Mann, Dionna L.
Summary: Conserving water is not hard. Small steps can lead to big changes! Learn how you can take action in How You Can Save Water. -- back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J333.91 MANBlack, David S.
Summary: This clever how-to handbook is the first step to living off the grid.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 BLASummary: Artist Dianna Cohen co-founded the Plastic Pollution Coalition, which describes itself as "a global alliance of individuals, organizations, and businesses working together to stop plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals and the environment." In this TEDTalk, Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic detritus in the oceans and in our lives, as well as some thoughts on how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The Aral Sea used to be one of the world's largest and most productive inland bodies of water until a Soviet plan to turn Central Asia into the greatest cotton-producer on Earth destroyed it. Now mostly a sterile lake amidst a desert poisoned by decades of fertilizer and pesticide runoff, the Aral Sea, itself ruined, is ruining the lives of all who still live near it. This program details the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: Waste Water Treatment (Part 2)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1980
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Summary: Waste Water Treatment (Part 1)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1980
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Summary: This is the ugly face of globalization, says A. R. Chowdhury-Repon, director of the Bangladesh Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment Foundation. He refers to a failure on the part of Western multinationals to ensure worker safety and proper environmental procedures in developing countries, and his description is echoed by many others throughout this program. Hidden camera interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Our most valuable treasure, is how residents of Dakar describe the Bay of Han. But pollution from both residential and industrial sources is destroying the body of water that has long supported fishing families in the Senegalese capital. This program reports on Western-aided efforts to restore the bay's ecological health and its viability as an economic resource. Specific challenges include the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Water is the chemical matrix required for life, the molecular chain that connects all organisms on this planet. Today the earth's water--transportation conduit, industrial feedstock, agricultural necessity--is coming under new pressures. Examining every aspect of H₂O, from the mythic to the infrastructural, a diverse group of artists and writers consider the current state of water.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 627.52 WATLemelman, Martin
Summary: "The thrilling true story of an ancient plant, wonderfully reborn in the modern era through the hard work of two female scientists. Thousands of years ago, in a time of rebellion, the Jewish people fought against their Roman rulers. The brutal Emperor Titus ordered the destruction of everything precious to the Jews: towns, villages, even their beloved Judean date palm trees. Centuries passed....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634 LEMSummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSummary: In 2014, to reduce costs, city officials changed the source of Flint, Michigan's drinking water supply and as a result subjected its population to dangerous levels of lead contamination. This program looks at the logistics of the Flint water crisis and exposes vulnerabilities that exist in water systems throughout the county.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POISummary: "Directed by Emmy Award winner Marina Zenovich and executive produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, this National Geographic documentary film unfolds like a real-life film noir, uncovering the ruthless exploits of California's notorious water barons, who profit off the state's resources while everyday citizens endure a debilitating water crisis"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WATMasters, Nancy Robinson.
Summary: Examines the water cycle, capturing and storing water and how water gets to homes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J628.1 MASSummary: In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn about all of the various bodies of water on earth. What are the differences between ponds, lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.? What are connective bodies of water? What are the human-made bodies of water? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with exciting video and dynamic graphics that reinforce important concepts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "While rivers make up just a fraction of the water on Earth, they provide the majority of what we use every day. Rivers run over and through our world, and sometimes we don't even know they are there. But do we fully understand or even appreciate all that rivers can do?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.91 DEBCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Envi Iss DebbinkSummary: This program takes a hard look at the mounting challenge of providing millions of people in urban areas with potable water and adequate disposal of waste water. To highlight the difficulties, segments focus on the water problems of the megalopolis, cities with populations of over ten million people, such as Lagos, Jakarta, and Mexico City. The massive logistics that enable Las Vegas to prosper...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Richter, Brian D.
Summary: "Water scarcity is spreading and intensifying in many regions of the world, with dire consequences for local communities, economies, and freshwater ecosystems. Current approaches tend to rely on policies crafted at the state or national level, which on their own have proved insufficient to arrest water scarcity. To be durable and effective, water plans must be informed by the culture,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 RICGhigna, Charles.
Summary: Illustrations and simple rhyming text show the importance of water to children and every living thing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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Summary: Will rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing, and industry increase the demands for fresh water beyond the finite supply? This program examines the role of high-level corporate and political players in the shrinking availability of what is already the most precious substance on Earth. Viewers follow numerous worldwide examples of the struggle for the basic right to water-from local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Brown-Waite, Eve.
Summary: Follows the author's journey from being a self-described "pampered city girl" to a Peace Corps volunteer, wife, and mother living in Ecuador and Uganda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.66 Brown-WaitePostel, Sandra
Summary: Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.4 POSMcGuirk, Leslie
Summary: Tucker is such a good digger that the Easter Bunny asks him for help hiding Easter eggs. But they bury the eggs so well that no one can find them on Easter morning! Will Tucker be able to hop to it and save the day?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD MCGAllen, P. David
Contents: Cast of characters -- Timeline -- Introduction -- Part I. making a federal case, by accident -- Green Bay convergence -- The Feds don't take Wisconsin's hint -- Inner turmoil at Fish and Wildlife -- Grand theft -- Part II. The Feds take the case -- Can't we all just get along? -- Making the case -- Escalation to the breaking point -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- References.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2023