Global Warming by Seymour Simon
Seymour Simon is an author who has written over 250 books on science, nature, the Cosmos, the animal kingdom, weather and the human body. Seymour began his career over 40 years ago as a science teacher in the Bronx and has been dubbed “The dean of children’s science books” by The New York Times.
If you visit your local Barnes & Noble, in the children’s science section you will most likely find an entire shelf dedicated to his titles. Seymour is also an in-demand speaker at schools across the country where his biggest fans eagerly greet him with incredible enthusiasm. His current blog can be found at Seymour Science, and will be re-launched at the end of March.
Seymour Simon’s latest work, coming to book stores this spring from Harper Collins publishing, is titled Global Warming and is written for children 5 to 9 years old and is available for sale on April 23rd.
Global Warming is a full-color photographic introduction to the causes and effects of global warming and climate change. What do we really know about global warming? What will be the impact of global warming? And is there anything we can do about it? Seymour Simon explores these questions and more in the book.
And on the topic of global warming, here are some simple tips from Seymour that your family can use to help stop global warming.
- Replace incandescent light bulbs in your house with compact fluorescent bulbs. Just three CFB’s can save hundreds of pounds of CO2 from going into the air and save your family as much as $60 dollar every year in electricity costs.
- Fill the dishwasher and run it only when it’s full. Same thing with your washing machine and dryer.
- Adjust your thermostat down a degree or two in the winter and up a degree or two in the summer.
- Drive less and don’t sit in the car while you keep it running. Turn off the engine when you’re waiting for someone (except in traffic of course). Carpool when you can.
- Bring re-useable bags to the market instead of getting items packed in plastic bags every time. And if you do have to use plastic bags, bring them back to the market to be recycled when you return to the market again.
- Recycle paper, plastic and glass and try to buy products with less packaging.
- Unplug un-used or seldom-used electronics like a stereo or a TV. Even switched-off electronics use electricity. Unplug them if you’re not going to use them.
- Keep your tires inflated to the right pressure. Low-pressure tires take more energy to make your car move.
- Take shorter showers. Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating energy used in a home. The shorter the shower they more you save.
- Buy products local products if you can. Think about how much energy it takes to ship a bottle of water or an apple from overseas to your local market.
