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21) Sounds wild and broken: sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 430 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rich exploration of how the evolution of both natural and manmade sounds have shaped us and the world, and how the world's acoustic diversity is currently in grave danger of being destroyed. We live on a planet that is wrapped in the diverse acoustic marvels of song and speech. Yet never has this diversity been so threatened as it is now. Braiding his experience as a listener and an ecologist with the latest scientific discoveries, David Haskell...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents 150 easy-to-make recipes for cleaning products filled with all-natural ingredients -- from dishwasher detergent to antibacterial wipes, from lemon and clove hardwood floor cleaner to citrus foaming hand soap and more!
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
203 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this superbly written book, fashion insider Lucianne Tonti looks beyond sustainable fashion to a future remade by natural fibres. An exploratory dive into the art and industry of clothing and an ode to the possibilities in nature, Sundressed is an accessible, engaging and optimistic challenge to designers, farmers and business to think bigger.If we grasp their potential, natural fabrics will revolutionize more than the way we dress. Regenerative...
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Toxic chemicals are found in almost all commercial cleaners--the very products you buy to make your home hygenic and healthy. Homemade Cleaners offers a better solution. Its tips, tricks and formulas guarantee to make your home sparkling and germ-free. Homemade Cleaners features over 150 recipes that are toxic-free, simple and affordable, highly effective, environmentally sound, kid and baby friendly. Using ingredients like vinegar, baking soda,...
Publisher
Outcast Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Educational version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Exposes the threats to the environment and health posed by pollution created by plastics, demonstrating how large quantities of waste plastic leaches into the drinking water supply. Examines the influence of the oil and gas industries as a source of the problem. Explores the limitations of plastics recycling. Proposes "zero waste" programs and the creation of bio-based, degradable materials as a solution.
26) Borne
Author
Series
Borne novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"'Am I a person?' Borne asks Rachel, in extremis. 'Yes, you are a person, ' Rachel tells him. 'But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.' In a ruined, nameless city of the future, Rachel makes her living as a scavenger. She finds a creature she names Borne entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic despotic bear that once prowled the corridors of a biotech firm, the Company, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly, and broke free....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After local leaders launched a crusade to end the slaughter of Trinidad's thousand-pound leatherback turtles, the turtles were transformed from shark bait to tourist attraction. Now Trinidad's beaches support 80 percent of the entire Caribbean's leatherbacks and nearby villages make a great living catering to the visitors.
29) Plastic Earth
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first documentary feature film of its kind to cover the solutions and technologies being worked on in the world today to combat and eventually solve the plastic crisis that our world is facing.
31) Project Earth
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jina is learning about climate change for a class project, but her efforts to save energy at home (by turning off all appliances) just seem to inconvenience her parents, and frustrate them all.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A feature-length documentary about the history and future of nuclear power. The film explores how and why mankind's most feared and controversial technological discovery is now passionately embraced by many of those who once led the charge against it. Operating as history, cultural meditation and contemporary exploration, Pandora's promise aims to inspire a serious and realistic debate over what is without question the most important question of our...
33) Recycling
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
What is composting? Where should you put your garbage? Why do we need to recycle? Recycling gets children thinking about why recycling is important and what they can do to help, and how they can encourage their parents and others to help, too.
34) Planeat
Publisher
TrueMind
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The story of three men's life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet ... With the help of some innovative farmers and chefs, [this film] shows how the problems we face today can be solved without simply resorting to a diet of lentils and lettuce leaves"--Container.
Author
Publisher
David Suzuki Institute / Greystone Books Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
169 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When she was young, biologist Ana Pêgo didn't play in a backyard but on a beach. As she grew older, Ana realized that a new species was becoming more and more common in the sand. She decided to collect the species and give it a name: Plasticus maritimus. She dedicated her life to studying plastic in the oceans and raising awareness of the danger it poses to the health of the planet. Inspired by Ana's experiences, and backed by extensive research,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires-and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (5 video files, approximately 62 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Tourism is a huge global industry which is having a major impact on the economy, culture and environment of many different countries. Five films explore examples from across the world.
39) Dirty gold
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Gold, the enduring safe investment and symbol of wealth, comes at a high price. Mined in slave-like conditions, it has been linked to everything from funding civil wars in Africa to causing environmental disasters in Latin America. The market for gold is enormous with 70% of global production handled by just one country: Switzerland. The industry has been protected by the Swiss state for more than a century, and turning a blind eye here is standard...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Already contacts between virus-carrying animals and humans are increasing due to loss of habitat, population growth, climate change, and other factors. Global travel means that an outbreak can race around the world within weeks. A sudden outbreak like COVID-19 can overwhelm the richest nations and leave their health systems struggling to catch up. And poorer countries can face health crises that quickly spiral out of control. The variety of possible...
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