Antarctica: A Call to Action [Hardcover]

Sebastian Copeland (Author), Orlando Bloom (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 2008 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

Master photographer and Global Green leader, Sebastian Copeland, issues a global clarion call in his latest book Antarctica: A Call to Action, the sequel to his bestselling Antarctica: The Global Warning. Copeland’s awe-inspiring images of the frozen continent capture the beauty of the glaciers, biodiversity, and wild wide seas of the Drake.
Along with exceptional new photographs, Antarctica: A Call To Action is a concise and visually compelling discussion about global warming with a hopeful and helpful new take: each of us can make a positive difference through small changes. With insightful commentary, the purity of undoctored photographs and "takeaways" provide readers with simple lifestyle changes to help preserve Antarctica’s fragile ecosystem. A highly accessible and hopeful book, Antarctica: A Call to Action will inspire everyone to save this magnificent continent for future generations.

Simple changes to save Antarctica, and the planet:

WASH COLD — Washing laundry in cold instead of warm water once a week saves 250 pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere per year.

DRIVE LESS — Five miles less driving per week eliminates 900 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.

SHOWERS — Taking showers instead of baths eliminates 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Earth Aware Editions (November 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601090277
• ISBN-13: 978-1601090270
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,346,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Children will listen, February 6, 2010

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N. T. Mindes "Book lover" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antarctica: A Call to Action (Hardcover)

This book when placed into the hands of a child they get it. They understand through the beauty and majesty of the photography that there is an important story being told. When my little niece saw this book she said she felt sad that for the lonely penguin on the cover. She wanted to know if there was a way to help him. When I asked her what she thought of the book she said she like the pictures a lot.
You will too.
Antarctica: A Call to Action

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful portrait of Antarctica for young people, June 28, 2009

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P. Blanton (Pittsboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antarctica: A Call to Action (Hardcover)

This book is mostly photographs, taken by Sebastian Copeland during a recent voyage to Antarctica. There is little text, so a child interested more in pictures, and especially one interested in photography, can revel in the views he gives us of this continent. His love and concern for the coldest places of our world comes through loud and clear.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tip #4, January 5, 2011

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Lawyer4Free - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antarctica: A Call to Action (Hardcover)

Thanks for the tips on how to do my laundry and stuff! I feel like I am saving the planet just by having read it!

Here's one more planet-saving idea: Use manual scissors to cut out the great pictures of real Antarctica. Then use the rest of the bad-science propaganda in your fireplace, and save on that nasty modern resource-wasting form of heat!

And someone please rush to Antarctica to save that penguin before that last ice fragment melts and leaves him as prey for nasty humans who would carry him/her off to a zoo somewhere!