num_pages: 320
description: Every young person who cares about preserving the planet needs to know whats inside this book  and follow the authors call to action. (Age 14 and up)First published for an adult readership THE WEATHER MAKERS received critical kudos for its solid science and powerful message. Now this accessible new edition speaks directly to young adults offering a clear look at the history of climate change how it will unfold over the nextcentury and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Here is an immediate and hard-hitting look backward  and forward  in climate history bolstered by models and projections of current data. It includes interviews with people whose livelihoods have been directly affected by climate change as well as individuals who make new technology and renewable resources a part of daily life. Newly featured are twenty-five practical tips that give readers the tools for living a greener lifestyle  at home in school in the community and ultimately on Earth.Back matter includes source notes a bibliography and an index.
language: English
title: We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change
publisher: Candlewick Press