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During the first few months of the community's efforts, I viewed it as merely a public relations battle. I concentrated on becoming good at TV interviews. We seemed to get better as we progressed in the battle with the toxic dump site. But things changed after I went on a road trip home one afternoon from work! The events changed my view of the battle!
As I bounced along the country road, listening to country music, I noticed a large pick-up...
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A short story to be told to young children about an Enchanted Lake that was in danger of disappearing due to the human voracity that had contaminated its waters and allowed less and less water flow to pass through its feeder river.Due to the beautiful spirit that inhabited it, this sacred lake transmitted with its presence qualities of emotional and spiritual healing to all those who lived near it, plants, animals, and humans included.To make matters...
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How to take action on climate change in your everyday life.
When it came to climate change, Natalie Isaacs used to think it was someone else's issue. After all, what can one person do to make a difference? Then she cut her electricity bill by 20-percent and saw how much money and pollution she'd saved.
Feeling empowered, she embraced action instead of apathy and changed her life. She has never looked back.
In Every Woman's Guide to Saving the Planet,...
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This book follows the arc of an upland hunter's life from childhood into old age. Each chapter emphasizes the larger life lessons that hunting teaches a person as they learn and then practice the sport. A large portion of the book centers on the way upland hunting integrates wing shooting and dog work into a coherent whole that, when it works well, can approach art.
The book consists a Preface, 34 stories organized into seven sections (Growing Up,...
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In Conscious (R)Evolution, Humanity, Insanity, and the Planet, the author brings together two powerful insights: that all life on this planet is interconnected, and that humanity's current path of consumerism and industrialization is leading to catastrophe. From deforestation to pollution, we are damaging the very environment that sustains us. This book asks us to stop and consider the bigger picture: as an intelligent species, why would we willingly...
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Celebrating our national parks
• Denali National Park celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2017
• The park attracts more than 400,000 visitors annually
• More than 60 historic photographs throughout
Historic Denali National Park is a vibrant narrative that covers different parts of the park's history, from the Native Americans and the early explorers to park visitors today. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Denali National Park and...
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EcoHarmony" is your compass to a sustainable future, guiding you through ten enlightening chapters that demystify the art of eco-friendly living. Dive into the core of sustainability, unravel the potentials of green energy, and discover the secrets of energy efficiency. Explore water conservation techniques, master waste reduction, and embrace the world of sustainable transportation. Build your eco-haven with insights into eco-friendly homes and green...
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Learn about the environment and how to protect it! This Spanish nonfiction book explains what individuals and the government can do to keep Earth's air clean. The book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. With this fun, informative book and the additional activity, students will learn how to make their planet healthier. This 32-page full-color Spanish book describes current threats to the environment and explains how...
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What's to be done when only three spotted owls are left in Canada's wild? When wolves eat endangered caribou, cormorants kill rare trees, and housing developments threaten a tiny frog?
Environmental journalist Sarah Cox has witnessed what happens when we drive species to the brink of extinction. In Signs of Life, she tags along with the Canadian military, Indigenous guardians, biologists, conservationists, and ordinary people who are racing to save...
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Remote island ecosystems, scattered like gems across the world's oceans, harbor unparalleled natural beauty and ecological significance. However, these isolated paradises are under imminent threat due to the accelerating impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels and extreme weather events. As pristine island habitats struggle for survival, the urgent need for conservation and restoration has become increasingly clear. Innovative solutions...
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This is the first book of its kind to present sustainable eating with a failsafe 30-way recipe plan for readers to follow and cook from. Based on the simple principle that local ingredients equal the lowest possible carbon footprint, Ollie Hunter endeavours to eat sustainable, desirable and delicious food. Organised into four main chapters: Zero Waste, Organic and Seasonal, 50% of Produce within 30 Miles and What is Sustainability? the straightforward...
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Teach students about the park rangers who protect U.S. national parks. This nonfiction book explains the roles and responsibilities of park rangers in an easy-to-follow way. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a map of national parks, a fiction story related to the topic, an extension activity, discussion questions, and more exciting features. This 24-page full-color book describes what park rangers do to help both nature and people. It also...
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In 1953, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what became a legendary journey-a one hundred day trek over 30,000 miles around North America. They traveled from Newfoundland to Florida, deep into the heart of Mexico, through the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and into Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Two years later, Wild America, their classic account of the trip, was published.
On the eve of that book's...
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Learn about the world's freshwater shortage with this Spanish nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, this book explains Earth's water crisis and includes a fiction story related to the topic, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explores the difficulties of protecting fresh water and how individuals can help. It also covers essential concepts such as problem-solving and leadership,...
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Learn about the world's freshwater shortage with this Spanish nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, this book explains Earth's water crisis and includes a fiction story related to the topic, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explores the difficulties of protecting fresh water and how individuals can help. It also covers essential concepts such as problem-solving and leadership,...
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Now including an interview with environmental activist Tracy Frisch
Two-thousand-year-old redwoods once cloaked the northern California coast like bear fur, mesmerizing in their enormity. As a boy, Logan Blackburn spent many nights on a platform twenty stories off the ground in his favorite giant, Uuma, lulled to sleep by the strange murmuring and thrumming of the ancient redwood. As an adult, he joins his father and other activists to fight Pacific...
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Rebecca Barnes outlines fifty ways in which you, your congregation, and your local community can help fight global warming and enjoy participation in a vital part of Christian discipleship. In 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth, Revised Edition, she makes a clear connection, in a practical and unintimidating way, between stewardship of the earth and living one's faith.
This easy-to-follow book consists of seven chapters on topics related to global climate...
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This book was written to bring to everyone's attention our obsession with technology, which is destroying our planet's biosphere and will eventually, in the author's opinion, bring about the extinction of most species on Earth, both plant and animal, including, of course, our own. Clinging onto the belief that we will soon develop some new technology that will provide us with a free and unlimited source of energy and "save" us is just pure folly....
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This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs throughout, explores how animals are fighting the climate crisis by pooping. Discover the power of poo!
We all know animals are affected by the climate crisis. But did you know the climate crisis is also affected by animals?
From whales to dung beetles, What Poo Can Do explores how animals big and small are helping the planet every time they do a number two. Come on a...
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Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book examines the connection between humans and nature, why that connection is important and what we can learn from being outdoors. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Back to nature
We know spending time in nature is good for us, but why? And how did people become so disconnected from the natural world, anyway?
Get Outside! How Humans Connect with Nature explores...
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