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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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Many of us take the water that comes out of our faucets for granted. But have you ever wondered how water makes it to your house in the first place? Sometimes it travels for hundreds of miles, thanks to aqueducts. This volume takes readers on a journey to the ancient world to see how people created aqueducts to serve burgeoning civilizations. Readers will also discover that todays aqueducts are technological marvels crafted by scientists, engineers,...
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University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"There's Money in Thirst," reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so "we're all aware that it has a price." But for those who have no access to clean water, a fifth of the world's population, the price is thirst. This is the frightening landscape that Karen Piper conducts us through in The Price of Thirst--one...
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Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explores water quality and shortages around the world and how activists are seeking solutions to the growing problems that humans face with water. It's very possible that in the near future, there won't be enough water to sustain life on our planet. This film sheds light on the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, and shows communities already struggling with its ill effects.
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Author Florencia Ramirez toured American water sustainable farmsfrom rice paddies in Cajun Louisiana to a Hawaiian coffee farm to a Boston chocolate factory and beyon. Her book, Eat Less Water, tells the story of under-appreciated environmental threat of water scarcity. It is also a useful cookbook with water-sustainable recipes accompanying each chapter, and a fascinating personal narrative that will teach the reader how they, too, can eat less water....
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...
8) Water can be
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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"This picture book poetically explores the many things water can be--from home maker and ship breaker to cloud fluffer and fire snuffer. Backmatter provides additional explanations."--
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Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water is not polluted or wasted.
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EarthAware Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm.
Description
"Scientists, engineers, academics, and environmentalists warn that unless water use is drastically reduced, severe water shortage will affect the entire planet by 2040. But what does that mean? Why? What should we do? Are We Running Out of Water? unravelsthe issues and the answers using a visual thinking technique called mind mapping, which makes complicated subjects easy to understand. Beautiful illustrations bring the many issues, concepts, and...
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Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
Describes all aspects of the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and accumulation and discusses the impact that humans have on the use and supply of water.
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Description
In the developed world, if you want a drink of water you just turn on a tap or open a bottle. But for millions of families worldwide, finding clean water is a daily challenge, and kids are often the ones responsible for carrying water to their homes. Every Last Drop looks at why the world's water resources are at risk and how communities around the world are finding innovative ways to quench their thirst and water their crops. Maybe you're not ready...
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Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis... begging the question: Can anyone really own water?"--Container.
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Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.
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