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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Environmental sustainability policy has failed due to focusing on symptoms, such as CO2 emissions, rather than the root cause problems of the limitations of human systems and global poverty. Through significant research and a detailed road-map for how to achieve sustainability by 2050, Buffington provides a realistic, game changing path forward"--
2) RiverBlue
Publisher
Allied Vaughn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Follows internationally celebrated river conservationist Mark Angelo on a journey that uncovers the dark side of the fashion industry. Spanning the globe to infiltrate one of the world's most polluting industries, and speaking with fashion designers and water protectors world-wide, RiverBlue reveals stunning yet, shocking, never-before seen images that truly change the way we look at how our clothing is made. This groundbreaking documentary examines...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The slow violence being inflicted on our environment-through everything from carbon emissions to plastic pollution-also represents an impending public health catastrophe. Yet standard healthcare practices are more concerned with short-term outcomes than long-term sustainability. Every resource used to deliver medical care, from IV tubes to antibiotics to electricity, has a significant environmental impact. This raises an urgent ethical dilemma: in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every major American city has a highway tearing through its center. Seventy years ago, planners sold these highways as progress, essential to our future prosperity. The automobile promised freedom, and highways were going to take us there. Instead, they divided cities, displaced people from their homes, chained us to our cars, and locked us into a high-emissions future. And the more highways we built, the worse traffic got. Nowhere is this more visible...
Author
Language
English
Description
Demon Mineral can be considered an anti-Western, flipping the classical cinematic paradigm by centering the voices and experiences of the Diné community to explore the legacy of uranium mining in Diné Bikeyah, the sacred homelands of the Navajo where over 500 unremediated mines are scattered across an area the size of West Virginia. In the span of just four generations entire ways of living have been lost or severely compromised, as mining has contaminated...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Argues that modern American commercial structures such as amusement parks, shopping malls, and historical villages reflect society's preference for formulaic designs and simplified reinventions of past styles rather than innovative ideas in architectural design.
7) Eat smart!
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There is a variety of delicious food in the world, but it is not an unlimited resource. Full-color photographs and text guide readers as they discover the importance of being careful with food waste, occasionally opting for a meat-free meal option, and buying foods locally when possible."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with The Rosen Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Community resources, or the lack thereof, often dictate the strengths and weaknesses of that community, whether it's a town or city. This volume discusses both man-made resources-including dams, bridges, roads, and buildings-as well as renewable and non-renewable natural resources-such as soil, water, forests, and energy. Readers will explore how such resources affect a community's health and the opportunities of its members. They will also begin...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Social media star Emily Morrow invites readers into a practical, accessible--and funny--journey toward a healthier lifestyle in Really Very Crunchy. Emily shows you how crunchy is really a spectrum, and anyone can take steps to improve their quality of life through being a little bit crunchy . . . or even Really Very Crunchy, if you please"--
11) Eco-cars
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Vroom! A special car comes speeding down the street. What makes it so unique? It's an eco-car. Explore cars that are better for the planet! Engaging photos and carefully leveled text with an environmental spin goes green for this fan-favorite vehicle book"--
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 1942, the US government began construction on a sixty-thousand-acre planned community named Oak Ridge in a rural area west of Knoxville, Tennessee. Unmarked on regional maps, Oak Ridge attracted more than seventy thousand people eager for high-paying wartime jobs. Among them were author Emily Strasser's grandfather George, a chemist. All employees--from scientists to secretaries, from military personnel to construction workers--were restricted...
13) The Feminist Bird Club's birding for a better world: a guide to finding joy and community in nature
Author
Publisher
PA Press, Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Feminist Bird Club's Birding for a Better World illustrates how anyone can engage in the universally available activity of birding, and support equity and environmental justice at the same time, making an excellent gift or self-purchase for seasoned birders and beginners alike, as well as for nature lovers, social justice activists, and anyone seeking actionable information about accessibility and inclusivity in the birding community"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic. The dovekie is a stocky seabird the size of a child's heart that spends its winters on the coast of Newfoundland, thriving in one of the toughest climates on Earth. The polar bear is an apex predator, designed to persevere in the Arctic's...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A showcase of over forty of the most exciting and unique off-grid houses in North America, across a wide variety of wild and remote landscapes. Living off the grid has become increasingly desirable in recent years. Escaping the city to be immersed in nature is ever more appealing as the pressures of everyday life increase. The need to reduce our carbon footprints as the effects of climate change become a reality has brought sustainable living, particularly...
