Nontoxic Home, Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxins and Health Hazards, The (1986) Debra Lynn Dadd, Grades: 7-Adult. This book is the concerned consumer’s guide to safe household products. The author shares her expertise in finding safe alternatives to potentially harmful substances.

Organic Crafts (2007) Kimberly Monaghan, Grades: K-3. This book contains 75 creative crafts, games and activities that can be made using objects that kids can collect from nature.

Organic Lawn Care Manual (2007) Paul Tukey, Grades 9 – adult. In the modern suburban landscape, beautiful, green lawns are perhaps the most ubiquitous feature of all. It’s difficult to imagine a friendly neighborhood without broad, clean stretches of neatly shorn grass. More and more in recent years, those lawns are evolving into organic systems as homeowners — concerned about the long-term effects of chemicals on their children, their pets, and the environment — turn to natural methods to keep their yards healthy and inviting, and, yes, still green and lush, too.

Pee Wee and the Magical Compost Heap (1992) Larraine Roulston, Grades: PreK-1. This book tells the story of Pee Wee the worm and how he and his friends help Nancy find her lost ring in the compost heap. There is also information on the materials to compost, the materials not to compost and a composting glossary.

Physics, Fun and Beyond (2006) Eduardo de Campos Valadares, Grades: 5-Adult. This book contains 110 projects that uncover the physics beneath everyday life. From wind tunnels to flying saucers, you’ll learn exactly how to safely build these experiments using low cost or recycled materials.

Planet Earth: 25 Environmental Projects You Can Build Yourself (2008) Kathleen M. Reilly, Ages 9-12. Children’s knowledge of the Earth and its ecology will blossom with this engaging guide to understanding and enriching the environment. The first half of the handbook provides an overview of the natural world and encourages children to get their hands dirty and actively connect with the environment while the second half introduces key environmental issues – wind and solar power, pollution, endangered species, global warming, and recycling.

Planning Guide for Residential Recycling Programs in Illinois (1995) Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, Bureau of Energy and Recycling.

Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Enviromentalism, The (2007) Christopher C. Horner. This book provides a provocative, entertaining, and well-documented expose of some of the most shamelessly politicized pseudo-science we are likely to see in our relatively cool lifetimes.

Pollution and Waste: Environmental Facts and Experiments (2001) Rosie Harlow and Sally Morgan, Grades: K-3. This book looks at pollution and waste and explains how we are damaging our environment by creating too much of it. It suggests lots of experiments and things to look out for, as well as ways we can help to make our world a cleaner and safer place.

Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Enviromentalism, The (2007) Christopher C. Hormer, This latest installment in the P.I.G. series provides a provocative, entertaining, and well-documented expose of some of the most shamelessly politicized pseudo-science we are likely to see in our relatively cool lifetimes.

Quest for Less; Activities and Resources for Teaching K-6, The (2000) EPA. A teacher’s Guide to Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling.

Recycle! A Handbook for Kids (1992) Gail Gibbons, Grades: 1-3. This book explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products.

Recycled Crafts Box (2003) Laura C. Martin, Grades: 2-6. This book contains sock puppets, cardboard castles, bottle bugs and 37 more earth-friendly projects and activities you can create. Each project features step-by-step illustrated instructions, and a full-color photo of the finished artwork.

Recycled Paper: From Start to Finish (2000) Samuel Woods, Grades: 3-6. This book answers the question: How does paper waste get recycled and re-used?

Recycle Every Day! (2003) Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, Grades: K-2. This book tells the story of Minna and her efforts to make a recycling poster for school. Also included is a Recycle Game and a Recycle Activity.

Recycler’s Handbook, The (1990) The Earth Works Group, Grades: 7-Adult. This practical, entertaining, easy-to-read guide shows you how to make recycling a part of your life.

Recycle That! (1995) Fay Robinson, Grades: PreK-1. Tells the story of recycling.

Recycling (2001) Rhonda Lucas Donald, Grades 1-3. This book explains the amount of trash we throw away each day and ways to reduce, reuse and recycle our waste.

Recycling (2006) Jen Green, Grades: 4-6. This book looks at what we throw away, how trash can be made into something new, and how we can avoid creating waste in the first place.

Recycling (2005) Eleanor J. Hall, Grades: 6-10. This book discusses what is recycling, the challenges and benefits of recycling and what the future holds for recycling.

Recycling Dump (1994) Andrea Butler, Grades: PreK-K. This is a Let Me Read book which is sized just right for small children and explains, in a whimsical way, some items that can be recycled.

Recycling: Fact or Fiction (2004) William E Shirey, Grades: 9-Adult. This book is quite a lot about fact in the sense that the scientific phenomenon applied is real. The fiction sense of the book, is that it will not ever be possible for people to organize and do what he created. He does not personally believe what he proposes to generate new business is impossible.

Recyclopedia: Games, Science Equipment, and Crafts from Recycled Materials (1976) Robin Simons,

Grades: 4-6. This book has 118 pages of suggestions for games, crafts, and scientific equipment that can be made from recycled materials.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (2007) Nicky Scott, Adult. An easy household guide that has the answers to all you recycling questions.

Reducing and Recycling Waste (2005) Carol Inskipp, Grades: 2-4. Not all garbage is useless. Once we understand how to reduce, reuse, and recycle what we now consider trash, we can cut back on how much we throw out. By taking a closer look at how we handle rubbish, you will realize that even a small action by a single person can make a difference.

Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage (2001) William Rathje and Cullen Murphy, Grades: 9-Adult. An excerpt: On a crisp October morning not long ago the sun ascended above the Atlantic Ocean and turned its gaze on a team of young researchers as they swarmed over what may be the largest archeological site in the world. The mound they occupied covers three thousand acres and in places rises more than 155 feet above a low-lying island. . . . The site was the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island in New York City.

Reusing and Recycling (Help the Environment) (2008) Charlotte Guilain, Ages 4-8. Introduces the concept of caring for our environment in an attractive and accessible way. Based on children’s real-life experiences, the book focus on things children can do to help the environment. Children learn about reusing and recycling common household materials including paper, glass, plastic, and metal.

Save Our Earth: Primary (1999) Kimberly Fields and Karen A. Brudnak, Grades: 1-3. Included in this book are favorite units from the 1991-1997 magazines, single ideas to extend a unit, and a variety of reproducible activities. Pick and choose from these activities to develop your own complete unit or to simply enhance your current lesson plans.

Saving Our Ancient Forests (1991) Seth Zuckerman, Grades: 6-9. A century of clear cutting now threatens to destroy the last remaining old growth forests and the wildlife that depends on them for survival. This handbook invites you to join forces with a growing national movement to save our ancient forests…forever.

Self-Sufficiency Handbook, The (2007) Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater. There’s practical information on building an insulated flue-pipe chimney, identifying edible wild plants, and composting with worms. Anyone considering a shift to a greener way of living must read this inspirational and practical guide. With easy-to-read layouts and simple text, it runs the full ecological gamut, from geothermal heating to crop rotation to soap making. In addition to recipes for jams and other delicious foods, three A-Z sections offer planting and harvesting instructions for vegetables and salad crops, fruits, and herbs.

Simply Green Giving (2008) Danny Seo. Shows you how to transform gift giving into a cleverly resourceful and rewarding activity. Turn VHS tapes into black blows. Make “global” fruit baskets to blooming terra cotta gift boxes. Year round ideas, simple and green hostess gifts, birthday presents, and more.

Sir Johnny’s Recycling Adventure (1999) Rachael P. Paulson, Grades: K-2. Johnny learns that the old newspapers he saves for recycling can be turned into new paper products. These products can be bought and thus continue the recycling loop.

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (2008) Mark Lynas, This book outlines what to expect from a warming world, degree by degree. Based on authoritative scientific articles, the latest computer models, and information about the past warm events in Earth history, Six Degrees promises to be an eye-opening warning that humanity will ignore at its peril.

Solid Waste/Recycling Lesson Plan (1990), Grades K-6. Earth Day

Something Old, Something New: Recycling (2005) Anita Ganeri, Grades: 2-4. This book emphasizes the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. It discusses all different types of waste and how we can use the three R’s to help our environment.

Squirmy Wormy Composters (1992) Bobbie Kalman and Janine Schaub, Grades: 4-6. This unique books teaches children about vermi-composting. It also describes how worms eat and how they break down the food.

Student Environmental Action Guide: 25 Simple Things We Can Do, The (1991) Javnarama/The Earth Works Group, Grades: 9-12. This book lists 25 things that you can do to protect the earth.

Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (1997) John C. Ryan and Alan T. Durning, Grades: 9-12. This book follows a day in the life of a fictional, typical North American – a middle-class resident of Seattle. It is a day in which nothing terribly unusual or dramatic happens. Or so it seems.

Super Salads (2000) Mark Icanberry, Grades K-2. David , his huge dog Newton, and their friend Jessica spend all their free time building things and having adventures with their projects. In this book they build a green house. Directions on how to build a green house are in the back of this book.

This Is My Planet: The Kid’s Guide to Global Warming (2007) Jan Thornhill, Ages 9-12. This book gives young readers the tools they need to live their own lives more ecologically to improve our planet. A multitude of full-color photographs throughout the book.

Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, The (2007) Nuria Roca, Ages 6-6. This book teaches us many things we can do to reduce pollution. When we Reduce the number of different things we throw away--such as plastic bags--we help to keep the land where we live clean and the water that we drink fresh. It is also a good idea to Reuse, for example, by finding new uses for hand-me-downs that we might otherwise be tempted to throw away. And we can Recycle things like paper, cans, and bottles by placing them in collection areas where they can be picked up and made into new and useful things. Remembering these three R words is a good way for us to help make our planet a good place to live.

Trash! (1988) Charlotte Wilcox, Grades: 3-6. This book examines various methods of garbage disposal, with an emphasis on sanitary landfills but also surveying such alternatives as mass burn and recycling.

Trash and Recycling Level 2: Internet Referenced (2006) Stephanie Tumbull, Ages 6-8. Have you ever wondered what happens to the things you throw away? In this book you can find out more about the trash and follow its journey to be buried, burned, or recycled into something new.

Trashformations: Painted Treasures From Salvaged Stuff (2003) Jennifer Ferguson and Judith Skinner, Grades: 9-12. The authors show you how to reuse, recycle, and renovate. They use paints and stencils to give old doors, windows, drawers, moldings, and more a new lease on life.

Trash to Cash: How Businesses Can Save Money and Increase Profits (1996) Fran Berman, Grades: 9-Adult. This book is divided into four parts: Part One: “What A Mess We’re In!”; Part Two: “Who’s Gotten Out of This Mess? Case Studies”; Part Three: “How Do We Get Out of This Mess?” and Part IV: “Beyond the Paper Mess”.

Trash to Treasure Books Each Leisure Arts book shows how to make useful items from recycled cans, brown bags, bottles, cards, socks, boxes, old furniture, shutters, kitchen utensils and pans, empty detergent boxes, wallpaper scraps, fabric remnants, egg cartons, chipped cups and saucers, etc. Each project shows before pictures to help identify the “trash” in the projects, with easy-to-follow instructions and full-color photographs.

Trash to Treasure: Christmas (1999) Grades: 1-Adult. Devoted exclusively to Christmas. 120 projects

Trash to Treasure: The Recycler’s Guide to Creative Crafts (1996) Grades: 1-Adult. 140 projects

Trash to Treasure: The Year’s Best Creative Crafts (1999) Grades: 1-Adult. 100 projects

Trash to Treasure: The Year’s Best Creative Crafts (2000) Grades: 5-Adult. 95 projects

Trash to Treasure: The Year’s Best Creative Crafts (2001) Grades: 5-Adult. 109 projects

True Green At Work (2008) Kim McKay, This definitive do-it-yourself manual is for the working world – businesses, workers, and day-to-day life at the office. This manual tells everyone who holds a job from top executives on down the ladder, how to help minimize their company’s carbon footprint.

True Green Kids (2008) Kim MacKay, Jenny Bonnin, David de Rothschild, Ages 10-14. With fresh, new strategies and a bright friendly design, this book invites the whole family to embark on an ecoadventure through a series of fun ideas that can be applied everywhere from the living room to the local park.

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Update and Expanded Edition (2008) S. Fred Singer, Dennis T. Avery, Adult. This book presents the compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Using historic data from two millennia of recorded history combined with natural physical records, the authors argue that the 1,500 year solar-driven cycle that has always controlled the earth’s climate remains the driving force in the current warming trend.

Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development (2000) Adam Weinber, David Pellow and Allan Schnaiberg, Grades: 9-Adult. This is the first book to fully explore the range of impacts that recycling generates in our communities. It presents recycling as a tantalizing case study of the promises and pitfalls of community development. It also serves as a rich account of how the state and private interests linked to the global economy alter the terrain of local neighborhoods.

Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are (1998) Robert Lilienfeld and William Rathje, Grades: 9-12. Recycling has its limits, but so does our Earth. This groundbreaking consumer guide suggests helpful money- and energy-saving tips for everyone who cares about how we live today and tomorrow. Learn to reduce and reuse with creative suggestions for all areas of your life.

Wartville Wizard, The (1986) Don Madden, Grades: PreK-3. An old man fights a town of litterbugs by magically sending each piece of trash back to the person who dropped it .

Waste Management (2008) Jacqueline Vaughn, Adult. A complete reference book about recycling with listing of agencies, books, dvd’s and much more.

Waste and Recycling (2008) Sally Hewitt. All around the world, children are taking action to preserve their environment, combat climate change, and work toward a sustainable future.

Waste and Recycling (1993) Janine Amos, Grades: PreK-3. Examines the problem of waste disposal, the importance of recycling, and the necessity of conserving water.

Waste and Recycling: Green Files (2003) Steve Parker, Grades: 3-6. Discover the causes and effects of wasting our resources from diminishing fuel reserves to saving energy, and how we can recycle to help our planet.

Waste Crisis : Landfills, Incinerators, and the Search for a Sustainable Future, The (1999) Hans Tammemagi. The Waste Crisis (1) has been designed to be a general reference suitable for a wide readership. Because of its relatively detailed technical content, it can be used at the university and college level; (2) will be a useful reference for engineering students who will benefit from the policy and social/environmental issues that are discussed; and (3) is written in a non-mathematical style with numerous case histories, sidebars, and a comprehensive glossary. It will be of interest to anyone who wishes to learn about this important topic or who has an interest in the environment.

Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial (2005) John Pichtel, Grades: 9-Adult. Part I provides an overview of the historical and regulatory development of waste management; Part II delineates the management of municipal solid wastes; Part III addresses hazardous wastes and their management and Part IV is devoted to special categories of waste that cannot find a regulatory “home”. In addition to end of chapter problems provided in all chapters, several chapters contain exercises using data from field situations. Data are supplied in Microsoft Excel format. Taylor & Francis, Taylor & Francis Group, New York.

Waste Not: Time To Recycle (2003) Rebecca Weber, Grades: K-3. This book emphasizes why you should recycle and gives examples of how much can be saved by recycling.

Waste, Recycling, and Reuse: Our Impact on the Planet (2002) Rob Bowden, Grades: 4-6. This book is part of the 21st Century Debates series which looks at the impact human development is having on the planet and how this could affect our future. The issues surrounding the waste problem and why it has grown over the past fifty years are discussed.

Waste Reduction (1998) Dale Seymour Publications, Grades: 7-12. The Student Edition and Teacher Resource Guide are part of the Environmental Action (Analyze Consider options Take action In Our Neighborhoods) program. Students sort and analyze school garbage to identify recyclable and compostable materials. They formulate a plan to reduce their consumption and waste at school and at home, including developing a recycling program or improving an existing one.

Waste Management: A Reference Handbook (2008) Jacqueline Vaughn, Contemporary World Issues.

Water (2007) Jon Clift, Adult. Use less – save more – 100 simple and effective tips for saving water, inside and outdoors of your home or business.

Water Conservation (1998) Dale Seymour Publications, Grades: 7-12. The Student Edition and Teacher Resource Guide are part of the Environmental Action (Analyze Consider options Take action In Our Neighborhoods) program. Students conduct an audit of water usage and efficiency on the school campus. Using the school as a research laboratory, students develop strategies for implementing water conservation at school and at home.

Where Does All the Garbage Go? (1992) Gilda Berger, Grades: K-3. Large size, 20" by 15" with great pictures and large print. Comes with teacher’s guide.

Where Does Our Garbage Go? (1992) Joan Bowden, Grades: K-3. Turn a wheel or lift a flap to find out how garbage gets recycled.

Where Does The Garbage Go? (1994) Paul Showers, Grades: K-4. This “Let’s Read and Find Out Science” book is filled with graphs, charts and diagrams and explains landfills, incinerators and recycling centers. Provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution to the problem of too much trash.

Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dangers of Global Warming (2006) Anne F. Rockwell, Ages 5-9. The earth is getting hotter, and not just in the summer. The climate of your hometown is changing. But why is this happening, and can we stop it? The author suggests ways for children, families, and nations to help contain global warming.

Why Do We Recycle: Markets, Values, and Public Policy (1997) Frank Ackerman, Grades: 9-Adult. This book examines the arguments for and against recycling, focusing on the debate surrounding the use of economic mechanisms to determine the value of recycling.

Why Should I Recycle? (2005) Jen Green, Grades: PreK-3. Mr. Jones is a teacher who sets a good example for kids by separating his trash for recycling. When he takes them on a class trip to a recycling plant they learn the value of recycling.

Wonderful Worms (1992) Linda Glaser, Grades: K-2. This book describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the common earthworm.

Worm Book, The (1998) Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor, Grades: 4-8. This book is a complete guide to gardening and composting with worms.

Worm Café: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes, The (1999) Binet Payne, Grades: 7-12. This book tells everything that you would want to know about Vermicomposting and how it benefits the environment.

Worm Composting (1998) Joshua D. Nelson, Grades: 4-6. Storey’s County Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. This bulletin tells you everything you need to know about setting up a worm compost bin.

Worm Digest, A collection of newsletters printed by Edible City Resource Center, P. O. Box 544, Eugene, Oregon 97440-0544. Lots of information regarding worms and worm bins.

Worms Eat My Garbage (1997) Mary Appelhof, Grades: PreK-3. This manual provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining a small-scale worm composting system. Includes plans to build a wooden bin and describes plastic bins available commercially. Includes what kinds of worms to use, bedding, food, harvesting, and use of castings.

Worms Eat Our Garbage; Classroom Activities for a Better Environment (1993) Mary Appelhof, Mary F. Fenton and Barbara L. Harris, Grades: 4-8. This curriculum is centered around a worm bin and uses over 150 worm-related activities to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Contains “Wormformation” paragraphs and integrates science, mathematics, language arts, biology, solid waste issues, ecology, and the environment in ways that draw children into the learning process.

Wump World, The (1970) Bill Peet, Grades: PreK-3. This book tells the story of the Wumps and how their world is changed when spaceships land bringing in lots of people from the planet Pollutus.

You Can Save the Planet: 50 Ways You Can Make a Difference, (2008) Jacquie Wines, Ages 9-12. This book is a call to action for children everywhere. The effects of pollution, global warming, and the destruction of our planet have never been so visible. Packed full of 50 useful things kids can do to make their homes, schools, and neighborhood more environmentally friendly.