Mohawk parents have traditionally taught their children to start each day by giving thanks to Mother Earth. This Native American good morning message is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift.

Humans have influenced the world around them since they first walked on Earth. Hunting has impacted animal populations. Pollution and deforestation have affected habitats. Humans have also worked to protect the environment through preserves and breeding programs. In this title readers will learn about both the positive and negative impacts humans have on the biosphere. Meets Next Generation Science Standards.

After her husband, Jack, dies in a climbing incident, Shauna has only her five-year-old son and her helicopter charter business to live for. Every day is a struggle to make ends meet and she lives in constant fear of losing even more than she already has...When her business partner is murdered, his final words convince Shauna that she's in danger too. But where can she turn? Zach Bannister was her husband's best friend and is the person she blames...

Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around the cataclysm is us. In this book the author tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species...

A Suquamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth, and concern for its destruction.

Deciding that her life was insufficiently grounded in real-world experience, Mary Rose O'Reilley, a Quaker reared as a Catholic, embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this decidedly down-to-earth, often-hilarious book, O'Reilley describes her work in an agricultural barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studied with Thich Nhat Hanh. She seeks, in both barn and monastery, a spirituality based not in "climbing out...

Contains a collection of essays by Minnesota author Sue Leaf that explore the relationship between human beings and the natural world, in particular, how her Christian upbringing has influenced her views of nature. Follows the liturgical calendar of her local Lutheran church as she makes observations about the flora and fauna on Pioneer Lake through the seasons.

"This book examines the connection between humans and nature, why that connection is important and what we can learn from being outdoors."--

The tropical rain forest is Tepui's home. He treasures the lush, humid land where capuchin monkeys, three-toed sloths, jaguars, scarlet macaws, and a splendid array of other wildlife share a rich symbiotic existence. But today is doomsday for young Tepui's beloved rain forest. A caravan of bulldozers and trucks will soon arrive from Caracas to level the forest. Determined to stop the tragic destruction of his world, Tepui accepts a challenge as mysterious...

"Like many who feel unfulfilled by traditional faith expressions, Victoria Loorz went in search of spirituality strong enough to reckon with the unraveling of her vocation, identity, and planet, and found herself in the wilderness. With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by...