You can change the world. Here's how. Our climate is changing and human actions are the cause. Maybe you don't know why, or what to do about it. We do. In fact, we wrote a book about it (this book, the one in your hands). We'll harness your green intentions and push you beyond turning off the AC every once in a while. It's all in here: how to keep the planet healthy facts and info real-life stories suggestions and challenges eco-tips from MySpace users around the globe. Everybody who submitted a tip got their username in this book, btw. Each of us has the power to make a difference-open this book, arm yourself with knowledge, and start now. (Seriously. What are you waiting for?) Copyright Reed Business Information

Printed on post-consumer-waste recycled paper with vegetable-oil-based inks, this guide to saving the planet practices what it preaches as it encourages teens to adopt green habits. Most of the suggestions here are obvious (skip the bottled water; carpool; take shorter showers), and they tend to be repeated. But repetition is not necessarily a bad thing; the presentation here, impressing readers with the need to think through the environmental impact of their actions, uses the examples of MySpace peers to encourage compliance. A steady parade of young environmentalists who collect 400 batteries in two weeks, or who start campaigns for safer cosmetics, or who beat major car companies in designing an alternate-fuel vehicle, and so forth, demonstrates that teens can and do help the planet. Ages 14-up. (Mar.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

Gr 8 Up-Geared toward teens, this collection of MySpace postings focuses on what readers can do in their daily activities, social lives, and communities to help the environment. Each chapter breaks down the setting into its individual components. For example, the chapter "Your Home, Your Planet" gives environmental hints for making one's room, bathroom, kitchen, and yard more eco-friendly. The modern layout, with green foliage on each page and purple and green font, as well as the slang, will be engaging for young adults. Highlighted boxes, located in most chapters, give facts about topics such as recycling, carbon dioxide, alternative fuels, alternative spring break, and television. The recycling box starts with, "Lose virginity: recycle" and contains facts about virgin materials saved by recycling newspapers, aluminum cans, glass containers, and plastic soda bottles. Myths and facts about the environment are explored. This book gives excellent suggestions for helping to help the environment, and is sure to encourage teen activism.-Teresa Moffett, Fulton High School, Knoxville, TN Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

MySpace founder Tom Anderson says that the online community OurPlanet, which discusses environmental issues, is one of his site's most active areas. This fact-filled, irreverent title, packed with contributions by OurPlanet members, offers teens practical ideas on how they can improve the Earth's future through lifestyle choices, education, and activism. Organized around themes such as Health and Body, the chapters meet teens where they live: there are tips specifically for computer gamers, for example, while the eco-dating  section suggests renting a hybrid instead of a limo for prom. The format colored text and a few dull drawings is surprisingly lackluster in a title associated with a cutting-edge community, and grammar hounds (likely adults) may grumble at the faithfully reproduced errors in the transcribed online postings; but the messages are clear: teens are ready to participate in the necessary change. A list of eco-pledges, a glossary, and extensive resources close this title that's sure to circulate widely among concerned teens.--Engberg, Gillian Copyright 2008 Booklist From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.