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Frederick Street: life and death on Canada's Love Canal
Par Elizabeth May, Maude Barlow. 2000
The people of Sydney, Nova Scotia live next to an environmental hazard unrivalled by any other in North America. This…
hazard exists because of the operation of a steel plant which has polluted not only the water surrounding it, but also the nearby land and air. This pollution, and the health hazards caused by it, have led the people of Frederick Street, one of the most affected areas, to demand the government protect the environment and their health by imposing stricter pollution laws. 2000.Brilliant!: shining a light on sustainable energy (Orca footprints)
Par Michelle Mulder. 2013
Did you know that cars can run on french-fry grease? Kids in Mexico help light up their houses by playing…
soccer, and in the Philippines, pop-bottle skylights are improving the quality of life for thousands of families. Brilliant! is about what happens when you harness the power of imagination and innovation: the world changes for the better! Full of examples of unusual power sources, encourages kids to look around for new and sustainable ways to light up the world. Grades 3-6. 2013Ethical oil: the case for Canada's oil sands
Par Ezra Levant. 2010
While many North Americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas…
or a barrel of oil, Levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. With the oil sands at our disposal, is it ethically responsible to import our oil from the Sudan, Russia, and Mexico? How should we weigh carbon emissions with human rights violations in Saudi Arabia? And assuming that we can't live without oil, can the development of energy be made more environmentally sustainable? Bestseller. c2010.El Nino: stormy weather for people and wildlife
Par Caroline Arnold. 1998
Explains that "El Nino is the most powerful weather phenomenon on the earth and alters the climate across more than…
half the planet." Observes that the seasonal, warm, southward-moving current along the Peruvian coast occurs about every three to seven years affecting humans, animals, and the environment. Grades 4-7. c1998.Eau Canada: the future of Canada's water
Par Karen Bakker. 2007
As the sustainability of our natural resources is increasingly questioned, Canadians remain stubbornly convinced of the unassailability of our water.…
The country's top water experts were assembled to discuss our most pressing issues, from a broad range of perspectives. Arguing that weak governance is at the heart of the problem, key failings are identified and solutions are presented for protecting out most important resource. 2007.Earth time: essays
Par David T Suzuki. 1998
Suzuki illustrates the continuing need for the preservation of nature through a collection of his newspaper articles and essays. He…
covers topics such as the economy, globalization, political shortsightedness, local initiatives and children. He points the way towards a slower way of life that keeps us in tune with the Earth and its riches. 1998.Earth: our crowded spaceship
Par Isaac Asimov. 1974
Dancing on the shore: a celebration of life at Annapolis Basin
Par Harold Andrew Horwood. 1987
Beginning with a natural history of the Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia and an account of its earliest inhabitants, the…
author describes his seasonal observations and uses them to reflect on the natural world and man's place in it. c1987.Dandelion hunter: foraging the urban wilderness
Par Rebecca Lerner. 2013
Forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After…
a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way. 2013.Cry of the Kalahari
Par Delia Owens, Mark Owens. 1984
Adventurous story of two young American zoologists who come to study the wildlife in Kalahari in 1974 and stay for…
seven years. The immediate area, a fossil riverbed, is their home from which they watch lions, hyenas, wild dogs, and antelopes. The Owenses' main purpose is to document how species adapt to the harsh terrain and how the drought affects ecosystems. 1984.Blue covenant: the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
Par Maude Barlow. 2007
Barlow wants nations to define the world's fresh water as a human right rather than a commercial product, as she…
notes that a handful of multinational water companies, abetted by World Bank monetary policies and United Nations political timidity, are bidding for the complete commodification of formerly public water resources. Barlow calls for private citizens and nongovernmental organizations to challenge corporate control of water delivery, agitate for equitable access to clean water, and confront the reality that freshwater supplies are dwindling. Sequel to "Blue gold". 2007.Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed
Par Jared M. Diamond. 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" presents a comparative study of societies that have collapsed from ecological problems.…
Studies ancient civilizations including the Maya and the Anasazi as well as modern countries like Haiti and Rwanda and proposes global solutions. Bestseller. 2005.Back to the well: rethinking the future of water
Par Marq De Villiers. 2015
Water is a renewable resource, but what are its limits? Between drawing down our resources of fresh water at ever-increasing…
rates and continuing to pollute water that should have been cleaned up decades ago, are we entering upon a global crisis? Is water a human right? Who owns water? Who is responsible for keeping it clean and ensuring it gets to the people who need it most? Is privatization of ownership and supply networks an unmitigated evil? Assesses the state of water on Earth today and looks at the ways its use and abuse encompasses intersections between our daily personal water use, agriculture, energy policy, climate change, national security, and global conflicts. Follow-up to de Villiers' book "Water". 2015.A shriek in the forest night: wilderness encounters
Par R. D Lawrence. 1996
R. D. Lawrence recalls some of his most fascinating encounters with the wild as he writes about his more than…
forty years as a field biologist. Along with tales of outrunning a herd of bison and saving an orphan bear cub, he writes about unfair hunting practices and how best to learn about nature. 1996.2030: confronting thermageddon in our lifetime
Par Robert Hunter. 2002
Is our time on earth running out? Hunter believes that around the year 2030, climate change will be so extreme…
as to be irreversible; the burning off of the planet's ozone layer and the melting of the polar ice cap will be impossible to stop. He argues that if we all act now and change our own climate-damaging habits, and every government makes environmental protection its chief concern, then we can still change all this and ensure that our children have a future. 2002.Thinking like a mountain
Par Rick Archbold, Robert Bateman. 2000
Part memoir, part sketchbook, and part environmental testament, Bateman's book charts the progress of his ecological consciousness. In the process,…
Bateman presents an historical overview of threats to our human and natural heritages, among them the near extinction of the whales due to massive commercial whaling and PCBs and other toxins; the clear-cutting of old-growth forests at Clayoquot Sound; the devastation of wetlands as a result of modern industrial agriculture; and the vanishing of unique human societies such as the Ba Mbuti in the former Belgian Congo. Bateman writes an impassioned plea to attend to the health of our planet, present and future. 2000.The right to be cold: one woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic, and the whole planet
Par Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 2015
The author explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture - and ultimately the world…
- in the face of past, present, and future environmental degradation. She argues that climate change is a human rights issue, and one to which all of us are inextricably linked. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2017. 2015.10 idées écolos: aujourd'hui, je protège ma planète (Album Illustre Ser.)
Par Claude Cossette, Mélanie Walsh. 2010
Ce magnifique album interactif propose dix gestes verts que les enfants peuvent facilement poser à chaque jour. Une façon simple,…
efficace et amusante d'encourager les jeunes à apprendre comment devenir des adultes avisés et respectueux de l'environnement. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: My green day.L'éolien: pour qui souffle le vent? ((Actuels))
Par Jean-Louis Chaumel, Roméo Bouchard. 2007
[...] L'éolien; bon ou mauvais? Pourquoi? Pour qui? Comment? Ce livre propose un tour de la question, pratique et accessible.…
Un guide pour les citoyens et les communautés d'accueil qui manquent cruellement de ressources pour défendre leurs droits, et une introduction rapide et actuelle, pour les étudiants ou tous les citoyens avertis désirant comprendre les implications de cette nouvelle industrie du vent. En plus de fournir une mine de renseignements techniques, l'ouvrage aborde toutes les questions sensibles, comme les impacts sur l'environnement, les agriculteurs et les municipalités, les coûts, les retombées, la nationalisation. Il permet également de découvrir l'éolien ailleurs dans le monde et étudie de nombreuses solutions aux problèmes, dont plusieurs ont déjà fait leurs preuves. [...] Roméo Bouchard est un auteur, agriculteur bio, enseignant, militant bien connu pour ses luttes en faveur notamment du développement régional. -- 4e de couv.Le contrat naturel
Par Michel Serres. 1990
Si Michel Serres est d'abord un philosophe des sciences, le thème de la nature traverse l'ensemble de son oeuvre. Toutefois…
une critique de l'écologie radicale en dénonçant sa tendance à l'anthropomorphisme qui conduit à réclamer pour elle les droits qui s'attachent normalement aux personnes et non aux choses, l'auteur tente de légitimer les exigences nouvelles de l'écologie. 1990.