Is there a river that runs backwards?
Is there a place where people grow a plant that is a food and that can
also be used to make blankets?
Is there a road that’s long enough to reach around the middle of the
earth?
On the next few pages, you can learn the answers to these questions and
read about some of the other ways we use nature to help us.
WHAT GOOD ARE DIAMONDS?
If you find a blue-gray stone on the beach, it could be more than just a pretty pebble. It could be a diamond. But you’d have a better chance of finding a diamond in Africa, because that’s where…
SAVING THE DROWNING LAND
Did you ever hear the tale about the little Dutch boy who saved his land? His name was Peter and he lived in a small village in the Netherlands, or Holland. One evening, Peter saw water leaking…
THE BIG ROCK
If you walk around a certain rock in Australia, you really go on a hike—a five-mile (8-kilometer) hike. This great rock is a mile and a half (2.4 kilometers) long and a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide….
STEP FARMING
> Step farming in Sri Lanka. If you planted seeds on the side of a hill, what would happen to them during a heavy rainstorm? Chances are, the rainwater running down the hillside would take the dirt…
