $31.95

“Interior designer and new mother Kimberly Rider offers parents dozens of solutions that fit their priorities and their lifestyle—and their budget. From cribs to bubble bath to baby's first foods, Rider highlights health concerns, navigates the range of available products, and guides the way to safe and appealing choices. Colorful photos, smart tips and guidelines, and tabbed sections make this an inspirational and practical handbook.”

Raising Baby Green: the Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Baby Care. Alan Greene, et al, $19.99

In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotions for baby’s delicate skin, to the eco-friendly diapers now in the marketplace, as well as specific recommendations for hundreds of other products.

Recycle Everyday! Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, $7.95 (ages 4-6)

The Secret of Water: for the Children of the World. Masuru Emoto, $18.99

The Secret of Water introduces children to the wondrous world of water and shows why treating this precious resource with respect is so vital to our personal health and the well-being of the planet.

Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health. Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie, $19.95

Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us. Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes — now, it’s personal.

The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. Smith and Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us all the time. This book exposes the extent to which we are poisoned every day of our lives. For this book, over the period of a week — the kind of week that would be familiar to most people — the authors use their own bodies as the reference point and tell the story of pollution in our modern world, the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people and families across the globe.

Ultimately hopeful, the book empowers readers with some simple ideas for protecting themselves and their families, and changing things for the better.

10 Things I Can Do to Help My World. Melanie Walsh, $17.50 (Ages 3+)

Here are ten simple things children can learn to do to help the environment and learn good eco-habits.

There’s a Barnyard in My Bedroom. David Suzuki, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, $22.95 (ages 6–10)

Come with Megan and Jamie as they explore the wonders of nature — inside their house.

This Is My Planet: the Kids’ Guide to Global Warming. Jan Thornhill, $12.95

This Is My Planet offers a clear and fascinating view of our world’s interconnections. By seeing how we all fit in, readers will discover how even small actions can add up to big changes.

The Three R’s — Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. Núria Roca, illustrated by Rosa Curto, $8.50 (ages 4-6)

The Toxic Sandbox: the Truth about Environmental Toxins and Our Children’s Health. Libby McDonald, $18.00

From plastic wrap, microwaves and tuna to additives, pesticides and PCBs – what’s a threat and what’s not, and what to do about it.

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion. Loree Griffin Burns, $22.50 (grades 5 +)

“Aided by an army of beachcombers, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer tracks trash in the name of science. From sneakers to hockey gloves, Curt monitors the watery fate of human-made cargo that has spilled into the ocean. The information he collects is much more than casual news; it is important scientific data. And with careful analysis, Curt, along with a community of scientists, friends, and beachcombers alike, is using his data to understand and protect our oceans.”

We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers. Lauren Child, $18.50

Charlie, his little sister Lola and all their friends are very good recyclers indeed. They have some extra-specially special tips for readers on how to take care of their planet and they’ve even included a completely useful and fun recycling poster!

The ‘Why Should I?’ Environmental Series. Jen Green, illustrated by Mike Gordon, $8.50 each (ages 4-8)

Why Should I Recycle?
Why Should I Protect Nature?
Why Should I Save Energy?
Why Should I Save Water?

Yoga Planet: 50 Fun Activities for a Greener World. Tara Guber & Leah Kalish, $16.99 (all ages)

Whether you are seven or fifty-seven, whether you already practice yoga or want to learn, these informative and attractive cards are the ideal answer. They give detailed step-by-step instructions on how to perform the poses, but also increase environmental awareness with tips on how to reduce our impact on the fragile planet. Each of the cards in this fun and interactive deck is connected to one of the planet’s natural elements. Try the scorpion pose to feel the fire inside you or the swan pose to flow like water.