Global warming represents a profound threat to both the human race and our natural heritage. To help illustrate the need for immediate solutions, the Union of Concerned Scientists and Penguin Classics want book-loving individuals to express in words or pictures the places they want protected from global warming, changes they are already seeing, or the steps they are taking to protect our natural heritage for future generations. Go to www.ucsusa.org/americanstories for complete details.
UCS is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
Find out about our Penguin Classics on the environment and learn more about Penguin's green initiatives here.
The American outdoors has been central to some of this country's greatest books, from Henry David Thoreau's The Maine Woods to Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi. Such writers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Muir, Rachel Carson, and Peter Matthiessen have inspired us to make positive changes in our lives with wisdom and words about our lands, mountains, and wildlife.
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