Frank Carlson Library

Have you ever wondered what happens to your garbage after you throw it away? Learn about multi-digit numbers while taking a trip to a landfill and recycling center! Through real-world examples of problem-solving, students will become comfortable working with graphs and multi-digit numbers as they learn new concepts and vocabulary terms like place value, exact value, rounded numbers, inequalities, and comparing numbers. This full-color math reader...

When the family's drugstore is failing, seventh-grader Lucy uses her problem solving talents to come up with solution that might resuscitate the business, along with helping the environment.

The Future of Packaging provides a straightforward solution to tackling the daunting issues of waste in the packaging industry by returning to a "circular economy." Beginning with a critique of the irresponsibility of the packaging industry and its contributions to wastefulness, Tom Szaky and his coauthors illuminate the path towards a waste-free future with lessons from the past. The goal of this book is to serve as a guide for designing a circular...

How to Do Things is a fascinating window into life in early 20th century America, and was the first book to collect centuries of practical information, neighborly wisdom, and generational knowledge and compile it into one comprehensive volume. William Campbell is part outdoorsman, part writer. He resides on a 100-acre farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife and an Australian Shepherd named Tonto. He spends his days hunting, fishing, and reading...

Transformational Thought by Jason F. McLennan is a dynamic collection of provocative essays that critically challenge the design practices and thinking that are interwoven within our contemporary cultural, societal, personal value systems. Rather than an ominous commentary about the terminal shortcomings of society, McLennan relates his architectural acumen and his eclectic knowledge of sustainability, proposing an intelligent, and sometimes radical...

Increasingly, business leaders are tasked with developing new products, services, and business models that minimize environmental impact while driving economic growth. It's a tall order-and a call that is only getting louder. In Can Business Save the Earth? Michael Lenox and Aaron Chatterji explain just how the private sector can help. Many believe that markets will inevitably demand sustainable practices and force them to emerge. But Lenox and Chatterji...

If you want to discover how to get rid of clutter and organize your home so you can experience proven relief from your clutter headache, keep reading...Did you know that Clutter-related worry ranks as the 5th highest trigger for stress in Americans according to a Huffington Post. A survey of 1,000 American women by OnePoll shows that 10% of these women experience a feeling of depression anytime they open their closets. A LexisNexis study shows that,...

The market for green products has expanded rapidly over the last decade, but most consumers need something more than eco-benefits to motivate their purchases. Magali A. Delmas and David Colgan argue that many green products now offer the total package-a "green bundle" that checks the environmental box, but also offers improved performance, health benefits, savings, and status. To help consumers cut through the noise and make their best decisions,...

Just prior to periods of great migration, certain species display agitation and restlessness - a phenomenon referred to by scientists as 'zugunruhe'. McLennan identifies a similar pattern emerging among people yearning for a sustainable future. This book is intended as a catalyst for anyone interested in exploring a deeper, more meaningful connection to the environmental movement. "Zugunruhe is a work of creative genius that draws us into an engaging...

El Programa de Arquitectura de la Universidad Piloto de Colombia, mediante una cátedra rodante en septiembre del 2005, programó el I Seminario de Guadua, Bahareque y Sismoresistencia. Su objetivo y destino era conocer el proyecto de la granja de Mamá Lulú con el fin de entrar en relación con estas técnicas constructivas vernáculas. Esto da origen al I Seminario de Permacultura (2013) donde se enaltece el trabajo con guadua que ha desarrollado...