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The actress, filmmaker, and Greenpeace ambassador best known for playing Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies offers simple, tangible steps toward reducing our environmental impact by cutting down on waste and living more sustainably. Go Gently is a guide for sustainability at home that offers simple, tangible steps toward reducing our environmental impact by looking at what we consume and the waste we create, as well as how to take action for...
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Told through stories from an extraordinary career and fascinating research, this urgent book, written by the world's most famous living naturalist and an internationally best-selling author, explores one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature--hope.
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Experiment
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Having competed in over 600 long-distance races across fifty-five years, Ed Ayres is arguably the most experienced American distance runner still competing today. A book no one else could have written, The Longest Race is his urgent exploration of the connection between endurance athletes and a sustainable society. The Longest Race begins with Ayres at the starting line of the 2001 JFK 50 Mile-- the nation’s oldest and largest ultramarathon and,...
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Childs World
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Covers how children can help to protect endangered animals by supporting environmental protection organizations, learning more about endangered species, reducing energy use, and more.
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"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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How to be an earthling volume 10
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Kane Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Going, going, gone! Spork kicks a ball over an old brick wall. Behind it, Trixie finds a secret, totally forgotten park! The fountain is broken. The benches are battered. But if Trixie can get her friends to give flowers, paint, and tools, maybe the mayor won't lock the park up. Too bad Trixie has nothing to chip in . . . besides hard work!
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Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.
Three short stories that focus on loss and despair ; the final story, The rabbits, was written by John Marsden.
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Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"When we work together, we humans can do incredible things. We share the responsibility to address climate change and our changing planet. It is critical that we act collectively to protect our beautiful, fragile world...Celebrating the amazing things people can do, it’s an inspiring message of hope."--publisher's website.
11) Cool it
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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From the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist comes this practical guide to solving our environmental problems and cooling the 'green' hysteria that's gripping the planet. Based on the controversial book by political scientist Bjorn Lomborg.
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North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"For all those seeking to reclaim their innate and legal right to care for their own dead, create home funeral vigils, and choose greener after-death care options that are less toxic and more sustainable for the earth More natural after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to care for a loved one after death and do so in creative, nourishing,...
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Patagonia Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Simple but powerful advice on how and why to rethink your business structure in a time when traditional capitalism is no longer working for people or the planet. Vincent Stanley, Patagonia's Director of Philosophy, with Yvon Chouinard, founder and former owner of Patagonia, draws on 50 years' experience at Patagonia to challenge all business owners and leaders to rethink their businesses in a time of cultural and climate chaos. Patagonia over...
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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You can make a difference, no matter how old you are! These kids are helping to save honeybees, teaching people the importance of clean air and water, raising money to help endangered birds, and writing petitions to raise awareness of climate change. You should meet these kids who are saving the planet!
15) Green burial guidebook: everything you need to plan an affordable, environmentally friendly burial
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New World Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"A funeral home director discusses the environmental impact of common burial practices and provides ecologically sound alternatives that minimize the use of chemicals and non-biodegradable materials; also covers the financial and legal aspects of green burial methods"--
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Lost The Plot
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Kate Nelson has been disposable-plastic free for a decade. She started small: stopping her use of plastic bags and water bottles, refusing straws and carrying a reusable cup for takeaway coffee. But unhappy with how much plastic she still handled in her day-to-day life, she knew she had to do more. It took years, but Kate has developed effective strategies that others can easily adopt. I Quit Plastics is an inspiring and practical guide to reducing...
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Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Where do you start if you want to reduce the plastic in your life? Especially when most of us are wearing it, eating and drinking from it, sitting on it, walking on it, and probably even ingesting it. Anywhere you go, plastic is within easy reach - even in Antarctica and the North Pole. We didn't quit plastic overnight. In fact, it's still a work in progress. But along the way, we have learnt a lot - researching the issue from the grass roots up,...
18) Berani
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Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"Perspectives of two Indonesian middle-schoolers and a caged orangutan entwine. Wealthy Malia faces the consequences of disobediently circulating an anti-palm-oil petition at her school, resulting in suspensions for herself, her best friend, and her teacher. Ari, fortunate to be plucked from his impoverished village to attend school and compete in chess tournaments, helps the uncle who is hosting him but worries about Ginger Juice, the orangutan his...
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"This empowering and illustrated guide that is perfect for Earth Day uses easy-to-read infographics to show that taking care of our environment can be both fun and rewarding as we reduce, reuse and recycle to clean up our precious planet."--
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