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The Book That Launched an International Movement
Fans of The Anxious Generation will adore Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller. “An absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe
“It rivals Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer...
Fans of The Anxious Generation will adore Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller. “An absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe
“It rivals Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer...
3) Mountain Men
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (343 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Mountain Men follows men who have devoted their lives to surviving off the grid in some of the country's most unforgiving terrain.
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Series
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English
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"An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America. Harriet Tubman, forced to labor outdoors on a Maryland plantation, learned from the land a terrain for escape. Louisa May Alcott ran wild, eluding gendered expectations in New England. The Indigenous women's basketball team from Fort Shaw, Montana, recaptured a sense of pride in physical prowess as they trounced the white...
Author
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
"In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames, with few interviews and no explanatory narration. Hell itself is presented in such beautiful sights and music that one has to be fascinated by it.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Romanian
Description
In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, an abandoned water reservoir just outside the bustling metropolis, the Enache family lived in perfect harmony with nature for two decades, sleeping in a hut on the lakeshore, catching fish barehanded, and following the rhythm of the seasons. When this area is transformed into a public national park, they are forced to leave behind their unconventional life and move to the city, where fishing rods are replaced...
8) Gunk baby
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English
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"Gunk Baby is a black comedy workplace thriller set in a sprawling indoor shopping mall about a cabal of low-wage workers who plot violent acts of "resistance" against their managers"--
9) Spacewalks
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Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Explains what spacewalking consists of, including collecting samples, fixing equipment, and sightseeing.
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English
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""My mission was clear: I needed to fix the problems facing the workplace. As quickly as I came up with my new mission, I came up with the solution: We need to treat each other better. Period." Shola Richards had reached the end of the road: after nearly two years at a soul-sucking job, he felt numb and suicidal. So he quit and devoted himself to nothing less than transforming the workplace, turning it into a space of respect, courtesy, and endless...
11) Tomorrow
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (120 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Faced with a sense of powerlessness in the face of growing evidence of a coming mass human extinction, Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards) and activist Cyril Dion travel to ten countries where grassroots pioneers are reinventing their economies and democracies. From Detroit, where urban farms have transformed a dying city, to Copenhagen, where nearly 70% of the energy is renewable, to Kuttambakkan in India, where participative democracy allows different...
12) Living in space
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Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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Examines how astronauts eat, sleep, work, and even exercise in a weightless world.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"The founder of Menlo Innovations and author of the business culture cult classic Joy, Inc offers an inspirational guide to leaders seeking joy in the challenge of leading others. Rich Sheridan's Joy, Inc. told the story of how his tiny software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan achieved success and renown by embracing offbeat culture and human-centered values. In Chief Joy Officer, he turns his attention from culture to leadership, and draws on his...
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the various steps necessary for an astronaut to prepare for a flight into space and follows astronaut Linda Gardner as she trains for her space shuttle mission.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Academy Award winner, Dame Helen Mirren, this powerful and eye-opening documentary spotlights critical efforts that may be among the last, and best chances, to preserve one million species on the brink of disappearing forever.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Classrooms are training grounds for students to learn how to respond positively to diverse environments. Every day, they interact with people who look different, come from different places, and have different preferences. This program explores the many types of diversity and the perils of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. We also discuss ways to express curiosity in others while respecting the differences that make every person interesting,...
17) Green Warriors
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (150 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A series of scientific investigations into environmental scandals facing the planet. Investigative journalist Martin Boudot tracks down the big environmental scandals around the world: contaminated rivers, air pollution, toxic waste, illegal exploitation of resources, poaching of endangered species… Armed with his drone, Martin gets around obstacles and outsmarts bans to reveal what some people are trying to hide — a factory that discharges its...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Deep beneath the islands of Indonesia lies a secret underwater paradise of strange shapes, vibrant colors and elegant beauty. These coral reefs of Raja Ampat contain the most exotic and incredible species of fish and sea life in the world.
19) Soyalism
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
SOYALISM follows the industrial production chain of pork and the related soybean monoculture, from China to Brazil through the United States and Mozambique. his eye-opening documentary describes the enormous concentration of power in the hands of these Western and Chinese companies and the impact this is having on the food we consume. Hundreds of thousands of small producers have gone out of business and entire landscapes have been permanently transformed....
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From Executive Producer Martin Sheen, THE MAP TO PARADISE is an adventure-filled and spectacularly gorgeous tale about the birth of the global movement to protect the sea. From underwater worlds of ice to glistening coral sanctuaries, discover what it takes to build a movement and to create positive change. Filmed across six continents, the filmmakers have set out to challenge the mainstream narrative of hard-hitting environmental documentaries with...
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