Juan Felipe Herrera is a poet who served as the nation's 21st Poet Laureate. The son of migrant workers, Mr.
The inspiring individuals whose stories are featured on this booklist hail from around the globe and have found innovative ways to solve challenges that face their communities, as well as to break new ground in the field of ecology.
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell.
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Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.