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• Flight of the Hummingbird

  a Parable for the Environment

  Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll

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  Grade 4- Adult. Non-fiction. A beautifully drawn comic book inspired by Japanese manga and Indigenous art and legend. This powerful story about a brave hummingbird shares a message of environmental stewardship.

• You Can Change the World

  Bell, Lucy,

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  Grade 4-8. Kids around the world are working together to make our planet a better, safer, happier place--and now you can join in with this practical guide!You Can Change the World empowers kids to make changes in their lives and communities with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Be the Change

  Rob Greenfield's Call to Kids : Making a Difference in a Messed-up World

  Greenfield, Rob, 1986-

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  Grade 4-8. "From environmental activist Rob Greenfield comes an energetic (and sometimes extreme!) guide to creating a sustainable world. In Be the Change, Greenfield guides young readers through some of the trickiest topics of our time: food and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My River

  Cleaning Up the Lahave River

  Bowles, Stella,

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  Grade 5-8. "Stella Bowles was a Grade 6 Nova Scotia student when she turned environmental activist to campaign against sewage pipes draining straight into the LaHave River. This is the inspirational first person account of Stella's Grade 6 science…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are All Greta

  Be Inspired to Save the World

  Giannella, Valentina,

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  Grade 5-8. Greta Thunberg, author of No One is too Small to Make a Difference, has directed the attention of adults and her peers alike to issues crucial to the future of the planet, and the heads of even the youngest children have been filled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plasticus Maritimus

  An Invasive Species

  Pêgo, Ana (Marine biologist),

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  Grade 5-Adult. "When she was young, biologist Ana Pêgo didn't play in a backyard but on a beach. As she grew older, Ana realized that a new species was becoming more and more common in the sand. She decided to collect the species and give it a name:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Environmentalists From Our First Nations

  Schilling, Vincent, 1967-

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  Grade 6-12. Like the other books in the First Nations Series for Young Readers, this books offers ten short and engaging biographies of First Nations/Native activists who advocate not only for the environment but for Native rights. Their stories are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Change Everything

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

  Klein, Naomi, 1970-

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  Grade 6-12. "The world is getting hotter -- we know temperatures are rising all over the planet. This book is about why they are rising, and how their rise is changing the climate we all share, and most importantly, what we can all do about it.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Change Everything

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

  Klein, Naomi, 1970-

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• How to Change Everything

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

  Klein, Naomi, 1970-

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• Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

  Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands

  Barlow, Maude,

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  Grade 9-Adult. "The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

  Barlow, Maude,

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• Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

  Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands

  Barlow, Maude,

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• Water Resources

  Efficient, Sustainable, and Equitable Use

  Mauser, Wolfram

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  Grade 9-Adult. Water is a vital part of every ecosystem on the planet. It is a prerequisite for the basic function and productive efficiency of life on Earth. Today, approximately a third of the earth's population suffers because of water scarcity,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the World Runs Dry

  Earth's Water in Crisis

  Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-

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  Grade 9-Adult. What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• High and Dry

  Meeting the Challenges of the World's Growing Dependence on Groundwater

  Alley, William M.,

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  Grade 9-Adult. A call to understand and protect groundwater, the primary source of drinking water for almost half of the world’s population. Groundwater is essential for drinking water and food security. It provides enormous environmental benefits…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kiss the Ground

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  Grade 9-Adult.A revolutionary group of scientists, activists, farmers, and politicians come together in a global movement of regenerative agriculture that could balance the climate, replenish the vast water supplies, and feed the world.

• Peace Out

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  Grade 9-Adult."Peace Out is the story of British Columbia's magnificent Peace River and the true on-the-ground costs of fuelling North America's unrestrained thirst for energy. The film takes an unusually penetrating look at the positions of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• H2oil

  What's More Important, Water or Oil?

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  Grade 9-Adult. Moving between a local microcosm and the global oil crisis, H2Oil weaves together a collection of compelling stories of people who are at the front lines of the biggest industrial project in human history: Canada's tar sands.

• Flow

  for Love of Water

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  Grade 9-Adult. Investigates the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply from the perspective of politics, economics, pollution and environmental issues, human rights, public health, and the effects of corporate greed and…Read moreRead more of this annotation