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"We're living in an aha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking - suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Using politics, psychology, and history for attitude, Eyes Wide Open shows how to see the principles driving events...
23) Reuse this book!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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A paper-over-board interactive picture book with sturdy pages that introduces younger readers to recycling, resources, Earth science, and conservation. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Revitalize. Learn how budding environmentalists can help take care of the Earth with the interactive story Reuse This Book! Can you tap the seeds to help them grow? Tilt the book to water the tree? Trace the path of the bumblebee? Bold collage art made from reused mixed media...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm
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"Our planet is always turning. It may be midnight in London, but in different time zones other living things are waking up, ready to hunt or feed or fight. As the clock strikes twelve, two sisters are spirited away on a journey to glimpse, in the span of a moment, extraordinary biodiversity: a mother polar bear and her cubs hunting seals in Svalbard, tiny turtles in India following the moon toward the sea, and enormous whale sharks gulping plankton...
26) Reusing things
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30 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"Discover how to make a difference to the planet by reusing things, reducing garbage, recycling materials, and respecting our world"--P. [4] of cover.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Deforestation, global warming, depletion of aquifers, rising sea levels, and mass extinctions--how much longer can Earth compensate for these damaging forces? In this timely three-part series, David Attenborough and some of the world's leading experts on environmental matters consider probably the most important issue of the 21st century: the future of life on this planet.
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xii, 231 pages ; 23 cm
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"When the latest environmental devastation -- a clearcut forest, a mountaintop mining site -- breaks your heart, this book provides ideas and inspiration to find joy, make art, and experience ritual, all told with a heartfelt journalistic style. Trebbe Johnson gives clear ideas and suggestions for accepting places that have been wounded by human interaction, from clearcutting and fracking to extreme weather and urban sprawl. Ever had that sick feeling...
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xvii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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In this follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, the authors draw on the lessons gained from ten years of putting the Cradle to Cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people and envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: we don't just use or reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve the world as we live, create, and build.
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xiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm
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"We create "Handprints" by planting trees, eating healthfully, eco-remodeling, introducing youth to nature, and giving to earth-friendly causes. This book shows us how, individually and together, we can revive rivers, revitalize agriculture, curtail carbon emissions, form a circular economy, and foster a better world"--
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Did you know that the grass, trees, and dirt are the habitats or natural homes for insects, birds, and other animals? Learn why biodiversity is important, how the natural homes of various animals are being threatened, and what you can do to preserve and protect our natural environment. Includes step-by-step ideas for taking action, different points of view, an up-close look at relevant careers, and more.
Explains the importance of biodiversity on...
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Women of power volume 10
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Sarah reached out to women around the world who are tirelessly working to repair our climate. They are scientists, policymakers, journalists, lawyers, activists, professors, researchers, and organizers. Their lives are absorbed in seeking solutions. Here they walk readers through the steps to change. They show us what we can -- and must -- do for our future. Their advice? Do the work. Join an organization. Ask for help. And most important, get into...
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"One of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today, Thich Nhat Hanh's masterful work on how to be the change we want to see in the world"--
We face a potent intersection of crises: ecological destruction, rising inequality, racial injustice, and the lasting impacts of a devastating pandemic. The situation is beyond urgent. To face these challenges, we need to find ways to strengthen our clarity, compassion, and courage to act. Nhat Hanh...
39) The green girls
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144 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 23 cm.
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"Emma, Lily, and Fadila want to save the planet . . . and no one around them seems to care. Frustrated, they call themselves the Green Girls, take to social media, and launch a series of bold protests"--
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