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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Driven by intensely personal testimony and painstaking research, Deadly Deception exposes what GE never wanted its customers to know: a shocking pattern of negligence and misinformation spanning several decades. These tragic stories are answered by the inspiring activism of the GE Boycott, a grassroots campaign run by corporate accountability organization, Corporate Accountability International, to pressure GE out of the nuclear weapons industr. Nine...
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Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Even as seas rise against the shores, another great tide is beginning to rise - a tide of outrage against the pillage of the planet, a tide of commitment to justice and human rights, a swelling affirmation of moral responsibility to the future and to Earth's fullness of life. Philosopher and nature essayist Kathleen Dean Moore takes on the essential questions: Why is it wrong to wreck the world? What is our obligation to the future? What is the...
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Series
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English
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Save the birds! Save the trees! That's what the cubs are saying around Bear Country. If Squire Grizzly gets his way and cuts down the trees in Birder's Woods, the yellow popinjays will have nowhere to rest. They could disappear forever. It's up to the cubs to save this important part of nature before it's too late! The Berenstain Bears' Nature Rescue is an engaging early reader chapter book that features black and white illustrations alongside entertaining...
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Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Planet Earth: 25 Environmental Projects You Can Build Yourself provides an engaging guide to the natural world and encourages children ages 9 and up to get their hands dirty and actively connect with the environment. It then introduces key environmental issues -- wind and solar power, pollution, endangered species, global warming, and recycling -- and posits potential solutions. Trivia, fun facts, and 25 captivating hands-on projects investigate ecology...
Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Get the Summary of Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Mindfulness and the radical insights of Zen meditation can give us the strength and clarity we need to help create a regenerative world in which all life is respected. Filled with Thich Nhat Hanh's inspiring meditations, Zen stories and experiences from his own activism, as well...
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English
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Witches, who for centuries have maintained the climate, are losing their power as the atmosphere becomes more erratic, and all hope for a better future lies with Clara Densmore, an Everwitch whose rare magic is tied to every season.
For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, their power from the sun peaking in the season of their birth. Now their control is faltering; the atmosphere has become more erratic. All hope lies with Clara, an Everwitch...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
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Series
My weird school daze volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's the start of a new school year in this third book in the My Weird School Daze series. And A.J.'s third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is out of this world! He's a super genius who dresses weird, talks weird, and acts even weirder. He seems to know literally everything, which only makes the students at Ella Mentry School wonder… Is he a computer posing as a person, or does he come from another planet? Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Fern helps to take care of her impoverished family by foraging for food in the forest, but when a fracking company rolls into town, she realizes that her peaceful woods and her family's livelihood could be threatened.
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Publisher
Hawthorn Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This unique resource offers new ideas, stories, creative activities, and methods for people working in conservation, outdoor learning, environmental education, youthwork, business training, sustainability, health, social and economic change. It shows how to encourage pro-environmental behavior in diverse participants: from organization consultants and employees, to families, youth and schoolchildren. The stories and their exploration engage people...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Our current industrial method of food production is increasingly viewed as an unsustainable system, destructive to the environment and public health. But what is the alternative? Fresh profiles the farmers, thinkers, and business people across the nation who are at the forefront of re-inventing food production in America. With a strong commitment to sustainability, they are changing how farms are run, how the land is cared for, and how food is distributed....
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Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Inspiration, practices, and meditations to empower us in the face of planetary suffering: "True wisdom for tough times." --John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America Deepening global crises surround us, causing many to fall prey to denial and despair. Coming Back to Life shows how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to the harsh realities of our time, and that when honored through the revolutionary practice of the Work That Reconnects,...
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Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The environment is all around us, whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country. Sometimes, it's easy to ignore. But forgetting about the environment isn't an option if we want our planet to be healthy! Planet Earth: Finding Balance on the Blue Marble with Environmental Science Activities for Kids introduces middle grade readers to all the parts of the natural world, including the oceans, the atmosphere, the earth, and everything in between....
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University of New South Wales Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Australia -- and the world -- is changing. On the Great Barrier Reef corals bleach white, across the inland farmers struggle with declining rainfall, birds and insects disappear from our gardens and plastic waste chokes our shores. The 2019 -- ;20 summer saw bushfires ravage the country like never before and young and old alike are rightly anxious. Human activity is transforming the places we live in and love.In this extraordinarily powerful and...
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