Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Environment

Thousands of years ago Indigenous Australians developed ways of managing bushfires so that the landscapes they cared for would not suffer catastrophic destruction. Today firefighters also undertake hazard reduction burns to keep areas safe from monster bushfires.

The trees are in trouble, and they're not the only ones. Meet the endangered forest animals in search of solutions. Fortunately they find a treehouse of sparky kids who are bursting with ideas, and together they plan a way to save the world's woodlands.

Come along with Peter the Forester on a journey through the forest, and you'll never look at a tree the same way again! In this book, you'll meet big trees and tiny ones, brave trees and fearful ones, tree best friends and trees that like to be alone. You'll find out why trees sweat in summer, an...

Discusses a variety of environmental sciences topics, including global warming, food chains, and desertification, along with a collection of experiments and conservation activities.

In this book, you will learn about: The history of Clean Up Australia Day ; Clean Up days in schools and events around the world ; Australia's Great Northern Clean Up ; How to take part in or organise a clean up ; How to reduce, reuse and recycle every day ; Composting and backyard helpers ; Litt...

Climate Change is one of Australia's biggest environmental problems. Why is climate change occurring and how does it affect Australia? Climate Change explores the problem as well as explaining the steps that need to be taken to combat it.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our nations today - but what is it? Hasn't it always been happening? What is making it worse? Why do some people deny its happening? The concept of climate change and all of its implications is discussed as part of the What's the Issue seri...

Do you want to know what's causing our planet to heat up so fast? Or how global warming can lead to extreme weather? This book is packed with surprising facts and amazing pictures of our endangered planet. It's a small book filled with big ideas.