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A spectacular cavalcade of the wild experiences of Royal Fleet Officer Jettero Heller caught up in a superbly imaginative and intricate plot. Heller has been sent to eliminate pollution on Earth to make it habitable for the coming invaders, but Voltarian killer/spy Soltan Gris (our evil narrator) is bent on sabotaging his mission."
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Series
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Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
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"Describes new technologies that can help us reduce pollution and global warming, such as alternative energy sources, buildings that cost less to heat, reducing waste, reducing threats to endangered species, and combining all of these to promote sustainable living"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution. This is a meticulous, brave investigative journey that takes Irons (and us) from skepticism to sorrow and from horror to hope.
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"The Laskarises' relocation to Wilford Island, Florida, is a big key change for Mimi ... Then her science teacher, Ms. Miller, shows her class a TED Talk by Melati and Isabel Wijsen. At ages twelve and ten, they lobbied to ban single-use plastic bags on their home island of Bali--and won. Their story strikes a chord for Mimi. She's twelve. Could a kid like her make such a big change in a place that she's not yet sure feels like home?"--
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Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
People throw away plastic every day. Lots of it ends up in the ocean. It can harm marine wildlife there. Scientists are developing technology that helps collect plastic from the ocean. Cleaning Up Plastic with Artificial Coastlines looks at the science behind the technology, its risks, and how it could help improve life on Earth.
10) The Lorax
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop Once-ler from destroying the forest.
Pontoffel Pock & his magic piano: a young Dill Pickle Works worker wishes he could get away from it all and has his wish granted in a magically head-spinning, globe-trotting, song-singing way.
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Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth--Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It's rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada's oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in "Visit Sunny Chernobyl," Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Inspired by a real incident, this look at the pollution crisis in our oceans follows one of the ducks as it is washed away on ocean currents, encountering plastic-endangered whales and sea turtles and passing through the giant floating island of marine debris known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. A picture book with an ultimately hopeful message about environmental issues and the state of our oceans. An end map documents the widely scattered journey...
18) The lorax
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
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The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a vacation to a lake in British Columbia, where they discover the famous local lake monster "Orky". The children launch a plan to keep local polluters from dumping toxic waste into the lake.
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