Catalog Search Results
1) Blessed unrest: how the largest movement in the world came into being, and why no one saw it coming
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Describes the steps being taken by the current generation of philanthropists and conservationists who have dedicated themselves to the environment, from Doug and Kristine Tompkins's preservation of the South American rainforest to Roxanne Quimby's Burt'sBees company.
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
""Enlivened by decades of work in open fields washed by the salt spray of the Atlantic"-words that describe his prose as well as his vision of connectedness - Scott Chaskey has given us a book for our time: a seed of hope and regeneration in a time of widespread despair"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This documentary portrays the transformative vision and extraordinary efforts of Wenzday Jane, a young woman whose mechanical skills and innovative actions are reshaping her community. Wenzday Jane goes to the heart of the sustainability issue by offering practical economic solutions, and suggests that things don't have to be the way they are. As a young child growing up in public housing, Wenzday's bicycle meant personal responsibility and self-direction....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The creation of Greenpeace is probably the most exciting and heroic environmental adventure of the 20th century. Although powerful now, at the start it was just a small group of hippies, motivated by their vision of a green and peaceful world. Through unpublished archive footage and interviews with Greenpeace's founders, this extraordinary documentary takes an in-depth, first hand look into the organization that has become synonymous with the ecological...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present A Contract with the Earth. They declare a need for bipartisan environmentalism-a new era of environmental stewardship with principles that they believe most Americans will share.While acknowledging that liberals and conservatives do not see eye to eye on many issues, Gingrich and Maple...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Director Robert Stone ("Oswald's Ghost," "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst") traces the origins of the modern environmental movement through the eyes of nine Americans who propelled the movement from its beginnings in the 1950s to its moment of triumph in 1970 with the original Earth Day and to its status as a major political force in America.
11) First reformed
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josh Dorfman's perspective is a leading voice for anyone involved in new consumer-based environmentalism.†?-Tom Arnold, TerraPass
We can't all camp out in old-growth forests, lying down in front of the bulldozers. And it's not only that we're too busy: Some of us just don't want our fabulous threads to get caked with mud.
But that doesn't mean we don't care passionately about the environment. Luckily, the days when becoming environmentally aware...
13) Go further
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
GO FURTHER explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. The film follows actor Woody Harrelson as he takes a small group of friends on a bio-fuelled bus-ride down the Pacific Coast Highway. Their goal? To show the people they encounter that there are viable alternatives to our habitual, environmentally-destructive behaviours. The travellers include a yoga-teacher, a raw food chef, a hemp-activist,...
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Suggests solutions to some of the problems of the twenty-first century, looking at how individuals can make changes in their daily lives that will contribute to the goal of creating a world full of prosperous people without destroying the Earth, discussing "stuff," shelter, cities, community, business, politics, and the planet.
15) Moletown
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Torben Kuhlmann's stunningly illustrated, nearly wordless tale offers a fascinating window into an imaginary yet hauntingly familiar world under our feet, where the moles suddenly recognize the precarious balance between progress and preservation. But is it too late?"--Page [2] of cover.
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Presents a guide to measures individuals can take to support environmentally responsible companies and products, covering categories such as home furnishings, toys, beauty products, electronics, and transportation, with photographs and illustrations.
19) Water witches
Author
Publisher
University Press of New England
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
In Vermont, dowser Patience Avery is having a busy summer as wells dry up, and conservationists have to fight developers' plans to expand the local ski area and deplete the water table to dangerously low levels.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this "richly imagined" dystopian vision, mankind must find a way to survive as modern civilization slowly comes apart ( O, The Oprah Magazine ). When Earth ran dry of oil, the age of the automobile came to an end; electricity flickered out. With deprivation came desperation -- and desperation drove humanity backward to a state of existence few could have imagined. In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, every day is a struggle. For Mayor Robert...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request