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Tuesday, April 22nd 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm at the Hughes Main Library, Meeting Room A. Recycle shopping bags into sturdy floor mats. This program is free and all materials are provided. Registration Begins April 11th. Call 242-5000 Ext 2247 for more information. America's Favorite Architecture Lecture: Marianne CusatoTuesday, April 22nd 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm at the Hughes Main Library, Meeting Room A. Join architect and author Marianne Cusato as she discusses the value of design and the importance of sustainability in our homes, communities, and everyday lives. Free and open to the public. Call 527-9293 for more information. Earth Day Books List AdultsAdults Lydia MilletFic Millet, 2008 How the Dead Dream Millet’s novel is described as being both haunting and deliciously absurd. It is the story of a disturbed young man who breaks into zoos after they are closed in order to be closer to different endangered animals and seek his own sense of healing. Ann Pancake Fic Pancake, 2007 Strange as This Weather Has Been This novel is about a woman named Lace See and her family living in the mining country of West Virginia. As the strip mining in the area begins to have more and more noticeable impact on the environment, the economy, and her family, Lace See takes up activism in an effort to save the region she calls home. Bill McKibben 304.28 McKibben, 1989 The End of Nature The End of Nature is considered a groundbreaking work in efforts of environmental awareness and the fight to save the future of our planet. McKibben brings to the front line the urgent need for individuals, communities, governments, and corporations to change the fundamentals of their thinking in regards to the way the environment is being treated. A highly recommended read for anyone interested and concerned about the affects of human lifestyle upon our natural world. Wade Davis 306.08 Davis, 2001 Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures Paul Hawken 333.72 Hawken, 2007 Blessed Unrest: How The Largest Movement in the world Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming. Blessed Unrest investigates various movements across the globe to promote environmental awareness and healing as well as to develop stronger senses of relationship amongst the greater human community. Hawken’s book discusses the many people throughout the world who are involved in these efforts to ensure both the survival of our planet and our species. Helen Cothran 333.79 Energy, 2002 Energy Alternatives: Opposing Viewpoints Several authors examine and debate the merits and complications of using alternative energy to provide power to our nation and the world. Considers the necessities of alternate energy uses and whether such pursuits will be safe and environmentally beneficial. Nicholas Hulot 333.9516 Hulot, 2006 One Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity A collection of excellent quality color photographs displaying images from all different ecosystems of the world. Text accompanies the images to bring greater awareness to the reader about the magnificent beauty and biodiversity of life on our planet. Edward O. Wilson 333.9522 Wilson , 2002 The Future of Life Harvard Biologist Edward O. Wilson brings a meditation on biodiversity and our need to pursue sustainable ecosystems in his book. Wilson warns that if human consumptive lifestyle continues, more than half the world’s species could be extinct by mid century. The Future of Life looks at the value and need for biodiversity and what we can do to protect and preserve it. Wendell Berry 338.1 Berry, 2003 Citizenship Papers A collection of nineteen essays regarding current events and the responsibilities that all citizens of this nation hold in the upkeep of our country. Norman Wirzba 338.1 Essential, 2003 The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land Harvey Blatt 363.700973 Blatt, 2005 America’s Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Grade? In this book Harvey Blatt looks at what needs to be done in our nation to achieve a sustainable environment. With illustrations, charts, and close attention to scientific details, America’s Environmental Report Card focuses on some of the biggest concerns that the United States faces today in creating a healthy Earth for our future. Ross Gelbspan 363.7387 Gelbspan, 2004 Boiling Points: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists are Fueling the Climate Crisis - and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster A former journalist for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe, Ross Gelbspan warns of the dire consequences that will occur if we continue to ignore the global warming crisis. Boiling Point reports on how government inaction and denial of critical climate change could pose significant problems to the world for generations to come if action is not taken immediately. Dave Reay 363.73874 Reay, 2005 Climate Change Begins at Home: Life on the Two-Way Street of Global Warming Climatologist David Reay urges individuals to make personal life changes in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%, the level necessary to halt current global warming trends. Reay pays special attention to the impact on housing, gardening, food, money, work, transportation, and even death, due to climate changes. Christopher Spence 363.73874 Spence, 2005 Global Warming: Personal Solutions for a Healthy Planet Global Warming: Personal Solutions for a Healthy Planet is a primer on global warming for the general reader. Spence describes the basic science behind global warming and how it is likely to affect both society and the natural world. Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek A collection of interconnected and related essays that present the challenge of looking at the natural world in new and illuminating ways. Part spiritual contemplation and part environmental activism, Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek brings new light to the way we think about the world around us. Colin Tudge 528.16 Tudge, 2006 The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter A look at everything about trees, the forests they create, and the fragile and important ecosystems they sustain. Richard Ellis 577.7 Ellis, 2003 The Empty Ocean: Plundering the World’s Marine Life A look at what the oceans’ have lost through both reduction and extinction of many of the world’s marine species. Ellis writes about what we can do to help prevent future depletion and begin the process of healing our valuable seas. Robert D. Morris 614.43 Morris, 2007 The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We Drink An investigative and contemplative account of the potential dangers that lurk in the water we drink everyday. The Blue Death warns us that even with all our advancements in sanitation and purification we may still be at risk from overlooked and misunderstood factors that affect our water systems. Devra Davis 616.994 Davis, 2007 The Secret History of the War on Cancer In The Secret History of the War on Cancer Devra Davis examines the various elements that are responsible for causing cancer and how research and funding have not adequately pursued solutions on the environmental level to aid in prevention of the diseaseh. Leslie A. Duram 631.58 Duram, 2005 Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works Compelling portraits of organic farmers bring to life facts and figures in an extensive overview of the phenomenal growth in recent years of organic production and consumption. Eric Ebeling 631.875 Basic, 2003 Basic Composting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started Basic Composting includes composting techniques with color illustrations and photos, details on what and what not to compost, and suggested uses for finished compost matter. Rachel Carson 632.9 Carson, 1962 Silent Spring First published in 1963, Silent Spring is considered by many to be the book that sparked the environmental movement. Silent Spring examined the effects that the pesticide DDT had on bird populations throughout the nation and provoked changes in policy to prevent the extinctions of many valuable species. Barbara Kingsolver 641.0973 Kingsolver, 2007 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Good Food Life Accounts of Barbara Kingsolver and her family’s challenges and discoveries of relying on a locally produced diet for a year. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle considers the impact of our culture’s consumption of food and how moving towards a more localized diet can be good for the environment, local economy, and one’s own culinary appreciation. Henry David Thoreau 818.308 Thoreau , 1854 Walden Walden is Thoreau’s classic piece of American Transcendental literature describing his life and times on Walden Pond outside of Cambridge Massachusetts. Over 150 years after its original publishing, Walden still remains a definitive contemplation of humanity and nature. Terry Tempest Williams B Williams, 2001 Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place A deep and heartfelt examination of disaster and suffering both natural and unnatural. Williams recollects after the loss of her mother to cancer and the destruction of a favorite bird sanctuary due to a natural disaster. ChildrenChildren - The Earth Is Our Home Picture Books E ArnoskyCrinkleroot’s Visit to Crinkle Cove Crinkleroot searches for his friend, a small orange snake, through a soggy shoreland woods to the lake, under lily pads, and on a grassy knoll full of frogs, examining the animals and plants along the way. E Base Uno’s Garden Uno builds a home and garden in the magnificent forest among the playful puddlebuts and feathered frinklepods, but as the place becomes more and more popular, it is overtaken by tourists and buildings until the forest and animals seem to disappear altogether. E Berkes Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme A counting and singing approach for young children to learn and appreciate the animals of the tropical rainforest. E Cherry The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tangle A seed from a mangrove tree floats on the sea until it comes to rest on the shore of a faraway lagoon where, over time, it becomes a mangrove island that shelters many birds and animals, even during a hurricane. E Cherry The Great Kapok Tree The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home. E Cronin Diary of a Worm A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and not so good things about being a worm in this great big world. E Godkin Wolf Island Set on an island in Northern Ontario, the Wolf Island story chronicles what happens when the highest link in the food chain is removed. E Plowden Turtle Tracks A girl vacationing with her family at the beach meets a volunteer who is helping newly-hatched loggerhead turtles to reach the water safely. E Seuss The Lorax The Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop Once-ler from destroying the forest. E St. Pierre What the Sea Saw A lyrical introduction to the sea, its inhabitants, and its role in the world around it. Includes facts about the ecosystems of oceans and shorelines. E Winter The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story The true story of two red-tailed hawks who nested on a tall apartment building on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1993 and thereby attracted widespread attention from the public. Juvenile Chapter Books J CherryThe Dragon and the Unicorn Valerio the dragon and Allegra the unicorn are driven into hiding when humans begin to destroy the natural beauty of their land, but they receive hope when they befriend the daughter of the man responsible. J Child What Planet Are You from Clarice Bean? When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street. J Hiaasen Flush With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister Abbey must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. J McDonald Judy Moody Saves the World When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project. J McDonald Julie and the Eagles Julie and her best friend Ivy find a baby owl in Golden Gate Park--and it needs help. At a wildlife rescue center, Julie meets Shasta and Sierra, two bald eagles that will be caged for life, unless money is raised to release them back into the wild. For Earth Day, Julie thinks of a unique way to tell the public of the eagles' plight. The "Looking Back" section explores the beginning of the environmental movement.Juvenile Nonfiction J 553.7 GallantWater: Our Precious Resource An in-depth look at Earth's waters and mankind's uses of water throughout history which includes ideas about planning better use of this critical resource in the future. J 363.739 Green Reducing Air Pollution Discusses air pollution, its causes, the long-term effects, and what can be done to prevent further damage. E 363.61 Kerley A Cool Drink of Water Depicts people around the world collecting, chilling, and drinking water. J 363.728 Love Trash Action: A Fresh Look at Garbage Depicts the close relationship between humans and their environment, encouraging the responsible management of trash through reduction, reuse, and recycling. E 363.7285 Maass Garbage An introduction to the problems of waste management and the various ways we dispose of garbage. Includes tips on recycling. J 745.5 Monaghan Organic Crafts: 75 Earth-Friendly Art Activities Learn with fun-filled craft activities about reusing, reducing, and recycling. J 363.73875 Morgan The Ozone Hole Explains what the ozone layer of the atmosphere is, what destroys it, and how this depletion affects humans and life on earth. J 363.73874 Parks Global Warming Explains what global warming is, how it occurs, and what is being done to protect future generations. J 363.73874 Rockwell Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? : The Dangers of Global Warming Tells about the greenhouse effect, recycling, and what you can do to help fight global warming. E 782.42 Schnetzler Earth Day Birthday Set to the familiar music of "The Twelve Days of Christmas,” verses describe different animals that illustrate the wonders of the wild world. Includes a factual section about Earth Day and ways to celebrate it. E 631.4 Stewart Down to Earth Introduces the components of soil, patterns of change, and erosion. J 553.7 Strauss One Well: The Story of Water on Earth Water is a necessity of life on earth. Learn ways to protect it while learning water's story. |
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