Spinelli, Eileen
Summary: An illustrated counting rhyme that celebrates the beauty of nature and recommends ways to protect our one and only world, including recycling, conserving energy, and repairing broken items.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids, Hachette Book Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPISummary: In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOR RATED PGSummary: "This edition is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for Environmental Resources and Statistics. Section I: Resources, provides detailed contact information for thousands of information sources, including Associations & Organizations, Awards & Honors, Conferences, Foundations & Grants, Environmental Health, Government Agencies, National Parks & Wildlife Refuges, Publications, Research...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing, Inc.
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 363.7 ENVSummary: An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet, in the latest expose from filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC GRASummary: Stretching over 4,000 miles across South America, the Amazon River has long defied human efforts to tame it. Not a single bridge crosses it, and not one dam halts its flow. This program visits urban centers on the banks of the Amazon and examines new attempts to harness-or exploit-the river's energy and natural abundance. The journey begins at Iquitos-a Peruvian city blighted by poverty and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Among the most utilized waterways in the world, the Yangtze River is also one of the most volatile. This program sheds light on humanity's battle to tame and profit from the river-specifically, a project initiated by Chiang Kai-shek in the 1930s. The program also studies corresponding ecological problems. Viewers are introduced to the Three Gorges Dam, a concrete mega-structure visible from...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Lacey, Jane
Summary: Presents conservation questions and concepts for young readers to consider as they learn about environmental science.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 333.72 LACOtfinoski, Steven
Summary: "Learn about the history of alternative energy and find out what it takes to make it in this exciting career field."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333 OTFSummary: Rich in history, the Rhine feeds Europe's collective identity-as well as its divisions. Flowing from Switzerland through Austria, Germany, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, the river intersects a multitude of towns and cities in the process. This program follows the Rhine on its multifaceted journey and examines economic, political, environmental, and historical issues surrounding it....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Will biofuels reduce greenhouse gas emissions or actually increase them? Does the biofuel industry threaten the world's rainforests? Is corn, palm, rapeseed, or sugar cane the best plant source? What about recycled cooking oil? This program explores the ongoing controversy over biofuel technology, raising disturbing questions about sustainability and environmental impact while evaluating...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: As fresh water sources dwindle in the arid American Southwest, California faces growing difficulty in managing and sustaining its irrigation infrastructure. This program analyzes the multifaceted problem, sifting through environmental and political factors and assessing a number of potential solutions. Beginning its fact-finding tour at the Water Education Foundation in Sacramento, the film...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Rising from a Himalayan ice cave and emptying into the bay of Bengal, the Ganges River is sacred to Hindus as a purifying spirit-yet it currently suffers from pollution and neglect. This program follows the Ganges through various Indian cities, studying their relationship with the river and assessing its uncertain future. Beginning in Gangotri, the program profiles a photographer who has...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Were it not for the elemental forces of the Nile River, the great architecture of ancient Egypt and Ethiopia might never have been built. But in today's water-starved world, the river could lead both countries down a destructive path. This program examines lives and livelihoods that depend on the Nile, from the humble to the hugely ambitious. In Egypt, viewers encounter a struggling Cairo...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Its name conjures images of America's mythical past, encoded in the stories and novels of Mark Twain. But today's Mississippi River is rife with challenges no 19th-century storyteller could have imagined. From issues of basic survival to triumphs of creativity and profit, this program follows the day-to-day lives of those who dwell on the Mississippi. Starting in the town of Cairo,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Tallamy, Douglas W.
Summary: "An adaptation of Douglas Tallamy's book Nature's Best Hope, but written for a middle school level readership"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2023
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Summary: Discover why freshwater lakes are at risk. Amstutz shows how people are combating overfishing, and cleaning up polluted waters in order to preserve our freshwater lakes for future generations. Readers will also explore the science behind watersheds and the water cycle. Features include a cause-and-effect flow chart, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J755.54 CSSBreitrose, Prudence E.
Summary: "When a timber company threatens to cut down the rainforest on the island of Marisco, Megan's mom leads the effort to save it, with the help of the Mouse Nation. The mission takes the family (and mice) to England, where the trail leads to a duke's palace full of dangerous humans--and helpful British mice"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BRESummary: As the world’s top two carbon emitters, China and the U.S. face significant challenges reducing emissions while keeping up with a growing demand for more energy. Is there potential for cooperation between both Pacific Rim nations on this important issue, or is each country seeking its own distinct solutions? This program explores the collaborative efforts of American and Chinese academics and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: For decades, local food producers in the West have faced a shrinking market share. But if well-intentioned Americans and Europeans stop eating vegetables from Africa, will Africans have more to eat? Or will we simply deprive African farmers of a living? This program delves into that issue and other food-related problems, some of which have solutions while others urgently await answers. Viewers...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Sheldrake, Merlin
Summary: "Living at the border between life and non-life, fungi use diverse cocktails of potent enzymes and acids to disassemble some of the most stubborn substances on the planet, turning rock into soil and wood into compost, allowing plants to grow. Fungi not only help create soil, they send out networks of tubes that enmesh roots and link plants together in the 'Wood Wide Web.' Fungi also drive many...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: On the shores of the world's largest lake, a slick Chicago developer and a home-grown, small-town Michigan lake advocate collide over his proposed Superior Shores resort. She thinks he's ruining nature; he thinks he's showcasing it. Their differences generate a controversy that reverberates across the lake -- and sparks of another kind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [D. Dempsey] 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEMSummary: "The goal of the Nature & Environment Module is to ignite kids' curiosity to explore the connectedness of the natural world around them. Topics in this module include cause and effect, biology, plants, weather, geology, wildlife. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD NATTornio, Stacy
Summary: "This Class Can Save the Planet shows students they can have an incredible impact on the environment when they work together. It offers easy ideas kids can implement right away in their own schools and classrooms."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Be A Good Human Co 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TORAmrith, Sunil
Summary: In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Portuguese silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Company 2024