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Climate Change: Our Impact on the Planet
by Simon Scoones |
Today's social and headline-making dilemmas, with their various shades of gray, engage readers in energetic debate. From snooping surveillance cameras to powerful media influence, these are the issues that impact our lives every day. Packed with solid facts, pro and con viewpoints, and debate questions, this series encourages readers to discuss current events and modern history. |
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Climate Fix: what scientists and politicians won't tell you about global warming
by Roger Pielke |
Pielke, an environmentalist, policy analyst, and son of a noted meteorologist, clearly has a distinct, insider's understanding of the highly charged global-warming issue. Here, he sets out to "clarify the climate debate in a way that anyone who can use a bit of addition, multiplication, and common sense can make sense of." The discussions have become so polarized as an issue of policy vs. science that the actual concerns have gotten lost. The numerous recent books on the topic only add to the debate. Pielke is unusual, as he neatly separates the science of climate change from the rhetoric, bringing the issue back to the realm of rational discussion. Assuming that readers have a working knowledge of climate science, he handles the technical aspects in a general way. It is not until the end that he briefly discusses specifics of how climate change could actually impact the future. VERDICT Overall, an excellent primer for getting past the politically charged debate clouding the issues. Recommended for readers confused by the deluge of conflicting climate information and willing to revisit the quandary and make their own assessments. |
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Earth from Above: 366 Days
by Yann Arthus-Bertrand |
Working with the support of UNESCO, Arthus-Bertrand has wandered the globe to gather this collection of more than 200 photographs. The images are uniformly striking, whether of stalagmite-like fans of algae spreading into the Mediterranean Sea, farmers working their fields in northern India, or destroyed Iraqi tanks littering the deserts of Kuwait. |
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The Earth's Resources
by Richard Spilsbury |
The Earth's Resources looks at many different types of natural resources and how people make use of them, including: water-from the vital role fresh water plays in sustaining life to the problems of water conservation and pollution, minerals and metals and their various uses, renewable resources, such as biomass, solar, geothermal, and hydropower, and their importance as other resources run out. |
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Earth, the Sequel: the Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
by Fred Krupp |
Krupp, who is President of the Environmental Defense Fund, has joined with Horn, an EDF staffer, to describe what the global community needs to achieve in order to reduce the effects of global warming. The authors exhibit a cautious but optimistic tone, maintaining that it is not too late to prevent a disastrous climate change through the development of new energy sources. Alternative energy sources are discussed at length, along with the specific innovations that will ultimately provide solutions. |
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Global Warming
by Jane S. Shaw |
Environmental topics pervade classrooms today, but true understanding of them is elusive. All too often, subjects such as global warming, species extinction, and the role of pesticides are reduced to simple slogans because accurate information is hard to find. Yet there is enormous scientific debate about these topics. Thomas Jefferson said that "difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to truth." Critical Thinking About Environmental Issues will prepare young people to become inquiring citizens by introducing them to the scientific and economic debates that underlie environmental issues. Each volume will provide readers with a range of scientific views and theories on an environmental topic and introduce facts that are sometimes ignored. Each will help readers use their critical thinking skills. By exposing students to differences in opinion, this series will enable them to search for the truth and to make their own decisions. |
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Global Warming: a Threat to Our Future
by Paul Stein |
Is our industrial activity causing a runaway greenhouse effect, and will increasing global temperatures threaten our way of life? How does the earths greenhouse effect work to raise temperatures, and what can we do about it? |
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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
by Brian Fagan |
What a difference a degree makes. From the tenth to the fifteenth century the earth experienced a rise in average temperature that changed climate worldwide - a preview of today's global warming. As archaeologist Brian Fagan shows in these pages, subtle shifts in the environment had far-reaching effects on human life. Fagan unfolds both a scientific detective story, showing how centuries-old weather patterns can be reconstructed from scattered clues, and a vivid and timely historical narrative. A study of the first Great Warming suggests we may yet be underestimating the power of climate change to disrupt our lives today. |
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Hope for a Heated Planet: How Americans are Fighting Global Warming and Building a Better Future
by Robert. K. Musil |
Musil presents the players in the most pressing challenge facing society, from the massive fossil fuel lobby to the enlightened corporations that are joining the movement to 'go green'. |
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Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- And How It can Renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman |
Thomas L. Friedman takes a look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and the global environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked - how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is "hot, flat, and crowded." Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless the United States steps up now and takes the lead in a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green. Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the biggest innovation project in American history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff for America will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time - nation-building in America - by summoning the intelligence, creativity, boldness, and concern for the common good that are our nation's greatest natural resources. |
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Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences. |
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An Inconvenient Truth: the Crisis of Global Warming
by Albert Gore |
Gore's bestselling book is now adapted for perhaps the most important audience of all: today's youth, who have no choice but to confront the planetary emergency head-on. Bursting with color photos, this book clearly explains global warming. |
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming & What We Can Do About It
by Albert Gore |
Published to tie in to a documentary film of the same name, "An Inconvenient Truth" is Gore's battle cry about what needs to be done about global warming. |
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Storms of my Grandchildren: the truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last change to save humanity
by James Hansen |
An urgent and provocative call to action from the world’s leading climate scientist—speaking out here for the first time with the full story of what we need to know about humanity’s last chance to get off the path to a catastrophic global meltdown, and why we don’t know the half of it.InStorms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen—the nation’s leading scientist on climate issues—speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: The planet is hurtling even more rapidly than previously acknowledged to a climatic point of no return. Although the threat of human-caused climate change is now widely recognized, politicians have failed to connect policy with the science, responding instead with ineffectual remedies dictated by special interests. Hansen shows why President Obama’s solution, cap-and-trade, which Al Gore has signed on to, won’t work; why we must phase out all coal, and why 350 ppm of carbon dioxide is a goal we must achieve if our children and grandchildren are to avoid global meltdown and the storms of the book’s title. This urgent manifesto bucks conventional wisdom (including the Kyoto Protocol) and is sure to stir controversy, but Hansen—whose climate predictions have come to pass again and again, beginning in the 1980s when he first warned Congress about global warming—is the single most credible voice on the subject worldwide.Hansen paints a devastating but all-too-realistic picture of what will happen in the near future, mere years and decades from now, if we follow the course we’re on. But he is also an optimist, showing that there is still time to do what we need to save the planet. Urgent, strong action is needed, and this book, released to coincide with the Copenhagen Conference in December 2009, will be key in setting the agenda going forward to create a groundswell, a tipping point, to save humanity—and our grandchildren—from a dire fate more imminent than we had supposed.Learn more at www.stormsofmygrandchildren.com |
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The Threat of Global Warming
by Judith Woodburn |
Look up at the sky. The Earth is surrounded by an invisible coat of gases called the atmosphere. These gases hold warmth in and keep our planet from getting too cold. Little by little, however, the atmosphere has been changing. As people burn fuel to drive cars, heat their homes, and run factories, they release more gases into the atmosphere. Many scients are afraid these gases will hold in too much heat. The Earth could get too warm.. This is called global warming.
At first, global warming might not seem so terrible. Wouldn't it be nice to have summer all the time? But people in many countries are worred that if global warming is not stopped, much of the Earth could get too hot and dry to grow food. Coastal areas could flood if too much polar ice and snow melt. People and animals would die.
Some scientists aren't sure all this will happen. But to make sure that it doesn't, we need to cut back now on the gases that cause global warming. If we wait too long, it may be too late. |
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The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
by Tim F. Flannery |
Warning that climate change is fast becoming an issue that "will dwarf all others combined," Flannery (U. of Adelaide, Australia) uses these pages to summarize the scientific evidence regarding climate change for a general audience. He has sought to be comprehensive in coverage, discussing the role of climate change in the evolution of the earth, the natural and anthropogenic driving factors of climate change, the range of environmental effects thought to be connected to the phenomena, global models and predictions, and technology- and policy-based solutions. |
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With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change
by Fred Pearce |
As Fred Pearce began working on this book, normally cautious scientists beat a path to his door to tell him about their fears and their latest findings. With Speed and Violence tells the stories of these scientists and their work - from the implications of melting permafrost in Siberia and the huge river systems of meltwater beneath the icecaps of Greenland and Antarctica to the effects of the "ocean conveyor" and a rare molecule that runs virtually the entire cleanup system for the planet. |
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Clean Money: Picking Winners in the Green Tech Boom
by John Rubino |
Economic and investment aspects of green technology and clean energy industries. |
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Earth, the Sequel: the Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
by Fred Krupp |
Krupp, who is President of the Environmental Defense Fund, has joined with Horn, an EDF staffer, to describe what the global community needs to achieve in order to reduce the effects of global warming. The authors exhibit a cautious but optimistic tone, maintaining that it is not too late to prevent a disastrous climate change through the development of new energy sources. Alternative energy sources are discussed at length, along with the specific innovations that will ultimately provide solutions. |
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Energy Alternatives
by Barbara Passero |
Gr 9 Up—With an introduction reminding readers that Americans represent five percent of the world's population but consume 26 percent of its oil, this volume examines the possibilities of alternative energy sources. Each of the four chapters focuses on a question: "Are Alternative Energy Sources Necessary?"; "Is Nuclear Power a Viable Energy Alternative?"; "What Renewable Energy Sources Should Be Developed?"; and "Should Alternatives to Fossil Fuels Be Pursued?" The chapters begin with a preface, followed by five or six brief articles, the majority of which were published between 2004 and 2006, that argue for or against the question. |
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Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- And How It can Renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman |
Thomas L. Friedman takes a look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and the global environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked - how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is "hot, flat, and crowded." Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless the United States steps up now and takes the lead in a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green. Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the biggest innovation project in American history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff for America will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time - nation-building in America - by summoning the intelligence, creativity, boldness, and concern for the common good that are our nation's greatest natural resources. |
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A World Without Ice
by Henry Pollack |
A member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, Univ. of Mich. geophysicist Pollack (Uncertain Science) shares the warning call of Al Gore (his co-recipient), that "humanity has arrived at an historic moment of decision." According to science, Pollack explains, humanity may soon lose the polar ice caps altogether, with dire consequences. Pollack explains how glacial ice is "a major player" in the climate: snow and ice "account for much of the sunshine reflected from the surface" and their disappearance will only accelerate the rate of global warming. Using geological evidence (800 bore-holes drilled on the earth's continental crust), Pollack and his colleagues have established that the past 500 years have seen a 2-degree increase in the Earth's average temperature, and that "fully half of the warming occurred in the 20th century." While taking account of countervailing forces (like periodic variations in the earth's orbit, explosive volcanism, and changes in solar radiation) Pollack shows that no single natural force can reverse the present trend, which if unchecked will render the Earth uninhabitable. This important wake up call joins a rapidly growing selection; this volume distinguishes itself with a Nobel pedigree and a sound, straightforward approach. |
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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
by Jeff Goodell |
In this penetrating analysis, Jeff Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. In a blend of hard-hitting investigative reporting, history, and industry assessment, Goodell illuminates the stark economic imperatives America faces and the collusion of business and politics - what is meant by "big coal" - that have set us on the dangerous course toward reliance on this energy source. |
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Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal
by Michael Brune |
Americans are awakening to just how costly and destructive our fossil-fuel habit has become-to the environment, our national security and stature, our health, and especially our pocketbooks. We want to take action, to move our country down the path to clean energy, but we're not sure how. Coming Clean provides the road map, showing how we, as motivated citizens, can promote real solutions and collectively pressure government and corporations to change their energy priorities. Author Michael Brune tracks the myriad ways our thirst for dwindling supplies of oil and coal corrupts national policy and international finance, harms poor communities worldwide, and wreaks havoc on the climate. He describes the most promising developments in renewables, biofuels, and efficient design, and outlines an inspiring vision of the clean energy future within our reach.Brune and his organization, Rainforest Action Network, have had stunning success in convincing corporations-including Home Depot, Citi, and Bank of America-to green their business practices, and his activist skills and passion are at the heart of this book. Offering well-tested action strategies, Coming Clean is rooted in the author's faith that Americans acting together can create profound change. |
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Eaarth: making a life on a tough new planet
by Bill McKibben |
"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara KingsolverTwenty years ago, withThe End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth.That new planet is filled with new binds and traps. A changing world costs large sums to defend—think of the money that went to repair New Orleans, or the trillions it will take to transform our energy systems. But the endless economic growth that could underwrite such largesse depends on the stable planet we've managed to damage and degrade. We can't rely on old habits any longer.Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change—fundamental change—is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance. |
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Garbage Land: on the Secret Trail of Trash
by Elizabeth Royte |
Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away?In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can.By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume.Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can. |
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On Thin Ice: the changing world of the polar bear
by Richard Ellis |
As climate change continues to shrink Arctic winter ice fields, the polar bear faces extinction possibly by the end of the century, a stark reality wrought vivid by prolific science writer Ellis (Tuna) in this well-sourced geographical, historical, cultural, political and environmental overview. One of the largest land predators in the world, the great white bear hunted almost to the brink of extinction decades ago, and after a population rebound reduced again to an estimated 22,000 has become the "poster child" for global warming. A dramatic reduction in permanent, year-round ice is inhibiting access to seals, its almost exclusive food source, and as natural prey becomes elusive, bears are resorting to cannibalism. Ellis, rendering complex science engagingly simple, peppers his authoritative assessment of ursine plight with interesting tidbits bears and primates are the only bipedal mammals, for example. And despite an undeservedly fearsome reputation for savagery, the polar bear is in fact much less dangerous to man than man is to the bear, writes Ellis, as he pays impassioned homage to "a great white spirit." |
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Replenishing the Earth: spiritual values for healing ourselves and the world
by Wangari Maathal |
A Nobel Peace Prize winner makes an impassioned call to heal the wounds of our planet and ourselves through the tenets of our spiritual traditions. |
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Through the Eyes of the Vikings: an aerial vision of arctic lands
by Robert B. Haas |
When Haas undertook this high-flying project, he set out to conduct extensive aerial photography in the lands of the Vikings--concentrating on regions that transect the Arctic Circle, specifically Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. While photographing these lands over a three-year period, Haas endeavoured to capture imagery reflecting three key visual elements of the region: landscapes, wildlife, and human footprint. As the resulting body of work makes abundantly clear, the shots that Haas brought back reveal a much deeper and more complex picture than anyone expected. In portraying the far north, Through the Eyes of the Vikings: An Aerial Vision of Arctic Lands goes far beyond simply attractive pictures. Rather, this unusual book tells a combined visual and textual story about an endangered region whose unexpected beauty is worth preserving for its own sake--and whose precarious fate will impact the entire globe. Several narrative features add context to the visuals. Haas contributes a thoughtful introduction, and essays in each chapter quote from the works of noted Arctic authors and explorers, both historical and contemporary. These messages span 100 years of human interaction with the northlands and reflect on topics that range from the risks inherent in Arctic exploration to the appealing simplicity of native life to the current challenges posed by climate change. To help readers navigate the lands of the Vikings, National Geographic's hallmark maps appear in full colour and detail. In addition to a large two-page map of the Arctic at the front of the book, the back matter features several pages of country maps, complete with notes on history, culture, topography, and environment, as well as facts on population, area, industries, and more. Through the Eyes of the Vikings reveals, in an unforgettable way, the visual magnificence and unique characteristics of each Arctic region--and it delivers a potent message of environmental urgency that cannot be ignored. |
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Water: the Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
by Steven Solomon |
This sprawling text reconstructs the history of civilization in order to illuminate the importance of water in human development from the first civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and the Indus River Valley to the present. Solomon (The Confidence Game) advances a persuasive argument: the prosperity of nations and empires has depended on their access to water and their ability to harness water resources. The story he tells is familiar, but his emphasis on water is unique: he shows how the Nile's flood patterns determined political unity and dynastic collapses in Egypt. He suggests that the construction of China's Grand Canal made possible a sixth-century reunification that eluded the Roman Empire. Finally, he attributes America's rise to superpower status to such 20th-century water innovations as the Panama Canal and Hoover Dam. Solomon surveys the current state of the world's water resources by region, making a compelling case that the U.S. and other leading democracies have untapped strategic advantages that will only become more significant as water becomes scarcer. |
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Almost Green: How I Saved 1/6th of a Billionth of the Planet
by James Glave |
This is a green story with guy appeal. Glave, a journalist living in British Columbia, embarks on a mission to build what he calls an "Eco-Shed"—a small writing studio built to absorb sunlight, catch rainwater, and otherwise have a neutral effect on the environment. The only problems are the mammoth carport that blocks the direct sunlight, his budget, and a host of other issues, problems, and setbacks that he encounters along the way. While not always successful, he does manage throughout his journey to make connections in his small island community, with some green results. Glave approaches his endeavor as a journalist but also as a husband, a father, a son-in-law, a neighbor, and a dude—creating a humorous yet informative narrative. His focus on the building process and the bonding of those involved will appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of smashing something with an excavator; his struggle to find a balance between his familial relationships and his drive to complete this project will strike a chord with many readers. |
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e2 Design: the Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious
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Examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design.
Programs: The green apple -- Green for all -- The green machine -- Gray to green -- China : from red to green -- Deeper shades of green |
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e2 Design: the Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious
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Six 30-minute chapters featuring the designers and drivers of change in the world of sustainable architecture. Each episode explores the potential of the built environment to help reverse our global climate crisis.
Programs: Episode 1. The Druk White Lotus School - Ladakh -- Episode 2. Greening the federal government -- Episode 3. Bogotá: building a sustainable city -- Episode 4. Affordable green housing -- Epsisode 5. Adaptive reuse in the Netherlands -- Episode 6. Architecture 2030 |
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A six-part film featuring people and places around the globe where efforts are being made to improve our environment for the future.
Programs: Episode 1, Harvesting the wind - - Episode 2, Energy for a developing world - - Episode 3, Paving the way - - Episode 4, Growing energy - - Episode 5, State of resolve - - Episode 6, Coal & nuclear: Problem or solution? |
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Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life
by Linda Sivertsen |
We All Know About the Earth's Environmental Crisis, but there is someone who can truly make a difference: you. If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think. It's just as easy to do even more to help save the earth, and Generation Green shows you how. This book: lays out the inside scoop on the biggest issues affecting our planet, such as global warming and overflowing landfills, offers dozens of tips on how to shop, dress, eat, and travel the green way, includes interviews with teens like you who are involved with fun, innovative green causes, shows that being environmentally conscious can be a natural part of your life-and your generation's contribution to turning things around.It doesn't matter if you can't vote or drive. Your efforts-big or small-will contribute to saving the planet. It's time for all of us to take action. It's time to go green! |
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Green From the Ground Up: a Builder's Guide: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction
by David Johnston |
According to Johnston (a leader in the green building movement) and Gibson (contributing editor to Fine Homebuilding magazine), 40% of the world's resources go into buildings and 66% of the electricity generated is for heating, cooling, and lighting them. After making a strong case for sustainable building, they provide practical advice for the process from the layout and foundation to interior finishes and landscaping in this well- illustrated guide. |
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Green Homes
by Sergi Costa Duran |
Green Homes presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and design. Filled cover to cover with full-color photographs, architectural plans, and detailed drawings, this book features more than 20 projects, which explore various aspects of green design, from its ecological and economical benefits, to factors considered when choosing materials: How much energy went into manufacturing the product, whether it is long lasting, and whether it can be recycled or safely disposed of as it breaks down over time. Specific topics covered include climate regulation, drainage systems, and regional planning. With a wealth of eco-friendly projects, Green Homes reveals how much the parameters of ecological design have expanded in just a few short years. |
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Haley's Green Hints
by Graham and Rosemary Haley |
The New York Times' bestselling author team returns with a budget-friendly, time-saving collection of green ideas. Because Mother Earth never wrote a guide for humans on caring for her, the authors of Haley's Hints now offer a collection of Earth-friendly tips for around the house. These many tips, both time-tested and money-saving, range from cooking and home repair to pest control and clever laundry ideas. Organized by category, the book shows how ordinary, non-toxic products can perform extraordinarily, all the while saving time and money. Readers can now say goodbye to expensive products and harsh chemicals. And Mother Earth will thank them for it. |
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The Independent Home: Living Well with Power From the Sun, Wind, and Water
by Michael Potts |
There are currently over 100,000 American homes operating wholly or partially ``off-the-grid'' of public utilities via the use of solar, wind, and water-generated energy sources. Potts has collected information from these energy ``pioneers,'' who live in homes located from Vermont to Hawaii. While somewhat anecdotal and rambling, his book gives a good feel for what this lifestyle entails, from careful home design to system maintenance and an increased awareness of energy consumption. This is not a ``how-to'' manual but rather a useful introduction to the many varieties of energy independence. An excellent annotated bibliography and resource list provide the next step in designing a plan for personal energy independence. |
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Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
by Alan Greene |
In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care-from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotions for baby's delicate skin, to the eco-friendly diapers now in the marketplace, as well as specific recommendations for hundreds of other products. |
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Renewable Energy for Your Home: Using Off-Grid Energy to Reduce Your Footprint, Lower Your Bills, and be More Self-Sufficient
by Alan and Gill Bridgewater |
Do you want to cut energy bills, stop relying on foreign energy and help reverse climate change? Then this book is the perfect first step. Filled with straightforward, clearly illustrated projects, Renewable Energy for Your Home details the practical options available today. It provides the information you need to choose the solutions that best fit your house, lifestyle and budget, including:Solar PowerFrom photovoltaic cells to passive-collection systems, the new solar technologies are more cost effective than ever before.Wind EnergyNow available in a range of sizes, there's a wind tower for any home, including virtually silent 400 watt mini turbines ideal for a suburban setting.BiofuelInstall a backyard micro-power plant that transforms society's waste, including french-fry all and animal manure, into low-cost fuel.Plus, helpful information on less-common options, including: Hydropower Geothermal Wood Fuel |
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The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
by Daniel Chiras |
This text presents a relatively nontechnical description of passive solar heating and cooling principles that can be used in the construction of homes heated and cooled simply through the absorption or dissipation of sunlight. The author, who has designed a number of these homes, discusses region-specific design strategies, the integration of environmentally friendly back-up heat, the maintenance of indoor air quality, and step- by-step design processes. |
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