Were you one of the estimated 10 million viewers who saw the Live Earth Concert on MSN? For those of you who don't know, it was a 24 hour, 7 continent concert series held on 7/7/07. Check out their website for more info: http://www.liveearth.org/.
With the exposure of Al Gore's movie, "The Inconvenient Truth," there has been quite a stir about this topic. Whether you believe global warming is or isn't happening, it's still wise to think of impact on the environment by humans, called the carbon footprint. See the website: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/.
That's where this book, America's Environmental Report Card, comes in. America's Environmental Report Card (363.7 BLA) identifies how we are altering the environment. It is a rather serious book, for a very serious topic when you think of the percentage of world resources that the U.S. uses.
Some media reports have stated that the concert was not earth friendly, causing a huge carbon footprint. However, I was one of those 10 million viewers. What a wide variety of talent!
c Waterloo Public Library 2007
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