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Sophie's Planet A Search for Truth About Our Remarkable Home Planet and Its Future Hardcover James Hansen 9781632868947 $38.99 SCIENCE May 14, 2024

In a series of letters to his granddaughter, Sophie, the world's leading climatologist shows how it is still possible to ensure that young people inherit a clean world.Dr. James Hansen is the single most credible scientific voice worldwide on the issue of global warming. In his celebrated first book, Storms of My Grandchildren, he presented the full truth about climate change, a truth born out in the years since as climate disasters continue to ravage our world. The urgency is apparent; the response so far, inadequate. But Hansen remains an opt... + Read More
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Poison Town Paperback Elyssa Campbell 9781459417489 $16.95 Age (years) from 12 - 18 Sep 01, 2023

Elyssa Campbell’s debut novel Poison Town tells the story of a fourteen-year-old who becomes an environmental activist - in a company town built around a smelter. She faces a mystery – what is poisoning the town when there has been a successful clean-up. Addie’s town is built around a lead and zinc smelter. The company has done an extensive cleanup of its operations, but the air and water still seem dangerous. Addie decides to find out if the smelter is still poisoning local residents. To do that, she needs help. This novel allows young reade... + Read More
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You Are Unstoppable! How to Understand Your Feelings about Climate Change and Take Positive Action Together Paperback Megan Kennedy-Woodard 9781839974229 $26.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 15, 2023

It's normal to feel anxious or even scared about climate change. With clever climate communication that is positive and inspiring, this book helps you leap to action. Teaching you to change your bee-haviour and that of others, with easy-to-implement tips and tricks, you can ease your climate anxiety and help the planet too.Have you ever felt worried, sad, unsure, or angry when thinking about what climate change might mean for our planet, for animals and for us? Did you know that you can use the power of these emotions to support yourself and th... + Read More
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Protecting the Coast and Ocean A Guide to Marine Conservation Law in British Columbia Hardcover Stephanie M. Hewson 9780774865494 $39.95 NATURE Jun 01, 2023

Fish were once so abundant in BC waters that Indigenous elders recall dried salmon being stacked like firewood behind the stove, and the sound of herring at night reminiscent of rainfall. But declines on the BC coast have accelerated over the last century, with marine wildlife cut in half in just four decades. Protecting the Coast and Ocean explores how we can reverse such precipitous declines.This meticulous work catalogues not only the laws and designations that governments in Canada can draw on – marine protected areas, Indigenous protected ... + Read More
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Commotion in the Ocean Hardcover Sarah Borg 9781570674112 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION May 30, 2023

A story in poetic verse with whimsical illustrations of friendly sea characters captivates young kids as they learn about the problem of overfishing our ocean. With the word spreading from coral reefs to across the ocean, a meeting is called to hatch a plan of defense against fishing trawlers (aka "the monsters"). Brightly colored crabs and lobsters, sea snails, polka-dotted fish, and whales and dolphins rally together and appeal?with a hug and a kiss?to humans to hear their plea and make the right choices when they shop. A charming Sea Shephe... + Read More
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Facing the Climate Emergency, Second Edition How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth 2nd edition Paperback Margaret Klein Salamon 9780865719910 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 30, 2023

Overwhelmed by climate anxiety? Transform your angst into action to become the hero humanity needs A lifeline for those suffering from climate anxiety, Facing the Climate Emergency combines expertise in clinical psychology and disruptive climate activism to help readers transform their fear and grief into courage and heroism. The second edition of this beloved, radical self-help book provides: An updated analysis of the context of the climate movement including COVID-19, the hunger crisis, growing political unrest, and more An unflinching analy... + Read More
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Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Charged A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future Paperback James Morton Turner 9780295752181 $33.99 SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 May 09, 2023

To achieve fossil fuel independence, few technologies are more important than batteries. Used for powering zero-emission vehicles, storing electricity from solar panels and wind turbines, and revitalizing the electric grid, batteries are essential to scaling up the renewable energy resources that help address global warming. But given the unique environmental impact of batteries?including mining, disposal, and more?does a clean energy transition risk trading one set of problems for another?In Charged, James Morton Turner unpacks the history of ... + Read More
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Marina A Story About Plastic and the Planet Hardcover Jesse Byrd 9781223186658 $25.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Mar 28, 2023

After Marina throws away the plastic wrapper on her sandwich, the plastic goes on a journey to disturb a series of sea creatures before, later, washing up on a beach where Marina and her family are playing. This experience is Marina’s introduction to the harmfulness of single-use plastics, lighting a spark within her to learn more and do more to help the planet.
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In This Together Connecting with Your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis Paperback Marianne E. Krasny 9781501768590 $29.95 NATURE Mar 15, 2023

In This Together explores how we can harness our social networks to make a real impact fighting the climate crisis. Against notions of the lone environmental crusader, Marianne E. Krasny shows us the power of "network climate action"?the idea that our own ordinary acts can influence and inspire those close to us. Through this spread of climate-conscious practices, our individual actions become collective ones that can eventually effect widespread change.Weaving examples of everyday climate-forward initiatives in with insights on behavioral and ... + Read More
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Making Wonderful Ideological Roots of Our Eco-Catastrophe Paperback Martin M. Tweedale 9781772126242 $49.99 PHILOSOPHY Mar 08, 2023

In Making Wonderful, Martin M. Tweedale tells how an ideology in the West energized an economic expansion that has led to ecological disaster. He takes us back to the rise of cities and autocratic rulers, analyzing how respect for custom and tradition gave way to the dominance of top-down rational planning and organization. Then in response came a highly attractive myth of an eventual future rid of all of humankind's ills, one in which life would be “made wonderful.” Originating in Zoroastrianism and, through Jewish apocalyptic works, flowing i... + Read More
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Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas The Domination of Nature New Edition Paperback William Leiss 9780228017257 $37.95 NATURE Feb 15, 2023

Concern over ecological and environmental problems grows daily, and many believe we’re at a critical tipping point. Scientists, social thinkers, public officials, and the public recognize that failure to understand the destructive impact of industrial society and advanced technologies on the delicate balance of organic life in the global ecosystem will result in devastating problems for future generations. In The Domination of Nature William Leiss argues that this global predicament must be understood in terms of deeply rooted attitudes towards... + Read More
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An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom. He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers — from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist adrienne maree brown, eco-philosopher Joana Macy, and Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer — ... + Read More
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Perfect for fans of English Pastoral and Wilding, Hoofprints on the Land shows that herding cultures are not a thing of the past but a regenerative model for our future. Hoofprints on the Land is a fascinating and lyrical book exploring the deep and ancient working partnerships between people and animals. UN advocate and camel conservationist Ilse Köhler-Rollefson writes a passionate rallying cry for those invisible and forgotten herding cultures that exist all over the world, and how by embracing these traditional nomadic practices, we can he... + Read More
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Pandemics, massive earthquakes, war, and other catastrophes inspire immediate action because their casualties and destruction are immediately visible. Climate change is an unyielding problem because its long-range dangers are hidden, and thus it is a global risk unlike anything in human experience.The federal government recently announced aggressive climate targets for Canada. We have committed to producing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which will require major changes for our economy and way of life. Canadian citizens need to unde... + Read More
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Series: McGill-Queen's/Brian Mulroney Institute of Government Studies in Leadership, Public Policy, and Governance Under the Weather Reimagining Mobility in the Climate Crisis Paperback Stephanie Sodero 9780228014621 $39.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Nov 15, 2022

Humans and human mobility, including driving and flying, are entangled with the climate emergency. Fossil-fuelled mobility worsens severe weather, and in turn, severe weather disrupts human mobility. A shift to zero-emission vehicles is critical but insufficient to repair the damage or prepare communities for the coming disruptions severe weather will bring.In Under the Weather Stephanie Sodero explores the intersection between human mobility and severe weather. Anchored in two Atlantic Canadian hurricane case studies, Hurricane Juan in Mi’kma’... + Read More
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A Poison Like No Other How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies Hardcover Matt Simon 9781642832358 $34.95 NATURE Oct 27, 2022

A Poison Like No Other reveals the emerging health threat of microplastics and how ubiquitous they have become. It’s falling from the sky and is in the air we breathe. It’s in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It’s microplastic and it’s everywhere—including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these tiny particles threaten health, but the studies are alarming. In A Poison Like No Other, Matt Simon reveals a whole new dimension to the plastic crisis, one even more disturbing than plastic bottles washing up ... + Read More
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Toxic Legacy How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment Paperback Stephanie Seneff 9781645021872 $27.95 MEDICAL Oct 25, 2022

Named a “Best Book of the Year” by Kirkus Reviews “Urgent and eye-opening, the book serves as a loud-and-clear alarm.”―The Boston Globe Named an "Outstanding Academic Title" by Choice From an MIT scientist, mounting evidence that the active ingredient in the world’s most commonly used weedkiller is contributing to skyrocketing rates of chronic disease. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the most commonly used weedkiller in the world. Over 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicide are sprayed on farms―and food―every year... + Read More
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Count On Us! Hardcover Gabi Snyder 9781646866243 $22.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 9 Sep 20, 2022

Learn how a movement builds from one person to a billion in this A to Z environmental activism book. Readers count from 1 to 10 – and then in larger increments to a billion – as they learn new terms from “conservation” to “activism.” Inset boxes provide easy-to-understand definitions of additional new vocabulary words.
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Count On Us! Paperback Gabi Snyder 9781646866250 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 9 Sep 20, 2022

Learn how a movement builds from one person to a billion in this A to Z environmental activism book. Readers count from 1 to 10 – and then in larger increments to a billion – as they learn new terms from “conservation” to “activism.” Inset boxes provide easy-to-understand definitions of additional new vocabulary words.