Experiments and background information help kids rethink energy, garbage, pollution, water, etc.

Includes index.

Alternative oils -- Power plants -- A bright idea -- Running on air -- The sun solution -- Methane madness -- Blowing in the wind -- Putting the sun to work -- Out the window -- Garbage diet -- Recycled paper -- Is bulk better? -- Disappearing waste -- Heating up -- No-zone -- Lights out! -- Clean up your act -- Down the drain -- Water power -- Not so fast grass -- Solar still -- Deadly fertilizers -- Charts, graphs, & tables -- Sources -- Greenwashing -- Your ecological footprint.