Stacy Tornio

This Class Can Save the Planet: How Kids Can Help the Planet

This Class Can Save the Planet equips students and educators with simple, effective ways to make a positive environmental impact. Ideal for any time of the year, it turns classrooms into eco-friendly action zones, offering actionable steps for a greener future. Dive in and discover how to make sustainability a daily practice and inspire real change in your school and community.

Key Features:

Actionable Solutions: Easy, immediate steps for students to enhance sustainability in schools and communities.
Educator-Focused: Streamlines the integration of eco-friendly practices into classroom life.
Versatile Use: Perfect for Earth Day, Earth Month, and fostering year-round environmental stewardship.
Practical Impact: Demonstrates how small, collective actions can significantly benefit the planet.
Empowers Change: Translates environmental awareness into meaningful, student-led initiatives.

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I took this book out from the library, because my parents, hubby & I, have planted a vegetable garden for the first time, other than the odd tomato plant. I've been devouring the 'net for ideas, hints, tips, tricks, recipes, etc etc, along with stalking coworkers for any advice they can give us - and our garden is doing just great! I can't wait for a bigger & better garden next year!

so, with all that in mind, I've been requesting books from the library on the subject of vegetable gardening, & I took this one out. It actually wasn't what I really expected, as it's geared more towards kids & families, but as such, it's written for beginners in mind. The book has 12 chapters, one for each month, & there are 3 catagories in each one - how to plant something, a craft activity, & a related recipe. The problem is, the craft activities aren't really related to the month, & the recipes aren't really related to that month's planting - for example, lemon cupcakes in February. I'm sure lemons are in season in parts of the US (Florida? Southern Cali?) but not in the majority of the States, I would think. The recipes do look all delicious, which for me balances out the fact that they don't fit with the months. I found most of the craft projects rather bland & boring - I can't see kids being interested in making plant markers out of rocks or decorating a shoebox to put gardening supplies in.

But all of the above is balanced with the fact that the book has great, small garden plans & very creative ideas, like a forth of July patriotic garden display, & does have some great hints & tips for beginner gardeners, & I think the fact that the book is geared towards families is a very nice idea.… (more)

This is a quick reference book of the various types of living creatures throughout the world. It is filled with great illustrations and"tidbits" of information. For instance, Did you know there are more than 10,000 species if ants in the world? or... Did you know some Catfish have sharp spines on their fins that can poke you? Each animal has a brief description next to its picture the some added, less known information that relates to the animal or its environment. This quality print book includes not only Insects, and Fish - mentioned above - but includes Herptiles, , Invertebrates, Mammals, and Fowl. There is an index where the reader can quickly look up a species, plus, the places one can go to discover their habitat. There are 253 pages of helpful information, It is definitely useful for all libraries. One can impress one's peers with brief information on so many creatures!
This is brief enough for an eight year old yet enjoyable and interesting enough for any adult!… (more)