Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her town’s full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard — the system of numbers you see inside the little triangle on plastics. This is the inspiring story of how she...
Environmentalism
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Author:Moser, Elise, Ritchie, ScotSummary: -
Author:Lappano, Jon-ErikSummary:Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and skyscrapers have been built up around the family’s house where once there were hills and trees. Will they ever experience...
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Author:Summary:Thunder at Michigan and Thunder in the Heartland is about a chronicle of changes that took place in a small school in a major Midwestern university. The change that took place had a profound impact upon both the students and faculty...
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A prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of the Earth.
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Author:Turner, ChrisSummary:The story of Fort McMurray and the oil sands in northern Alberta, the world's second largest proven reserve of oil. But this is no conventional story about the oil business. Rather, it is a portrait of the life cycle of the Patch,...
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Author:Boyd, David R.Summary:A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment
Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges — climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we...
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Author:Wilson, JanetSummary:Severn Suzuki’s speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world. As the daughter of environmentalist David Suzuki, Severn's concern for the environment was fueled by a trip to the Amazon rainforest at age nine....
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Author:Roy, PhilipSummary:In Seas of South Africa, the sixth volume in the best-selling Submarine Outlaw series, it has been over two years since the young explorer first set sail in his own submarine, with his dog and seagull crew. Now, almost seventeen, Alfred...
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Author:Suzuki, David T.Summary: - Author:Kelsey, ElinSummary:
We are at an inflection point: today, more people than ever before recognize that climate change and biodiversity loss are urgent and existential threats. Yet constant reports of climate doom are fueling an epidemic of eco-anxiety,...
- Author:Boyd, David R.Summary:
Bien que le monde soit confronté à d’importants problèmes écologiques, Environnement: les années optimistes rapporte les gains environnementaux les plus significatifs réalisés ces dernières années: des espèces en voie de disparition...
- Author:Cowan, JenniferSummary:
A New York Times Editors' Choice. Earthgirl follows the eco-evolution of sixteen-year-old Sabine Solomon, who is thrown into the fray one afternoon when she's riding her bike downtown to join her friends, and an idling minivan driver...
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Author:Hawken, PaulSummary:Blessed unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the...
