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Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of "slow violence" to describe these threats, the author focuses on the inattention we have paid to the attritional lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle driven messaging that impels public activism today. Slow violence,...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic. Perfect for fans of The Curious Garden and Harlem Grown.
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents six episodes of the series "Stuff Happens with Bill Nye" in which "Science Guy" Bill Nye examines the environmental consequences of everyday products in bathrooms, backyards, attics, garages, bedrooms, and kitchens, and provides simple ways to make one's life greener.
468) Snowshoe country: an environmental and cultural history of winter in the early American Northeast
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Snowshoe Country is an environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial American Northeast, closely examining indigenous and settler knowledge of snow, ice, and life in the cold. Indigenous communities in this region were more knowledgeable about the cold than European newcomers from temperate climates, and English settlers were especially slow to adapt. To keep surviving the winter year after year and decade after decade, English colonists...
Author
Series
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kentucky
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Though not often recognised as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. This work examines the underlying environmental philosophy in Tolkien's major works as well as his lesser-known stories and essays.
472) Firebugs
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Everything is changing-but everything is also exactly the same. Ingken can't ignore it: ice caps stained brown from forest fires, pipeline construction, drought... the whole world somehow persists despite the slow erosion of stability. After a trip to Paris, Ingken returns home ready for a break from drugs. Their supportive partner, Lily, is flushed, excited about a new connection she's made. Although Ingken wants to be happy for her, there's a discomfort...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert)....
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