sustainable living

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The little blue planet

This story offers a sage message of hope and encourages children to take part in protecting and respecting our Little Blue Planet, our one true home.

Fashion conscious

2020
"Shake up the fashion world by taking action as conscious consumers and active citizens. We have the power to collectively change the world with a change of clothes! In the UK alone, over a million tonnes of clothes are thrown away each year and around ?140 million worth of clothes head to landfill. Learn how to love your clothes by reusing, swapping and mending what you already have and discover how to choose wisely when you do buy something new. This practical, positive and empowering book will open eyes to the impact our clothing choices have on people and the planet and empower children to demand answers to questions and take action"--Provided by publisher.

Planting trees

2023
Beginning readers are introduced to how they can live green and make a difference by planting trees.

The ultimate guide to homesteading

an encyclopedia for independent living
2011
Provides an introduction to homesteading, discusses the basics of independent living, and offers instructions, with diagrams, charts, photographs, and illustrations, for a range of homesteading projects, including building shelters, caring for horses and other animals, making home necessities, health care and first aid, home education, garden planning and plant care, and more.

The homesteading handbook

a back to basics guide to growing your own food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, crafting, herbal medicine, and more
2011
A guide to homesteading that provides information and tips on growing and preserving food; raising chickens and other animals; making soap and candles; using alternative energy; and more.

Year of No Garbage

Recycling Lies, Plastic Problems, and One Woman's Trashy Journey to Zero Waste
2023
Year of No Garbage Is Super Size Me Meets the Environmental Movement, Eve O. Schaub, humorist and stunt memoirist extraordinaire, tackles her most difficult challenge to date: garbage. Convincing her husband and two daughters to go along with her, Schaub attempts the seemingly impossible: living in the modern world without creating any trash at all. For an entire year. And-as it turns out-during a pandemic. In the process, Schaub learns more than she bargained for: that modern recycling is broken, and single stream recycling is a lie. That flushable wipes aren't flushable and compostables aren't compostable. That plastic drives climate change, fosters racism, and is poisoning the environment and our bodies at alarming rates as microplastics are being found everywhere, from the top of Mount Everest to the placentas of unborn babies. This startling and fact-filled memoir is for everyone who wants to decrease their personal garbage footprint but would rather Eve do it first and tell you how.

Give a sh*t

do good. Live better. Save the planet
A self-help guide to transitioning to a more sustainable lifestyle in all areas of one's life, from eating healthier to living more eco-friendly.

No one is too small to make a difference

2020
"[Presents] the groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation . . . [Collects] her speeches that have made history across the globe, from the United Nations to mass street protests"--Publisher.

Be the change

Rob Greenfield's call to kids : making a difference in a messed-up world
2022
". . . an energetic (and sometimes extreme!) guide to creating a sustainable world. [The author] guides young readers through some of the trickiest topics of our time: food and water waste, our dependency on fossil fuels, and our love of money and stuff. What our planet needs, he argues, is for us to embrace sustainable living. [the author] describes his own awareness-raising campaigns (dumpster diving to call attention to food waste, for example, or biking across the United States to highlight fossil-fuel dependency), and then explores how readers can make impactful changes in their own lives. No one is too young, he argues, and no action too small."--Provided by publisher.

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