Ages 11 to 13

Inspire Citizens Collection: Empowering Sustainable and Resilient Communities for Young Changemakers Designed for students ages 11 to 13, this collection provides educators with resources to dive deeper into sustainability and resilience within...

This title explores global energy use, including the history of the world's dependence on fossil fuels and highlighting the efforts to expand use of renewable energy sources. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index...

If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like? Today, about four billion people―more than half the world’s population―live in cities. This number could rise to seven billion by...

As concerns over the environment increase, more people are looking for alternative sources of energy and other ways to "go green." However, the prospect of overhauling their entire lifestyle can be daunting enough to discourage people from making a...

A splash of paint, a place to sit, a popup park or playground bring life and a sense of fun to our cities. Neighborhoods where people look out for each other, eat together, make art and build community are healthier, happier, greener and cleaner. Journey...

A hands-on project book all about renewable energy for young scientists looking toward the future!How do we heat our homes, light our rooms, and power our cars? With energy! And the type of energy we use matters to our health and the health of the planet...

Fashion can be fun, but it can also hurt people, animals and the planet. Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style goes behind the glitz and glamour to explore the social and environmental issues within the fashion industry. It looks at the...

Imagine looking out from your 18th floor apartment in the middle of the city and seeing trees right in front of you. In an effort to stem climate change, reduce pollution, combat heat, and protect biodiversity, architects are teaming up with botanists,...

For young readers ages 8 to 12, an inspiring, lively guide to sustainable living from YouTube star and zero-waste activist Robin Greenfield. Features kid-friendly information on the highly popular movement towards zero-waste living, as well as...

Twelve-year-old Mimi Laskaris is inspired by the Wijsen sisters of Bali to turn her focus from classical piano to a new obsession: forming a grassroots, kid-led movement to ban plastic bags in her new island home in Florida. Written in accessible verse,...

ELYSSA CAMPBELL’s debut novel Poison Town tells the story of a fourteen-year-old who becomes an environmental activist - in a company town built around a smelter. She faces a mystery – what is poisoning the town when there has been...

Did you know that an engineering professor invented a scanner that can find ways to improve a building's energy efficiency? Readers discover this and other fun facts as they explore the many ways people around the world are using their STEM knowledge to...