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Natural living style : inspirational ideas for a beautiful and sustainable home / by Lake, Selina,author.; Whiting, Rachel,photographer.;
Subjects: Interior decoration;

The devil's element : phosphorus and a world out of balance / by Egan, Dan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan harrowingly reports, our overreliance on this vital crop nutrient is today causing toxic algae blooms and "dead zones" in waterways from the coasts of Florida to the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes and beyond. Egan also explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide--which risks rising conflict and even war"--
Subjects: Phosphorus in agriculture; Phosphorus;

AI valley : Microsoft, Google, and the trillion-dollar race to cash in on artificial intelligence / by Rivlin, Gary,author.;
"A journalist shadows the leading thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing the breakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence;

Gardening in a changing world : plants, people and the climate crisis / by Moore, Darryl,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Darryl Moore is an award-winning garden and landscape designer and writer focusing on contemporary garden and landscape design and planting. He is director and co-founder of the innovative urban landscape organization Cityscapes, realizing creative approaches to greening city spaces through novel design ideas that ensure ecological, economic and social sustainability. His book Gardening in a changing world is essential reading for professionals and students of horticulture and garden and landscape design -- and anyone interested in showcasing sustainability and ecology in public places.
Subjects: Gardening; Landscape gardening; Landscaping industry;

The day the world stops shopping : how ending consumerism saves the environment and ourselves / by MacKinnon, J. B.(James Bernard),1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet-but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J.B. MacKinnon investigates how we might achieve a world without shopping"--
Subjects: Consumption (Economics); Environmentalism.;

Cowspiracy : the sustainability secret : rethinking our diet to transform the world / by Andersen, Kip(Filmmaker),author.; Kuhn, Keegan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Agriculture; Livestock; Veganism.; Vegetarianism.;

Profit : an environmental history / by Stoll, Mark,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Capitalism; Environmental degradation; Environmental economics;

What in the world is green food? / by Gaarder-Juntti, Oona,1979-;
"Grades K-4"--T.p. verso.LSC
Subjects: Food;
© c2011., ABDO Pub. Co.,

The sustainability secret : rethinking our diet to transform the world / by Andersen, Kip(Filmmaker); Kuhn, Keegan.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Livestock; Sustainable agriculture.;

Climate change / by Jakab, Cheryl.;
Facing global issues -- What's the issue? -- Climate change issues around the globe -- Issue 1 Melting ice -- Issue 2 Rising sea levels -- Issue 3 Record temperatures -- Issue 4 More hurricanes -- Issue 5 Increase in greenhouse gases -- What can you do? -Discusses the most urgent climate change issues around the world, including the melting of ice cover, rising sea levels, temperatures getting hotter each year, more storms and hurricanes, and human activities that contribute to global warming.
Subjects: Climatic changes; Climatic changes;
© 2008., Smart Apple Media,

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