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Publisher:
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
2 stars
Description:
"Many architects today are looking to plants and animals to help solve their design challenges. Inspired by how nature already works, these architects are coming up with innovative ways to cool buildings, withstand earthquakes and save energy. In Wild Buildings and Bridges, bestselling author Etta Kaner explores these wild and wonderful feats of architecture. Kids will discover buildings and bridges inspired by cactuses, beetles, termite towers, trees,...
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Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Description:
"As we become a more digital society, the gains that have been made for the environment by moving toward a paperless world with more and more efficient devices will soon be or already have been offset by the number of devices in our lives that are always using energy. But many don't think about the impact on the environment of the "Internet of things." Whether it's a microwave connected to the internet, use of Netflix, or online shopping, these technological...
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Publisher:
Broadway Books
Pub. Date:
c2010
Language:
English
Description:
The bestselling author of "Emotional Intelligence" and "Primal Leadership" reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what societies make and buy, and how that knowledge can drive the changes necessary to save the planet.
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Publisher:
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Description:
"There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of modern textile production. While humans are 100 percent reliant on their second skin, it's common to think little about the biological and human cultural context from...
Author:
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.
Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in changes in private life.
Author:
Publisher:
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Drawing on a career of environmental reporting and over two years of travel to the front lines of climate migration across the globe, an award-winning science journalist, in this urgent call to action, discusses the underreported, seismic consequences of climate change and how it will reshape humanity.
Author:
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Klein argues that climate change isn't just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It's an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein ... builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies"--
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Publisher:
Viking
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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:
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
Whether you re a homemade beauty product pro or recently joining the natural skin care revolution, this is your guide to creating all-natural skin care products. Deborah Burnes shares not only the how-to but the whys for choosing homemade beauty. Her simple, budget-friendly, and effective skin care recipes include treatments for face, body, and hair from decadent homemade beauty treats. Explore 110 easy-to-make natural beauty recipes to eliminate...
Author:
Publisher:
The Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Language:
English
Description:
"In Soap & Soul, Lisa Bronner presents dozens of ideas beyond those promised on the Dr. Bronner labels. Drawing on years of customer engagement, Lisa shares what customers want to know most: how to use Dr. Bronner's versatile products and live a simple, low-tox life. Fans of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps will find usages and dilutions for the products as Lisa covers popular topics such as hair washing, skin health, dog washing, laundry, carpet care, and...
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Publisher:
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
Description:
"Envision a brighter future with this STEM-based subset of True Books.Electric cars. Solar-powered planes. Poop-fueled trucks. Each of these technological advances in transportation is bringing us ever closer to a green future, and more are being developed all the time. Considering how many vehicles are on our roads - and in the water and air - sustainable transportation might be the most important innovation we can make to ensure our planet's future....
Author:
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan...
17. Green farming
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Series:
Publisher:
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"This STEM-based set of True Books introduces students to the engineering innovations that can help us reach more environmentally friendly goals"--
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Publisher:
Capstone Press
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Description:
"Plastic is everywhere . . . even in our oceans! But how did it get there, and why does it matter? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists are on a mission to find out. Using their superpowers and super-smarts, the team will break down this complex environmental issue into an exciting, fact-filled adventure so young readers can learn about the causes and effects of plastic pollution and discover steps we can...
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Publisher:
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
"Plastic is everywhere--in your shoes, pens, toothbrush, car, toys, TV, food packaging... it's almost impossible to get through one day without using it, and it's creating major problems for our planet. This practical guide shows you how to help protect our world by becoming a 'plastic patroller', and encourage your friends and family to do the same."--Provided by publisher.
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