Summary: This collection of 40 video clips (1 minute 10 seconds each) addresses concerns about—and threats to—the sustainability of life on Earth as global warming increases in severity. The collection also spotlights recycling and alternative energy, keys to building a brighter future for the planet.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: With so many ways to build and play, the Design & Drill Bolt Buddies will keep your little builder busy, busy, busy! Kids use the kid-safe drill to build the Pick-it-Up Truck, drop the Bolt Buddy driver and his kitty-cat co-pilot into the driver’s seat for some pretend-play fun, then use the drill to activate the lift arm and to pick up bolts and drop them into the truck bed. Imagination meets...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Educational Insights 2022
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Summary: Composting at scales large enough to capture and recycle the organic wastes of a given community, whether a school, neighborhood, or even a small city, is coming of age, propelled by a growing awareness not only of our food waste crisis, but also the need to restore natural fertility in our soils. In-depth yet accessible, Community-Scale Composting Systems is a technical resource for farmers,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.8 MCSRomer, Jennie
Summary: "The book that answers the age-old question: Can I Recycle This? Since the dawn of the recycling system, men and women the world over have stood by their bins, holding an everyday object, wondering, 'can I recycle this?' This simple question reaches into our concern for the environment, the care we take to keep our homes and our communities clean, and how we interact with our local government....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ RomerSchaub, Eve O.
Summary: "In this book Eve O. Schaub, humorist and stunt memoirist extraordinaire, tackles her most difficult challenge to date: garbage. Convincing her husband and two daughters to go along with her, Schaub attempts the seemingly impossible: living in the modern world without creating any trash at all. For an entire year. And- as it turns out- during a pandemic. In the process, Schaub learns some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHAUB, EVE O. SCHThygerson, Alton L.
Contents: Background information -- Action at an emergency -- The human body -- Finding out what's wrong -- CPR -- Automated external defibrillators -- Shock -- Bleeding -- Wounds -- Bandaging wounds -- Burns -- Head and spinal injuries -- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries -- Bone, joint, and muscle injuries -- Extremity injuries -- Splinting extremities -- Sudden illnesses -- Poisoning -- Bites and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0252 THYTurnbull, Stephanie.
Summary: A brief illustrated introduction to refuse and how it can be recycled.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Ecology TurnbullHunter, Rebecca
Summary: Examines garbage and how it is successfully recycled, including information about the biggest waste producers and what products can be recycled.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sea-to-Sea Publications 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7282 HUNSummary: As land in urban environments becomes scarcer and more expensive, buildings and areas previously overlooked are being rediscovered. This program looks at some unusual inner-city spaces that have been turned into housing, including a unique loft in London; the Europa housing project in Montreal; and the Brewery Creek project in Vancouver, an industrial site converted into original living spaces....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Crane, Cody
Summary: "Knowing how to treat injuries is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can splint a broken finger using only tape? Or that cool water is the first step to treating a burn? Learn all this and more in First Aid -- a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore." -- Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.02 CRABrown, Meredith Crandall
Summary: "Once upon a time, in a refrigerator not too far away, a jug of milk and a bottle of juice fell in love. All was bliss until Juice was taken away from its one true love and...recycled. Thus begins Milk and Juice's humorous journey through many incarnations around the world. Will they ever be reunited? Or will they stay star-crossed lovers for all eternity?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BROActress
Contents: Nimbus -- Untitled 7 -- Fantasynth -- Blue window -- Cyn -- X22rme -- Runner -- Falling rizlas -- Dancing in the smoke -- Faure in chrome -- There's an angel in the shower -- Visa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ACTRand McNally and Company
Summary: Give road-weary eyes a break with this spiral-bound Large Scale edition featuring all the accuracy you've come to expect from Rand McNally, only bigger. Updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state that are 35% larger than the standard atlas version plus over 350 detailed city inset and national park maps and a comprehensive, unabridged index. Road construction and conditions contact...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912 RANInches, Alison.
Summary: Follows the story of a piece of aluminum as it goes from ore in the ground to a refinery and becomes an aluminum can, and then becomes recycled as a baseball bat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE INCSumac, Yma.
Contents: La molina (The mill song) -- Flor de canela (Cinnamon flower) -- Gallito caliente (The hot rooster) -- La pampa y la puna (The plains and the mountains) -- Dale que dale (The workers song) -- Llora corazon (Crying heart) -- Huachina (Enchanted lake) -- La perla de chira (The pearl) -- Mi palomita (My pigeon) -- Virgenes del sol (Virgins of the sun) -- Gallito ciego (One-eyed rooster) -- Clamor...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Right Stuff 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING SUMDorros, Arthur.
Summary: Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 DORRand McNally and Company
Contents: v. 1. Guide -- v. 2 . Index.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally & Co. 2008
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2 available in Reference, Call number: R 912 RAN VOL 1Call number: R 912 RAN VOL 2
Weygers, Alexander G.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.9 WEYSea and Cake (Musical group)
Contents: Cover the mountain (2:51) -- I should care (3:17) -- Any day (4:53) -- Occurs (4:32) -- Starling (3:30) -- Paper window (3:22) -- Day moon (3:18) -- Into rain (3:53) -- Circle (3:36) -- These falling arms (4:53).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SEARand McNally and Company
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1972
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 912 RANHeller, Anne Conover.
Summary: A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAND, AYN HELPaul, Miranda
Summary: Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CEECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PAUSummary: In Germany, trains, subways, and trams provide convenient ways to get around. This program looks at how to buy train and cable car tickets and how to order meals. Featured activities include sightseeing in the Bavarian Alps, lunching at the award-winning Paulaner Imtal restaurant in Munich, eating Kaiserschmarren in Oberammergau, and dining on Japanese cuisine at Munich's No Mi Ya restaurant.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: "A fabulous overview of what happens to our waste, from stinking problems and hi tech sorting systems to the importance of producing less trash in the first place. Includes top tips on how we can reduce and re-use"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020