Celebrating Earth Day

by Egan, Dan

Unknown - 2017

An award-winning journalist traces the scientific, historical and ecological factors that are endangering the Great Lakes, discussing the late-19th centur...Show more An award-winning journalist traces the scientific, historical and ecological factors that are endangering the Great Lakes, discussing the late-19th century's effort to connect the lakes to the Atlantic, which unexpectedly introduced invasive species from the natural world. Show less

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We Are the Weather

Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

by Foer, Jonathan Safran

eBook - 2019

Jonathan Safran Foer re-evaluated his meat-based diet - and his conscience - in his powerful memoir and investigative report, 'Eating Animals'. Now, he offers a mind-bending and potentially world-changing call to action on climate change. Jonathan Safran Foer re-evaluated his meat-based diet - and his conscience - in his powerful memoir and investigative report, 'Eating Animals'. Now, he offers a mind-bending and potentially world-changing call to action on climate change. Show less

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

A Year of Food Life

by Kingsolver, Barbara

eBook - 2007

Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver offers her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver offers her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. Show less

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How to Change Everything

The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

by Klein, Naomi

Book - 2021

In her first book written for young readers, internationally acclaimed author and social activist Naomi Klein, with Rebecca Steffoff, lays out the facts and challenges of climate change and the movement for climate justice. Family-friendly read. In her first book written for young readers, internationally acclaimed author and social activist Naomi Klein, with Rebecca Steffoff, lays out the facts and challenges of climate change and the movement for climate justice. Family-friendly read. Show less

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This Changes Everything

Capitalism Vs. the Climate

by Klein, Naomi

Audiobook CD - 2014

Climate change, Klein argues, is a civilizational wake-up call, a powerful message delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms and droughts. Confro...Show more Climate change, Klein argues, is a civilizational wake-up call, a powerful message delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms and droughts. Confronting it is no longer about changing the light bulbs. It's about changing the world—before the world changes so drastically that no one is safe. Either we leap—or we sink. Show less

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https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/last-reef

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Fly across iridescent tropical reefs. Brush through a cloud of countless jellyfish. Visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see. Fly across iridescent tropical reefs. Brush through a cloud of countless jellyfish. Visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see. Show less

https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/life-grid

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A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. Show less

Food From the Radical Center

Healing Our Land and Communities

by Nabhan, Gary Paul

Streaming Audiobook - 2018

Nabhan offers a truly unique perspective on the biocultural conservation movement. He draws on fifty years of work with community-based projects around t...Show more Nabhan offers a truly unique perspective on the biocultural conservation movement. He draws on fifty years of work with community-based projects around the nation. His most enduring legacy may be his message of hope: a vision of a new environmentalism that is just and inclusive, allowing former adversaries to commune over delicious foods. Show less

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Award-winning feature documentary about humanity's wisest responses to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality and t Award-winning feature documentary about humanity's wisest responses to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality and t Show less

The Overstory

by Powers, Richard

eBook - 2018

A novel of activism and natural-world power presents interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest. A novel of activism and natural-world power presents interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest. Show less

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https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/riverblue-0

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This film spans the globe to infiltrate one of the world's most pollutive industries, fashion. This film spans the globe to infiltrate one of the world's most pollutive industries, fashion. Show less

https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/shored-2

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When Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast, it was a wake up call to a new reality. When Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast, it was a wake up call to a new reality. Show less

https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/straws

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A powerful documentary about plastic straws and other forms of plastic pollution that inundate our waterways and oceans. A powerful documentary about plastic straws and other forms of plastic pollution that inundate our waterways and oceans. Show less

David Suzuki's Green Guide

by Suzuki, David T.

eBook - 2008

A practical and inspiring guide to leading a more environmentally responsible life makes recommendations for improving four key areas, including home, tra...Show more A practical and inspiring guide to leading a more environmentally responsible life makes recommendations for improving four key areas, including home, travel, food, and consumerism, in a resource for everyday citizens that outlines specific steps for adopting sustainable lifestyles. Original. Show less

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The Legacy

An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future

by Suzuki, David T.

eBook - 2010

David Suzuki reflects on how we got where we are today and presents his vision for a better future. David Suzuki reflects on how we got where we are today and presents his vision for a better future. Show less

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https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11570277

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Directed by journalist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, produced in conjunction with Naomi Klein's bestselling book of the same name, and filmed over 211 shoot da...Show more Directed by journalist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, produced in conjunction with Naomi Klein's bestselling book of the same name, and filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, the film presents seven portraits of communities on the front lines. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Show less

https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/vanishing-bees-0

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This documentary, narrated by Ellen Page, takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide This documentary, narrated by Ellen Page, takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide Show less

The Uninhabitable Earth

Life After Warming

by Wallace-Wells, David

eBook - 2019

A meditation on the devastation we have brought upon ourselves and an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catast...Show more A meditation on the devastation we have brought upon ourselves and an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation Show less

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https://burlington.kanopy.com/video/watershed-guardians

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The Fraser River is one of the most beautiful rivers of Canada. But how healthy is it really? The Fraser River is one of the most beautiful rivers of Canada. But how healthy is it really? Show less

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