Eco-Tracking shows the interconnections of small regional ecosystems to larger ones, and in the process demonstrate the accessibility of nature to everyone. The story of the environment is too often told as one about despair and destruction, which suggests to children that all is lost and everything was better back in the day. No quicker way to alienate students. Shaw teaches that there is much hope in the natural world that exists at their feet. This book tells true life success stories of young people involved in citizen science efforts and how others can join in tracking climate change, local wildlife, and other parts of the natural world.