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YA?Using the ecological collapse of Easter Island as an example of a failing environment, the authors present the historical, scientific, and ethical backgrounds to the environmental challenges faced currently, and in the near future, by all humanity. Nothing less than the fate of life on Earth lies in the balance, which makes for an engrossing plot, made more poignant by the scientific research and data that back it up. Black-and-white cartoons clearly explain, define, and graphically display terms, events, and situations. They also impart both an awareness of the destructive behavior of humankind and its consequences while imparting a sense of hope for the future. The foreword, the brief notations dispersed throughout the drawings, and the bibliography provide information about sources used in formulating the book. Gonick's humor helps to lighten the dark realization of what is happening to the Earth. Teens will be drawn to the format, the short chapters, and the drama of the our planet's fate, a potentially frightening scenario that should motivate more research about the environment.?Pam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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Do you think that the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock club? Or that the Food Web is an online restaurant guide? Or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to the Environment to put you on the road to environmental literacy.

The Cartoon Guide to the Environment covers the main topics of environmental science: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming -- and puts them in the context of ecology, with discussions of population dynamics, thermodynamics, and the behavior of complex systems.

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5.0 out of 5 stars For kids AND adults, April 17, 1999
By hharper@valdosta.edu (Georgia, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
Kids will tend to ignore this book because it is too serious for a comic book and they will believe it is a klutzy attempt by adults to sneak up on kids with something educational. They are mistaken. Adults may, with a glance, dismiss this book as being for kids. They should know better. It is a systematic approach using pictures and limited captions to explain the basics of environmental science. It also uses Gonick's humor, sometimes-- ahem-- mature humor, and charming cartoonery.

Not as good perhaps as some of Gonick's other works-- due to limitations posed by a difficult topic for him to do-- it is still pure Gonick and worth the money and worth keeping (or giving to a kid or adult).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to teach science!, September 27, 1999
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This is a great book with which to teach science. It gets and keeps the attention of teenagers who have the attention span of a gnat. Each chapter is a great overview and summation of a unit that I teach at some time during the year.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Environmental Science and Cartoons, September 27, 2005
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Great book as a break from the normal Environmental science textbooks. A funny and informative look at many of the key ideas and concepts related to environmental science. Many of the cartoons are also useful for teaching biological science. Don't be fooled, some of the cartoons demonstrate fairly advanced ideas, but in a humerous and entertaining fashion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
THIS BOOK DEALS WITH FACTS, NOT FICTION. One of the people wrote in the review:" disappointed that it doesn't deal with any issues today that are killing the earth. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Karla Kovac

5.0 out of 5 stars Great year end review for APES
Plan on having students buy this and using it as an APES exam review in May.
Published on September 18, 2005 by T. Thompson

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, fun-to-learn comic book.
Rarely do I post anything on the web, but I feel obligated to do so now in defense of this author. Global Warming is covered on pages 64, 201-3, and 207 as listed in the index... Read more
Published on August 11, 2005 by Time Traveller

5.0 out of 5 stars Learning, Fun? No Way!
I recently rented this cartoon book from the school library in hopes of learning more about ecology. Read more
Published on April 27, 2005 by Rose Collins

3.0 out of 5 stars help the environment please
this is a good guide to the environment. the cartoons are very well drawn. i do have to agree with the other writer in the fact that it doesn't deal with any issues today that... Read more
Published on July 25, 2004 by W. Cope

1.0 out of 5 stars Serving the GW Conservative Agenda
Great disappointment... particularly on Global Warming. The author should drop the cheap quasi-scientific bubbles of the conservative anti-GW establishment and go read some real... Read more
Published on May 23, 2004

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