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4) Ravenwood
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English
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On Arborium, the last forested island in the future, fourteen-year-old Ark, who lives in a mile-high city set in the treetops, overhears a plot to rob Arborium of its wood, a natural resource more precious than gold.
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219 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Kids around the world are working together to make our planet a better, safer, happier place -- and now you can join in with this practical guide! You Can Change the World empowers kids to make changes in their lives and communities with the powerful message that anyone can make a difference in the world. This colorfully illustrated book is packed with information, ideas, and activities for everyday sustainability -- like mending clothes, composting,...
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viii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world's billions. We're beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history we've overcome similar problems, but only when we've...
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36 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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中文(繁體)
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"An enchanting fantasy story of the village of Peach Blossom, whose inhabitants rely on their beloved bridge as their only connection to the outside world. One autumn morning, the villagers wake up to discover that their bridge has completely vanished. With harvest season approaching and no other way to get their crops to market, they appoint Master Chen, a retired soldier, to untangle the mystery."--Page 4 of cover.
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xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"--
Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the Earth: chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out resources. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the reigning argument has been that taking better care of the planet means radically changing course: reducing...
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Flying beaver brothers volume 3
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
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English
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Ace and Bub stand up to nearsighted Captain Jo Jo and his crew of moles, who are stealing dirt from Beaver Island to make their own island home bigger.
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xiv, 396 pages, 24 unnumbered pagesof plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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In forty brief and lucid chapters, Felstiner presents those voices that have most strongly spoken to and for the natural world. Poets- from the Romantics through Whitman and Dickinson to Elizabeth Bishop and Gary Snyder- have helped us envision such details as ocean winds eroding and rebuilding dunes in the same breath, wild deer freezing in our presence, and a person carving initials on a still-living stranded whale.
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Frank Einstein volume 5
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English
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Boy genius and inventor Frank Einstein and his robot pals Klink (intelligent) and Klank (sort-of intelligent) study the science of ecology and conservation as they try to stop classmate and archrival T. Edison and his loggers from destroying the Midville Forest Preserve.
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage.
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Emily Windsnap volume 9
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264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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When Emily makes a wish on a magic stone, she gets a glimpse of what the future holds--and it's a disaster! She tries to make things right, but each trip through time takes Emily to a future where things turn out badly for either the humans of Brightport or the merpeople of Shiprock. Plastic pollutes the ocean, garbage overflows the landfills, and the two towns are no longer getting along. Emily realizes she can't save her hometown and the ocean alone,...
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viii, 744 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, charts, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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Douglas Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision. Now Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader -- Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways...
20) Extracted: how the quest for mineral wealth is plundering the planet : a report to the Club of Rome
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xviii, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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English
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"As we dig, drill, and excavate to unearth the planet's mineral bounty, the resources we exploit from ores, veins, seams, and wells are gradually becoming exhausted. Mineral treasures that took millions, or even billions, of years to form are now being squandered in just centuries--or sometimes just decades. Will there come a time when we actually run out of minerals? Debates already soar over how we are going to obtain energy without oil, coal, and...
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