Green Earth Book Award

Resource Kits

Resource Kit

The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tangle

By Lynne Cherry

Virtual Mangrove Tour

To explore a mangrove ecosystem, take a virtual mangrove tour of Belize’s Mangal Cay created by Smithsonian ecologist Candy Feller and graphic designer George Venable. The tour takes you through a winding path to learn what mangroves are, where they are found, and why people need to protect them. Pictures show the animals and plants that are also part of this ecosystem!

The tour can be found at the SERC (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center) Education Homepage

Once on the homepage, click on this link to take the tour: Mangal Cay Virtual Mangrove Trail

Mangrove Action Project (MAP)

The Mangrove Action Project partners with mangrove forest communities, grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researchers and local governments to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting community-based, sustainable management of coastal resources.

To learn more about mangroves and the Mangrove Action Project, and to even become a member, visit: http://earthisland.org/map/index.htm

Lynne Cherry

To learn more about the Green Earth Book Award’s inaugural winning author and how she is doing her part to protect the environment, visit: http://lynnecherry.com/

Learn about her previous books, read author talks, check on her in-the-news, and find out how you can help!