environmentalists

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environmentalists

Our house is on fire

Greta Thunberg's call to save the planet
2019
"Tells the story of Greta Thunberg, a teenage Swedish climate activist who has sparked a worldwide student movement and is demanding action from world leaders who refuse to address climate change"--OCLC.
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Rachel Carson

2019
"Rachel Carson wasn't just a scientist. She was an author and a conservationist. Young readers will discover how this biologist helped bring attention to the dangers of pesticides and the need for protecting the environment"--Provided by publisher.
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Bindi Irwin

2019
Explore Bindi Irwin's life as a wildlife conservationist, starting at a young age.
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Wangari Maathai

the woman who planted millions of trees
2017
Tells the story of environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.
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The boy who grew a forest

the true story of Jadav Payeng
2019
A picture book biography of Jadav Payeng who as a boy was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion in India's Brahmaputra River region, so he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew into a thriving 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals.
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Oil and honey

the education of an unlikely activist
The author chronicles his personal battle to raise awareness of climate change and places his story against the larger backdrop of the global battle to combat this issue. Alongside this theme is the author's story of a Vermont beekeeper producing his own honey and how this also reflects on the condition of the global climate.
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Environmentalist Rachel Carson

Traces the life and work of environmentalist and ecologist Rachel Carson. Discusses her childhood, early interest in wildlife and the environment, education and research, writing of her well-known book "Silent Spring," and her lasting legacy. Includes a timeline and glossary.
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Rachel Carson

environmentalist
A brief biography of Rachel Carson, a biologist, who became an influential environmentalist and scientist.
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Roberta Bondar

Canada's first woman in space
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Rachel Carson and her book that changed the world

Tells the life story of Rachel Carson, a biologist and environmentalist, covering her childhood, her years in college where she changed her career focus, and her most well-known works up until her death.

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