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By David Suzuki, Ian Hanington. 2017
Climate change is one of the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving…
it. The problem itself is complex, and there's no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutions - from shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming agricultural practices - we can get the world back on track. Suzuki offers a comprehensive look at the current state of climate science and knowledge and the many ways to resolve the climate crisis, imploring us to do what's necessary to live in a better, cleaner future. When enough people demand action, change starts happening - and this time, it could be monumental. 2017.By Ewan McLeish. 1998
Explains worldwide water problems, including pollution and shortages, and suggests ways to prevent future crises. Gives advice on how individuals…
can practice conservation at home and in school. Includes a glossary and resources for further information. Grades 3-6. 1998.By Linda McQuaig. 2004
An investigation into oil, a super-powerful industry that the author suggests played a central role in plunging the U.S. into…
the war in Iraq. McQuaig claims that U.S. companies had wanted Iraq's "virtually endless" oil fields for a long time, and that talk in the White House about Iraq started well before 9/11. She makes a convincing case that the world has become dangerously dependent on dwindling oil supplies, which are at the heart of not only a great deal of conflict but also pollution. 2004.By Anita Gordon. 1990
Gordon and Suzuki describe the signs of environmental crisis in the world today. They put forward an argument against the…
disposable and consuming lifestyle that is killing the fragile natural systems on which human life depends. It is a plea to take action and save our planet. 1990.By Jill Dunn. 2011
By John English. 2013
In 1991, eight countries signed the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy: Canada, the United States, Russia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and…
Finland. This was the first step in the formation of the Arctic Council, which was formally established in 1996 to act as a high-level intergovernmental body to address social, political, and environmental issues in the Arctic. Indigenous peoples, who form a significant population in seven of the eight countries’ Arctic regions, are involved in the council as permanent participants if they represent a single indigenous people across borders. The author explores the history and increasingly important role of the council as the Far North assumes a more important place in international politics. 2013.By Maude Barlow. 2013
Barlow offers solutions to the global water crisis based on four simple principles. Principle One: Water Is a Human Right…
chronicles the long fight to have the human right to water recognized. Principle Two: Water Is a Common Heritage and Public Trust argues that water must not become a commodity. Principle Three: Water Has Rights Too makes the case for the protection of source water and the need to make our human laws compatible with those of nature. Principle Four: Water Will Teach Us How to Live Together urges us to come together around a common threat — the end of water — and find a way to live more lightly on this planet. c2013.By David T Suzuki, David R Boyd. 2008
How to be greener at home, when travelling, with the food you eat and the things you buy. Describes how…
to ensure that governments support sustainable lifestyles. Includes tips on decreasing energy and water use, choosing eco-friendly transportation, and making simple diet changes to eat fresher, healthier food. 2008.Geopolitical expert Paskal discusses how western nations are vulnerable to hurricanes, storm surges and rising sea levels, and what that…
could mean for their stability and economic development; how the thawing Arctic is causing countries to wrangle for control over vast resources, strategic shipping routes and geopolitical leverage; how changing precipitation patterns, extreme weather and water shortages are creating severe disruptions in India and China, and how that could affect their relations with each other and the world; how rising sea levels may shift borders; and what could happen in coming decades, and how to avoid the worst of it. c2010.By Alanna Mitchell. 2004
Award-winning environmental reporter examines human-induced ecologic destruction as possible early indication of a sixth mass extinction. Records her three-year tour…
of Earth's most beleaguered areas in South America, the Middle East, the Arctic, Iceland, Madagascar, and the Galapagos Islands, where climate change, species loss, and deforestation threaten biodiversity. c2004.The first comprehensive eye-witness account of the creation of the world's largest direct-action environmental group. Greenpeace founder Weyler tells the…
story of an idea that changed the world, and of the adventures, clashes, pitfalls and heroics of the people who fought for it. Includes cameo appearances by the CIA, Allen Ginsberg, Bonnie Raitt, Brigitte Bardot, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Pope Paul VI, Courtney Love, and Richard Nixon. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2004.By Mary Soderstrom. 2006
Examines 11 cities worldwide and concentrates on the intersection of nature and society in the urban environment. Describes how people…
have tried and often failed to connect with nature throughout history, while retaining a strong optimism for the future. Giving examples for each city, the author weighs the consequences of introducing nature to urban areas and provides recommendations on creating green space in the city. c2006.By Earl Swift. 2018
Acclaimed journalist Earl Swift has spent much of the last two years living in this quaint and charmingly insular community…
that offers a few restaurants, two bed and breakfasts, and one ATM. Interweaving the story of Tangier's remarkable past with the first-person stories of crabbers and others who make their living from the sea, it is a bittersweet and eye-opening look at a world that has, quite nearly, gone by--and a crisis that will eventually impact all Americans. 2018.By Edward O Wilson. 2016
Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns of a point of no return…
that is imminent. Challenging the fashionable theories of Anthropocenes, who contend that humans can survive alone in an Edenic bubble engineered for their own survival, Wilson documents that the biosphere does not belong to us. Yet, refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson proposes that the only solution to our impending "Sixth Extinction" is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Companion to “The Social Conquest of Earth” and “The Meaning of Human Existence”. 2016.By David Gessner. 2015
Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Nature writer…
David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two writer-environmentalists, braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the West. What is the future of a region beset by droughts and fires, by fracking and drilling? What should be done about an ever-increasing population that seems to be in the process of loving the West to death? How might two environmental thinkers with radically different personalities have responded to the crisis? Gessner takes us on an entertaining journey as he renews his own commitment to cultivating a meaningful relationship with the wild, confronting American consumption, and fighting environmental injustice. 2015.By Isaac Asimov, Erika W Kors. 1989
Traces the scientific discoveries that led to our knowledge of photosynthesis, an interaction of plants and light. Discusses how photosynthesis…
relates to the food supply, the changing ecological balance, and the threats to the Earth's atmosphere. Grades 5-8 and older. 1989.By Jeffrey Simpson, Nic Rivers, Mark Kenneth Jaccard. 2007
Explains how Canadians have been betrayed by their politicians, industrialists, and even environmentalists, whose statements reinforce the myth that forceful…
environmental policies are not needed. Lays out the few simple policies that Canada must adopt in order to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. With evidence from other countries that are successfully addressing climate change, the authors show why these are the only policies that will work - and why this is a matter of life and death for all of us. 2007.By David T Suzuki, Holly Jewell Dressel. 2002
There is a spontaneous, global quest among governments, businesses, and individuals to decrease large-scale interference in our ecosystems. Suzuki and…
Dressel suggest that the technologies we need to realize our goals - to save species, to conserve soil, to right social wrongs - are already within our grasp. They also offer working solutions that can help all of us to imagine and achieve a better planetary future. 2002.By David T Suzuki, Holly Jewell Dressel. 1999
Suzuki and Dressel present the argument that people have gone beyond just endangering animals to endangering the human race as…
well. Both agree that we have become a sort of super species and discuss what that means for the new millennium. This book explains how humans have changed the way the earth works, with little regard for the consequences. 1999.By George Monbiot, Matthew Prescott. 2006
The author considers what must be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a safe level, cutting through the waffle…
produced by politicians and environmentalists alike. This presentation of the bare and practical truth makes this book a frightening, yet essential read. 2006.