Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World

by Allan Drummond

Book Overview

Hold onto your hats! It's windy on the Danish island of Sams , where you will meet the environmentally friendly people who now proudly call their home Energy Island.

At a time when most countries are producing ever-increasing amounts of greenhouse gasses, the rather ordinary citizens of Sams have accomplished something extraordinary--in just ten years they have reduced their carbon emissions by 140% and become almost completely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374321841
• ISBN13: 9780374321840
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5