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Landscapes of the heart: narratives of nature and self
By T. M Nelson, Michael Aleksiuk. 2002
Landscape and memory
By Simon Schama. 1995
This book examines our relationship with the landscape around us - rivers, mountains, forests - the impact each of them…
has had on our culture and imaginations, and the way in which we, in turn, have shaped them to answer our needs. In a series of almost poetic stories and impressions, the author reveals to us the myths and traditions of the western landscape imagination, and the mysteries which lie just below the surface of our most familiar scenery. 1995.C'est vert et ça marche!
By Jean-Marie Pelt, Franck Steffan. 2007
La nuit de Lila: ou, les mésaventures d'une jeune chauve-souris
By Véronique Boutinot. 2001
Au cours d'une nuit de chasse, une jeune chauve-souris affronte plusieurs dangers. Heureusement que Dame nature l'a pourvue d'un système…
ingénieux qui lui permet de trouver de la nourriture et de se tirer d'embarras. Années M-2. 2001.La nature en danger (Questions-réponses, 6/9 ans ; #34)
By Sean Callery. 2008
Sous la forme d'une trentaine de réponses à autant de questions, cet album invite à comprendre les enjeux climatiques auxquels…
la planète est confrontée. Années 1-3. 2008. Titre uniforme: I wonder why there's a hole in the sky?Homo disparitus
By Alan Weisman, Christophe Rosson. 2007
Admettons que le pire soit arrivé. Imaginons un monde dont nous aurions tous soudain disparu. Et voyons ce qu'il reste.…
La nature reprendrait-elle ses droits? Combien faudrait-il d'années au climat pour retrouver son niveau d'avant l'âge industriel? Quels animaux prospéreraient et quelles races s'éteindraient? Ces questions, et beaucoup d'autres - des plus sérieuses aux plus saugrenues, sont celles que le journaliste Alan Weisman, nous invite à explorer. 2007. Titre uniforme: The world without us.La baleine dans tous ses états
By François Garde. 2015
Dans ce texte à la fois poétique et savant, Garde propose un voyage autour du monde et dans l'histoire pour…
découvrir le cétacé à travers la littérature, de Moby Dick à Pinocchio, la pêche, la toponymie, l'art paléochrétien ou encore le commerce des peluches. 2015.Ce chat qui a changé ma vie: 50 histoires vraies qui modifient notre compréhension du monde
By Anne-Claire Gagnon. 2015
Qu'il soit venu à nous par hasard ou par nécessité, dans l'impérieux besoin que nous avions de vivre à ses…
côtés, il a changé nos vies, notre compréhension des choses et du monde. Grâce à lui, nous avons grandi, sommes restés en vie, avons mieux compris certains mystères et porté un oeil neuf sur la condition féline, considérée avec humanité, et sur la condition humaine, revisitée avec une facétie toute féline. Qu'ils soient anonymes, se prénomment Mosca, Ellington, L'Abricot, Margotte, Bambou... aux côtés d'artistes, de juristes, de médecins des chats ou de médecins des hommes, leur trajectoire en croisant la nôtre y a apporté un supplément d'âme. Ce sont leurs histoires croisées qui sont ici contées, en hommage à ce qu'ils nous ont permis de devenir : des humains de bonne compagnie. 2015.Là où croît le péril -- croît aussi ce qui sauve
By Hubert Reeves. 2013
"D'étonnantes coïncidences atomiques et cosmiques ont permis à l'Univers de s'organiser, s'enrichir et nous donner naissance. Du noyau de carbone…
aux profondeurs de la planète, du rayonnement fossile aux mystérieux neutrinos, que d'étranges phénomènes ont contribué à la complexité du monde ! Mais sa richesse et sa beauté sont désormais mis en péril sur Terre par l'Homme, devenu la principale menace pour son environnement, pour la biodiversité, et finalement pour lui-même. Comment concilier la belle-histoire de l'Univers et la moins-belle-histoire de l'Humanité ? Nous offrant l'une et l'autre en parallèle, Hubert Reeves met son talent de conteur de science au service de notre nécessaire prise de conscience. Sans nous masquer la gravité de la crise écologique, il relève les signes d'une réaction qui nous permet d'espérer un avenir plus vert. " -- 4e de couv.How to breathe underwater: field reports from an age of radical change
By Chris Turner. 2014
From The Simpsons to Cyberjaya, the multimedia supercorridor of Malaysia; from Pepsi's failed breakfast beverages to a climate crisis seen…
through scuba goggles; from dotcom bubbles to the Great Bear Rainforest, these essays exhort us to meet the challenges of sustainability - ecological, economic, and cultural - with innovation instead of lamentation. 2014.Fraser bear: a cub's life
By Maggie De Vries. 2010
Fraser bear is born in a den in the Rocky Mountains. Before he leaves his mother and sister to fend…
for himself, he must learn to find berries and nuts and insects to eat. He also learns to avoid danger. But most important, he needs to learn to catch a salmon in order to survive. He tries and tries, but the fish always escape. Will Fraser catch a salmon at last? Grades 2-4. 2010.Down the drain: how we are failing to protect our water resources
By Chris Wood, Ralph I Pentland. 2013
An incisive critique of Canada's failed management of its water supply. In this authoritative review of decades of independent critiques,…
accompanied by many riveting stories of water management failures, award-winning journalist Chris Wood and Canadian water policy expert Ralph Pentland explore how governments have failed to protect the waters that we drink, fish, and swim in and that support every aspect of our national economy. 2013.Animals at the EDGE: saving the world's rarest creatures
By Jonathan Baillie, Marilyn Baillie. 2008
Explains scientists' work to study and protect unusual threatened species around the world - from the Yangtze River dolphin and…
Papua's long-beaked echidna to the bumblebee bat in Thailand, pygmy hippopotamus in Liberia, and aye-aye of Madagascar. Discusses the EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) uncommon-species conservation program. Grades 3-6. c2008.Blood relations: animals, humans, and politics
By Charlotte Montgomery. 2000
Ridiculed by industry, vilified by scientists, and largely ignored by the media and the left, the Canadian animal rights movement…
has enlisted a new generation of activists dedicated to changing the most basic political arrangements on the planet. Advocates fight to make humans recognize that we are only one species among many, each with legitimate claims. 2000.La forêt tropicale en questions (Réponse à tout.)
By Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger. 2006
Un album brossant, sous forme de questions et réponses, un portrait des forêts tropicales humides ainsi que de la faune…
et de la flore qu'elle abrite. Années 2-4. c2006. Titre uniforme: Does it always rain in the rain forest?Galapagos, a natural history: A Natural History Guide
By Michael H Jackson. 1993
Details the natural history of the plants and animals found in the Galapagos Islands. A list of the dominant plants…
according to vegetation zone is included. Of particular note is the discussion of the problems of colonisation by founding populations, biological evolution, and ecology, and of the evolutionary processes bringing about species diversity. 1993.Donkey tales (Donkeys Ser.)
By Elisabeth D Svendsen. 1995
The text provides a selection of true-life stories about the donkeys from Svendsen's Donkey Sanctuary in Devon. Includes tales of…
an alcoholic donkey, and Paddy, the donkey who was inseparable from his friend Crumble, a Jersey cow. 1995.Christian the lion: The True Story Of A Lion's Search For A Home
By Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, Ruth Knowles. 2009
It's almost Christmas and as two friends search for gifts in London they come across the most unbelievable sight -…
a lion for sale in the famous store, Harrods. Unable to bear the thought of leaving the little cub, Ace and John take him home and name him Christian. A year of fun and mischief later, Christian has grown up and Ace and John must find him a new home back in his native Africa. Grades 4-7. 2009.All the wild wonders: poems of our Earth
By Wendy Cooling. 2015
For this celebration of our Earth, distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look, think, and ask…
questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Grades 3-6. 2015.Just cool it!: the climate crisis and what we can do : a post-Paris Agreement game plan
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.