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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"People and farm animals make a lot of poop every day. Poop is often an untapped source for energy and fuel. Some people hope it will become popular as a sustainable energy source. Turning Poop Into Power looks at how poop becomes energy and the benefits of using it for heating and electricity."--From publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
IG 920L
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of garbage larger than the...
Author
Publisher
RP Teens
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
112 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
What can you make out of your old bits of paper, leftover pieces of yarn, or not-so-brand-new cartons and containers? Craft your own purse out of playing cards, whip up a scrapbook made of cereal boxes, or a dollhouse from an empty juice carton! Tweens and teens can start crafting using the easy to follow instructions and photographic directions the smart way. All crafts are made out of materials that many of us find just lying around the house or...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents information about using materials that people throw away, including empty soda bottles and cans, milk cartons, cereal boxes, and bottlecaps, the Scrapkins make new things that are useful.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Outlining the inequitable ways in which the world disposes of trash and sharing the stories of those affected, the author recounts his time climbing mountains of refuse with "waste pickers," who make a living gathering recyclables from a Delhi landfill, and describes the work of an environmental scientist who oversees the site of a former Oklahoma town abandoned after toxic byproducts from nearby mines made it uninhabitable. Franklin-Wallis pays keen...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 [i.e. 160] min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. The first program, The green apple, uses New York City, particularly One Bryant Park and the Solaire, to demonstrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility. The second episode, Green for all, features architect and activist Sergio Palleroni as he works to provide design solutions to regions suffering from social and humanitarian...
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