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Magic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020].
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Meet 12 young activists from around the world who are speaking out and taking action against climate change. Learn about the work they do and the challenges they face, and discover how the future of our planet starts with each and every one of us.:--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vi, 249 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Every person has a path in life, one that is intertwined with the fate of the earth. The life stories in this collection begin and end with that realization. First, as children, in different countries and eras, they witness how humans provoke environmental degradation. Each leads a life that not only minimizes their individual contribution to climate change at a local scale, but also that of their generation on a global scale. Then, as adults, they...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
50 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign that read "School strike for the climate" in Swedish, Greta sat alone on the steps of the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change.
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"Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation. Her organization planted over thirty million trees in thirty years. This beautiful picture book tells the story of an amazing woman and an inspiring idea."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
Traces Rachel Carson's journey as a scientist and writer, from her childhood observing the interconnectedness of nature to her adult life as an environmental activist, ultimately paving the way for the modern green movement.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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"With emotion and striking detail, Robert recalls both the private joys and very public pain of his childhood-the overwhelming devastation of Jack Kennedy's assassination, then, just five years later, his own father's tragic death when Robert was just fourteen. After years of struggling, Robert eventually found his calling as a fierce and passionate environmental activist. Today, like the Kennedys who came before him, he remains a staunch Democrat...
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"This nonfiction book for middle readers profiles twenty environmental activists of colour from around the world. Their individual stories show that the intersection of environment and ethnicity is an asset, not an obstacle, to helping the planet. Illustrated with photos of each of the people profiled."--
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Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Presents the work of Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager and environmental activist who started the student movement to combat climate change and led a worldwide children's march to challenge world leaders to act on the issue.
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Wind Riders volume 4
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Join Max and Sofia, two kids trying to save the environment one problem at a time with their magical sailboat. Their latest mission? Cleaning up the plastic waste that's hurting puffins and belugas in Iceland.
In Starry Bay, summer vacation means snorkeling for sea glass by the beach, until Max and Sofia come across an abandoned sailboat. With a spin of the wheel, Wind Rider transports them to animals who need their help! This time, they drop anchor...
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A New York Times–bestselling series: A murder mystery set on Italy's secretive island of Murano, renowned for its world-famous glass.
On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Brunetti and his assistant play hooky from work to help a friend, Marco Ribetti, arrested during an environmental protest. They secure his release, only to be faced by the fury of the man's father-in-law, Giovanni De Cal, a cantankerous glass factory owner who has...
15) Rachel Carson
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles scientist and writer Rachel L. Carson, whose 1962 book "Silent Spring" warned of the impact of pesticides on the environment and started the modern environmental movement.
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"The mid-life crisis handed to Joanna Pocock came in a box marked with one simple word: Montana. With their seven-year-old daughter in tow, Joanna and her husband packed up their house, filled one suitcase each, and left the rhythms of life in England behind for their great adventure in the American West. Blending personal memoir with insightful reportage and vivid nature writing, award-winning writer Joanna Pocock investigates the changing landscape...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, the book touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
422 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Description
"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places, to see how...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"When the kids in Room 5 write to Earth asking what they can do to help save our planet, they are delighted to get a letter back. A monthly exchange of ideas becomes a lasting friendship in this affectionate story about how to be an Earth Hero."--Dust jacket.
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