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Argues that the depletion of the world's tropical rainforests has caused irreversible ecological damage. Explores the loss of biodiversity, drastic…
climatic changes, and the uprooting of indigenous populations. Describes the debate about the severity of these problems, especially in British Columbia and the Amazon. For senior high and older readersThe opposing viewpoints in this volume concern the environment. Scientists debate the causes and effects of global warming, whether it…
poses a serious threat to human life, and how to preserve the rainforests that are endangered by slowly rising temperatures. For junior and senior high and older readersKatakis defines stewardship as a way of seeing, thinking, and acting on this planet with underpinnings of honor, duty, and…
courage. Reflecting this idea are essays by thirty authors, including Wendell Berry, Gerald Vizenor, and Gary Paul Nabhan. In her contribution, Mary Catherine Bateson discusses the integral part death plays in both forests and families. Some strong languageEssays illustrating the need for humans to learn to live in an environmentally sensitive manner. By authors such as Edward…
Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and Onondaga chief Oren Lyons, the essays are grouped in three sections. The first depicts the current state of nature, the second describes the impact of growth-driven economics and overpopulation, and the third offers some possible solutionsBilled a book for Walden Woods, this collection of essays was compiled to raise money to protect the development-threatened woods…
made famous by Henry Thoreau. The concerned authors include a number of celebrities such as Robert Redford, Cesar Chavez, Tom Hanks, Jimmy Carter, Wallace Stegner, Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, and Edward Kennedy. They discuss either Walden Woods or other environmental problemsA walk on the tundra
Par Rebecca Hainnu. 2021
During the short Arctic summers, the tundra, covered most of the year under snow and ice, becomes filled with colourful…
flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens. These hardy little plants transform the northern landscape, as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight. Caribou, lemmings, snow buntings, and many other wildlife species depend on tundra plants for food and nutrition, but they are not the only ones... A Walk on the Tundra follows Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra. There, Inuujaq learns that these tough little plants are much more important to Inuit than she originally believed. In addition to an informative storyline that teaches the importance of Arctic plants, this book includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the ArcticA walk on the shoreline
Par Rebecca Hainnu. 2022
Young Nukappia can't wait to get out to his family campsite on the shoreline. After spending all year in the…
south with his adoptive parents, Nukappia always looks forward to his summer visits with his birth family. After spending one night in town, Nukappia and his uncle Angu begin the long walk down the shore to the family summer campsite, where all of Nukappia's cousins and aunts and uncles are waiting for him. Along the way, Nukappia learns that the shoreline is not just ice and rocks and water. There is an entire ecosystem of plants and animals that call the shoreline home. From seaweed to clams to char to shore grasses, there is far more to see along the shoreline than Nukappia ever imaginedAnticosti: 450 millions d'années de vie
Par Mathieu-Robert Sauvé. 2023
Île d'une beauté à couper le souffle, véritable joyau québécois dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent, Anticosti est un territoire immense…
qui fascine aussi bien les amants de la nature que les chercheurs de ce monde. Son écosystème original en fait un site d'exception. À l'été 2022, dans la foulée de la candidature d'Anticosti pour intégrer la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, Mathieu-Robert Sauvé a parcouru l'île en long et en large pour nous la faire découvrir au-delà de ses paysages de carte postale. Au fil des entrevues qu'il a réalisées auprès des scientifiques et des insulaires, il nous dévoile l'épopée fascinante qui a mené tant de géologues, de botanistes, de biologistes et nombre d'experts à se passionner pour cet endroit uniqueMountain of Fire: Into the Heart of Volcanoes (Roberge)
Par Julie Roberge, Aless Mc, Charles Simard. 2023
On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake
Par Gregor Craigie. 2024
Finalist, Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and Victoria Butler Book PrizeA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookThe Big One and…
what we can do to get ready for it.Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that can produce the world’s biggest earthquakes and tsunamis. In the eastern part of the continent, small cities and large, from Ottawa to Montréal to New York City, sit in active earthquake zones. In fact, more than 100-million North Americans live in active seismic zones, many of whom do not realize the risk to their community.Packed with bedrooms that wrap you in warmth, kitchens that start your day with sunshine, gardens that greet you with…
gladness, porches that put you at peace, and recipes that become instant family classics.À l’image des femmes d’aujourd’hui qui ont à cœur leur bonheur et celui de leur famille. Au fil des pages,…
vous trouverez des recettes gourmandes, des menus festifs et des trucs de chef. Vous apprécierez nos chroniques originales et pertinentes sur la beauté, la mode, les finances personnelles, la famille et la déco.When it comes to home improvement, you need information you can trust. Inside each issue of The Family Handyman, you’ll…
find see-and-solve expert repair techniques, a variety of projects for every room and step-by-step, do-it-yourself photos.Monthly articles focus on food, fitness, beauty, and child care using the resources of the Good Housekeeping institute. From human…
interest stories and social issues to money management and travel, the magazine will encourage positive living for today's woman.About real life at home. Includes money-saving mini makeovers, simple ways to conquer clutter, smart DIY solutions, time-saving cleaning tricks,…
and so much more. Plus--see how the HGTV experts really live!Celebrates the beauty of classic and contemporary style. Real-life homes with stunning photography deliver inspirational decorating while remaining real and…
relevant. The ultimate sourcebook of beautiful ideas and detailed information, inspiring its readers to become their own interior designers.Les idées de ma maison témoigne des grandes tendances de l’heure en décoration. Par l’intermédiaire de designers de renom, le…
magazine transmet son savoir et ses idées afin d’insuffler aux lecteurs le désir de s’investir personnellement dans leur décoration intérieure. Tous les mois, Les idées de ma maison vous ouvre les portes de maisons de charme et vous fait explorer l’univers des cuisines, des salles de bain et des chambres à coucher, avec des dossiers thématiques percutants. Un ensemble de chroniques shopping, d’idées déco express, de conseils d’experts ainsi qu’une section art de vivre, avec un volet gastronomie, jouent chaque mois sur la fibre épicurienne des lecteurs.Vous avez toutes du talent! Riche, esthétique et résolument féminin, Marie Claire Idées propose des idées tendances et uniques pour…
tous les tempéraments créatifs qui souhaitent personnaliser leur décoration, cuisiner avec inventivité et customiser leur mode.