My river : cleaning up the LaHave River
Stella Bowles was a Grade 6 Nova Scotia student when she turned environmental activist to campaign against sewage pipes draining straight into the LaHave River. This is the inspirational first person account of Stella's Grade 6 science fair project which caught the eyes of the media, the public and government leaders propelling her into the limelight. Stella details her two and a half year fight to clean up the river, winning numerous awards for her environmental activism along the way. She succeeds in shaming three levels of government and rallying supporters into funding a $15.7 million cleanup. Today, she continues to campaign for cleaner water and demonstrates to other children how to test water quality in their own backyards, and how to take action if they find their water is polluted too. Stella's story will motivate readers to engage in local environmental activism. She demonstrates that doing what's right has no age barriers.
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| Victoria | Available |
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- ISBN: 9781459505513
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Physical Description
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96 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 23 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Target Audience Note: | Reading level: 4.0. Formac. |
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Summary
My River : Cleaning up the Lahave River
Stella Bowles was in sixth grade when she became an environmental activist to campaign against sewage draining into the LaHave River. In this book, she tells the inspirational story of how her science fair project caught the eyes of the media, the public and government leaders, propelling her into the limelight. Stella's two and a half year fight resulted in raising $15.7 million to clean up the river and numerous awards for environmental activism. Today she continues to campaign for cleaner water and teaches other children how to test water quality in their own backyards and how to take action if it is polluted. Stella's story will motivate readers to engage in local environmental activism and demonstrates that doing what's right has no age barriers.
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