Provides information on the area of Florida known as the Everglades, discussing the ecosystem, plants and animals, and efforts to perserve this unique environment.
The Amazon Rain Forest: The Largest Rain Forest In The World (Natural Wonders)
Did you know that the Sahara Desert is so large that the entire continental United States could fit inside it? The natural wonders series provides a wealth of information for students through photos and fascinating text.
Describes the features of the Amazon rain forest, the plants, animals, and humans that live there, and its future.
Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques
Building with earthbags is gutsy. Gutsy because only the brave take up a construction method so different from the conventional. Gutsy because people build homes with this technique when they’ve just learned it. Gutsy because the materials are basic, elemental, primal. And gutsy, indeed, because this construction system resembles, in form and assembly, nothing other than our own intestines!
