Earth Day Books 2017

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Earth Day, Earth Day Display, New Books

Do you know everything you can recycle just by dropping them in the blue Kirkwood yardies distributed around campus? Check out the information about the program, including a list of what can go in those familiar containers:
http://www.kirkwood.edu/site/index.php?d=1229

Check out these books on ecology related titles that the library has added in the last year. We have them on our Earth Day display in the library. Stop by before the end of April to see it.

Call Number: CL 333.75 M111p Title: Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees Author: Franck Prevot,

Call Number: Easy Reading CL 635.092 S493 Title: The Tree Lady Author: H. Joseph Hopkins

Call Number: CL 813.54 A565k Title: The Kid Who Changed the World Author: Andy Andrews
NOTE: Iowans Norman Borlaug, Vice President Henry Wallace, and George Washington Carver are described in this book.

Call Number: 304.2 B262t Title: Tipping Point for Planet Earth: How Close Are We to the Edge? Authors: Anthony D. Barnosky and Elizabeth A. Hadly

Call Number: 304.2 B587 Title: The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age Author: David Biello

Call Number: 304.2 M123m Title: The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy Author: Michael McCarthy

Call Number: 333.7 N426b Title: Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise Authors: Gaylord Nelson, Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak

Call Number: 333.8 H468o Title: Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy Authors: Richard Heinberg and David Fridley

Call Number: 333.91 S399w Title: Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World Author: Judith D Schwartz
NOTE: One of the big fights of this century will most likely be over water rights.

Call Number: 333.917 P639r Title: Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change Authors: Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, and Keith C. Pilkey

Call Number: 333.95 L313g Title: Grizzlies Grizzled Old Men: A Tribute to Those Who Fought To Save the Great Bear Author: Mike Lapinski

Call Number: 333.8 H468o Title: Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy Authors: Richard Heinberg and David Fridley

Call Number: 363.7 N669n Title: Nature’s Allies: Eight Conservationists Who Changed Our World Author: Larry A. Nielsen
NOTE: One of them is Iowan Ding Darling.

Call Number: 363.738 F585a Title: Atmosphere of Hope Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis Author: Tim Flannery

Call Number: 363.738 H381f Title: Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment Author: Wenonah Hauter

Call Number: 582.16 W846h Title: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate, Discoveries from a Secret World Author: Peter Wohllben

Call Number: 539.2 J827s Title: Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation Author: Timothy J. Jorgensen

Call Number: 582.16 E592t Title: Trees: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Structure Author: Roland Ennos

Call Number: 591.509 F634a Title: American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains Author: Dan Flores

Call Number: 591.56 B711w Title: Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom Author: Dr. Carin Bondar

Call Number: 591.56 S128b Title: Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Author: Carl Safina

Call Number: 598 A182g Title: The Genius of Birds Author: Jennifer Ackerman
NOTE: This is research about the intelligence and activities of birds around the world.

Call Number: 613.1 L817h Title: Heat Advisory: Protecting Health on a Warming Planet Author: Alan H. Lockwood, MD

Call Number: 616.9 K127o Title: One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance Author: Laura Kahn

Call Number: 621.31 L989e Title: Electricity from Wave and Tide: An Introduction to Marine Energy Author: Paul A. Lynn
NOTE: About tidal power.

Call Number: 621.45 B832w Title: Wind Power Generation Author: Paul Breeze

Call Number: 621.47 B832s Title: Solar Power Generation Author: Paul Breeze

Call Number: 635 R286a Title: Reader’s Digest Quintessential Guide to Gardening: An A to Z of Flowers, Friends, Herbs, and Vegetables Author: Reader’s Digest Association

Call Number: 635.9 M369g Title: The Greenhouse Gardener’s Manual Author: Roger Marshall

Call Number: 638.1 Y546v Title: Vanishing Bees: Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health Authors: Sainath Suryanarayanan and Daniel Lee Kleinman

Call Number: 638.5 B627g Title: Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects Authors: Scott Hoffman Black, Brianna Borders, Candace Fallon, Eric Lee-Mader, and Matthew Shepherd

Call Number: 978.7 S645y Title: Yellowstone and the Smithsonian: Centers of Wildlife Conservation Author: Diane Smith

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

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Earth Day Books 2016

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Earth Day, Earth Day Display, Ecology, Ecology Books, Enviromentalism, Environment, New Books

Do you know everything you can recycle just by dropping them in the blue Kirkwood yardies distributed around campus? Check out the information about the program, including a list of what can go in those familiar containers:
http://www.kirkwood.edu/site/index.php?d=1229

Check out these books on ecology related titles that the library has added in the last year. We have them on our Earth Day display in the library. Stop by before the end of April to see it.

Call Number: 331.91 S449w Title: Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Vital Resource Author: David Sedlak

Call Number: 333.109 W752a Title: America’s Public Lands: From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond Author: Randall K. Wilson

Call Number: 333.72 H946s Title: Saving the Earth as A Career: Advice on Becoming A Conservation Professional (2nd ed.) Authors: Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr., David B. Lindenmayer, anD Aram J. K. Calhoun

Call Number: 333.91 C516w Title: Water, Peace, and War: Confronting the Global Water Crisis (Updated edition) Author: Brahma Chellaney

Call Number: 333.91 P665p Title: The Price of Thirst: Global Water Ineqality and the Coming Chaos Author: Karen Piper

Call Number: 338.3 B838o Title: The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America Author: Summer Brennan

Call Number: 338.6 L863o Title: Out of Sight: The Long and Disturbing Story of Corporations Outsourcing Catastrophe Author: Erik Loomis

Call Number: 338.9 S797 Title: Confronting Hidden Threats to Sustainability Directors: Gary Gardner, Tom Prugh, and Michael Renner

Call Number: 363.701 D897s Title: Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images Author: Finish Dunaway

Call Number: 363.738 H918h Title: The Human and Environmental Impact of Fracking: How Fracturing Shale for Gas Affects Us and Our World Editor: Madelon L. Finkel

Call Number: 363.738 R766c Title: Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Joseph Romm

Call Number: 394.12 M167a Title: The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields, and the Dinner Table Author: Tracie McMillan

Call Number: 509.2 W961i Title: The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World Author: Andrea Wulf

Call Number: 551.6 G648h Title: How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth’s Climate Author: Jeff Goodell

Call Number: 551.68 F854c Title: Chemtrails, HAARP, and the Full Spectrum Dominance of Planet Earth Author: Elana Freeland

 

Call Number: 577.27 N962c Title: Climatology Versus Pseudoscience: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics Author: Dana Nuccitelli

Call Number: 577.7 W426m Title: Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Judith S. Weis

Call Number: 581.68 R727q Title: The Quiet Extinction: Stories of North America’s Rare and Threatened Plants Author: Kara Rogers

Call Number: 591.68 S529h Title: How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction Author: Beth Shapiro

Call Number: 974.02 C947c Title: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England Author: William Cronon

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Earth Day Roundup 2015

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Earth Day, Earth Day Display

Every year Kirkwood Library Services put up a display in honor of Earth Day (April 22nd). We also do a post about new Earth Day related books the library has added over the previous year. These titles are available at the Cedar Rapids branch of Kirkwood Library Services, but you can request them to be sent to any other center. We hope to strive to make every day Earth Day and it’s always a good time to learn more. Check out the round up of books on ecology topics from this year and previous years below.

2015
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/earth-day-books-2015

2014
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/earth-day-2014

2013
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/earth-day-books-2013

2012
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/earth-day-2012

2011
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/earth-day-books

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Earth Day Books 2015

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Earth Day, Ecology, Environment, Environmentalism, New Books

Do you know everything you can recycle just by dropping them in the blue Kirkwood yardies distributed around campus? Check out the information about the program, including a list of what can go in those familiar containers:
http://www.kirkwood.edu/site/index.php?d=1229

Check out these books on ecology related titles that the library has added in the last year. We have them on our Earth Day display in the library. Stop by before the end of April to see it.

Call Number: 304.209 M875b Title: The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi and Its Peoples From Hernando De Soto to Hurricane Katrina Author: Christopher Morris

Call Number: 306.309 J687c Title: Carbon Nation: Fossil Fuels in the Making of the American Culture Author: Bob Johnson

Call Number: 333.79 M478c Title: Careers in Renewable Energy (Updated 2nd ed.) Author: Gregory McNamee

Call Number: 333.823 G618 Title: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World Author: Russell Gold

Call Number: 333.91 B261b Title: Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis Author: Cynthia Barnett

Call Number: 363.179 D261b Title: Banned: A History of Pesticides, and the Science of Toxicology Author: Frederick Rowe Davis

Call Number: 363.19 D911e Title: Eat, Drink, and Be Wary Author: Charles M. Duncan

Call Number: 363.5 D457 Title: Design Like You Give a Damn (2 volumes) Editor: Architecture for Humanity

Call Number: 363.7 B199r Title: The Real Cost of Fracking Authors: Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald

Call Number: 363.738 D228a Title: The Age of Global Warming: A History Author: Rupert Darwall

Call Number: 363.738 M379c Title: Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction Author: Mark Maslin

Call Number: 363.738 N832c Title: The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World Author: William Nordhaus

Call Number: 363.738 R655o Title: Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated The Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick Author: Marie-Monique Robin

Call Number: 551.5 M978t Title: To Follow The Water: Exploring the Ocean to Discover Climate from the Gulf Stream to the Blue Beyond Author: Dallas Murphy

Call Number: 551.6 C639g Title: Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future Author: Climate Central

Call Number: 551.66 O159 Title: Oceans and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate: A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment Editors: Roger Griffis and Jennifer Howard

Call Number: 551.682 H915c Title: Can Science Fix Climate Change?: A Case Against Climate Engineering Author: Mike Hulme

Call Number: 559.773 S645d Title: Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone (Revised and Updated) Authors: Douglas W. Smith and Gary Ferguson

Call Number: 571.879 S964o Title: The Oldest Living Things in the World Author: Rachel Sussman

Call Number: 576.84 B262d Title: Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and The Future of Life on Earth Author: Anthony D. Barnosky

Call Number: 576.86 S334f Title: Frogs, Flies, and Dandelions: The Making of Species Author: Menoo Schilthuizen

Call Number: 577.097 B258g Title: The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronism Author: Connie Barlow

Call Number: 577.44 T148 Title: The Tallgrass Prairie Reader Editor: John T. Price

Call Number: 578.778 S549c Title: Coral Reefs: A Very Short Introduction Author: Charles Sheppard

Call Number: 582.216 N426t Title: Trees of Eastern North America Authors: Gill Nelson, Christopher J. Earler, and Richard Spellenberg

Call Number: 591.68 G52h Title: The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small and Why They Matter Author: Richard Girling

Call Number: 598.909 L2554r Title: The Raptors of Iowa Authors: Dean M. Roosa, Jon W. Stravers, Bruce Ehresman, and Rich Patterson

Call Number: 599.773 B977w Title: The Wolf Almanac: A Celebration of Wolves and Their World (New and Revised) Author: Robert H. Busch

Call Number: 599.773 D975h Title: The Hidden Life of Wolves Authors: Jim and Jamie Dutcher

Call Number: 615.945 B725e Title: Eating Dangerously: Why the Government Can’t Keep Your Food Safe…And How You Can Authors: Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown

Call Number: 631.45 C755c Title: Conservation in Agriculture: Water Demands, Irrigation, and Drought Adaption Author: Alan S. Theiss

Call Number: 632.3 S392h Title: Hungry Planet: Stories of Plant Diseases Authors: Gail L. Schumann and Cleora J. D’Arcy

Call Number: 635.048 D171s Title: Sacred Land: Intuitive Gardening for Personal, Political, Environmental Change Author: Clea Danaan

Call Number: 720.47 W 759s Title: Sustainable Design for Interior Environments (2nd ed.) Author: Susan M. Winchip

Call Number: 797.23 N468d Title: Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves Author: James Nestor

Call Number: 994.3 M122r Title: The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change Author: Ianin McCalman

 

Earth Day Round Up 2014

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Earth Day, Earth Day Display, Ecology, Ecology Books

Every year Kirkwood Library Services put up a display in honor of Earth Day (April 22nd). We also post about new Earth Day related books at that time. We’re about ready to take down our display for the year, but we hope to strive to make every day Earth Day and it’s always a good time to learn more. Check out the round up of books on ecology topics from this year and previous years below.

Earth Day Display 2014

2014
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/earth-day-2014

2013
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/earth-day-books-2013

2012
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/earth-day-2012

2011
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/earth-day-books

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

Earth Day 2014

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Earth Day, Ecology, Enivroment

Once again Kirkwood Community College Library Services is helping to celebrate Earth Day! Come see the display at the Cedar Rapids campus or request these titles to be sent to your local center.

Call Number: 333.91 S449w Title: Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Vital Resource Author: David Sedlak

Call Number: 333.72 T953w Title: Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest To Save a Troubled Planet Author: Todd Wilinson

Call Number: 333.95 D191o Title: Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them Author: Ted Danson

Call Number: 333.95 P295b Title: Biodiversity Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Call Number: 338.2 B878f Title: Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity Author: Lester R. Brown

Call Number: 338.473 F982w Title: Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming Author: McKenzie Funk

Call Number: 363.179 G152r Title: Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know Authors: Robert Peter Gale, MD and Eric Lax

Call Number: 363.34 R777 Title: Room for the River: Summary Report of the 2011 Mississippi River Flood

Call Number: 363.738 B862 Title: The Britannica Guide to Climate Change

Call Number: 363.738 M821p Title: Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans Authors: Captain Charles Moore and Cassandra Phillips

Call Number: 551.22 D988e Title: Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault Author: John Dvorak

Call Number: 551.46 H978o Title: Oceans: A Visual Guide Authors: Stephen Hutchinson and Lawrence E. Hawkins

Call Number: 551.46 R797o Title: Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World Authors: Paul Rose and Anne Laking

Call Number: 551.6 C885e Title: The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth Author: Dianne Dumanoski

Call Number: 551.6 M148w Title: Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes Author: Bill McGuire

Call Number: 553.7 N672w Title: Water: The Essence of Life Author: Mark Niemeyer

Call Number: 576.84 K812s Title: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Author: Elizabeth Kolbert

Call Number: 577.5 C515L Title: Lost Land of the Dodo Authors: Anthony Cheke and Julian Hume

Call Number: 599.786 E47o Title: On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear Author: Richard Ellis

Call Number: 599.88 M875p Title: Planet Ape Author: Desmond Morris

Call Number:  658.4 2616L Title: Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t Author: Simon Sinek

Call Number: 779.092 D331v Title: Vanishing World: The Endangered Arctic Author: Fredrik Garnath

Call Number: 770.092 R327 Title: Reef Author: Scubazoo

And you hear so much bad news around Earth Day, here’s a little good news.

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

More Earth Day Books and a Lecture Series

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Earth Day, Ecology Books

If you haven’t yet made it down to the library yet, there is still time to celebrate Earth Day.

Earth Day – April 22 2013

Be sure to check out the Kirkwood Earth Day Lecture Series:
Lecture Series Earth_Day_2013

Find lists of books you can check out (center delivery available) from previous years:

2013
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/earth-day-books-2013

2012
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/earth-day-2012

2011
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/earth-day-books

And find the e-books we’ve highlighted from our collection in the display:
https://kirkwoodlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/ebrary-earth-day

By Sarah S. Uthoff, Reference Librarian

Earth Day Books 2013

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Earth Day, Kirkwood Community College Library

Once again Kirkwood Community College Library Services is helping to celebrate Earth Day! Come see the display at the Cedar Rapids campus or request these title sent to your local center.

Call Number: 333.91 P971r Title: The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century Author: Alex Prud’Homme

Call Number: 333.91 W476g Title: Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century Author: John R. Wennersten

Call Number: 363.34 W331 Title: A Watershed Year: anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008 Author: Cornelia F. Mutel

Call Number: 551.5 P481w Title: The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals About the Nature of Endless Change Author: E. Kirsten Peters

Call Number: 577.34 C799t Title : Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison Authors: Richard T. Corlett and Richard B. Primack

Call Number: 621.31 C541s Title: Solar Electricity Basics Author: Daniel D. Chiras

Call Number: 621.31 B722n  Title: The New Solar Home Author: Dave  Bonta

Call Number: 621.31 R571w Title: Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today Author: Robert W. Righter

Call Number: 621.45 G514w Title: Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business Author: Paul Gipe

Call Number: 628.4 H922g Title: Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash Author: Edward Humes

Call Number: 697.78 B234c Title: Convert Your Home to Solar Energy Authors: Everett M. Barber Jr. and Joseph R. Provey

Call Number: 697.78 F494s Title: Solar Power for Your Home Author: David S. Findley

Call Number: 697.78 S646d Title: DIY Solar Projects Author: Eric Smith

Call Number: 712.6 R326e Title: Energy-Wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for your Home and Garden Author: Sue Reed
Also, as e-book
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10464301&ppg=1

Call Number: 728.047 W948p Title: The Passive Solar Primer: Sustainable Architecture Author: David Wright

Also, access these titles from our e-book collection from everywhere, but you will need your k number and password to log in unless you are on a Kirkwood machine.

Boat Green : 50 Steps Boaters Can Take to Save Our Waters
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10308851&ppg=6

A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10142520&ppg=12

Green Jobs
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10313748&ppg=5

Insider Guide: Green Careers
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10323399&ppg=3

Power from the Wind
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10314755&ppg=8

Solar Electricity Basics
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10464348&ppg=6

Solar Water Heating
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10407968&ppg=6

Your Ec0-Friendly Home
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10271783&ppg=6

Ebrary Earth Day

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Earth Day, Ebooks, Ebrary, Ecology, Environmentalism, Kirkwood Community College Library

In addition to the physical books we have on display in honor of Earth Day (find a list here), we also are highlighting some titles out of our Ebrary collection. Find the titles and direct links below. If you have trouble accessing a title, you may also go straight to our Ebrary account, sign in when asked, and search for the title.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/home.action

American Environmental Policy, 1990-2006 : Beyond Gridlock by Christopher McGrory Klyza and David J. Sousa
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10209889&ppg=1

Cash for Your Trash Scrap Recycling in America by Carl A. Zimring
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10120772&ppg=3

Citizen’s Guide to Ecology by Lawrence B. Slobodkin
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10142520&ppg=4

From Bauhaus to Eco-house : A History of Ecological Design by Peder Anker
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10355481&ppg=2

Green Musician’s Guide : Sound Ideas for a Sound Planet by Jeff Touzeau
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10415953&ppg=2

Green Seduction : Money, Business, and the Environment by Bill Streever
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10218405&ppg=1

In the Thick of it: My Life in the Sierra Club by J. Michael McCloskey
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10161045&ppg=3

Solar Electricity Basics : A Green Energy Guide by Dan Chiras
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10464348&ppg=2

Teaching Kids to Love the Earth by Marina Passineau Lachecki and Ann Joseph Linnea
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kirkwoodcc/Doc?id=10159619&ppg=2

Earth Day 2012

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Biodiesel, Climat Change, Earth Day, Ecology, Environment, Kirkwood Community College Library, Oil Spill, Organic Agriculture, Organic Gardening, Wind Energy, Wind Power

The Kirkwood Community College Library in Cedar Rapids in honor of Earth Day has put up a display of very special new books.  They are on a mix of environmentally aware topics drawn from throughout the collection.  Even though the display is in Cedar Rapids, you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time. The following books will be on display:

• DVD: Green: The New Red, White and Blue
• Call Number: 303.483 C624a Title: Armageddon Science: The Science of Mass Destruction Author: Brian Clegg
• Call Number: 320.58 M656g Title: Green Hell Author: Steve Milloy
• Call Number: 333.7 K32hTitle: How the Rich Are Destroying The Earth Author: Herve Kempf
• Call Number: 363.73 J93b Title: Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill Author: Antonia Juhasz
• Call Number: 363.738 G464t Title: Ten Technologies to Save the Planet: Energy Options for  a Low-Carbon Future Author: Chris Goodall
• Call Number: 550 E12e Title: Earth Book: Our Changing Planet
• Call Number: 551.6 T954c Title: Ice, Mud, and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past Author: Chris Turney
• Call Number: 551.63 C967w Title: The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet Author: Heidi Cullen
• Call Number: 577.279 C858 Title: Courage for the Earth Author: Rachel Carson
• Call Number: 615.902 L766e Title: Environmental Health Science: Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Chemical and Physical Health Hazards  Authors: Morton Lippmann, Beverly S. Cohen, and Richard B. Schleginger
• Call Number: 620 P497e Title: The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems Author: Henry Petroski
• Call Number: 621.45 C541p Title: Power From the Wind Author: Dan Chiras
• Call Number: 621.45 C541w Title: Wind Power Basics Author: Dan Chiras
• Call Number: 621.45 J25w Title: Wind Energy Engineering Author: Pramod Jain
• Call Number: 621.45 M295w Title: Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application Authors: J.F. Manwell, J.G. McGowan, and A.L. Rogers
• Call Number: 621.45 S539b Title: Build Your Own Small Wind Power System Authors: Kevin Shea and Brian Clark Howard
• Call Number: 630.2 D471v Title: The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century Author: Dr. Dickson Despommier
• Call Number: 631.584 R685o Title: Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe Author: Maria Rodale
• Call Number: 635.049 F644o Title: The Organic Gardening Bible Author: Bob Flowerdew
• Call Number: 635.049 O68p Title: The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control Editors: Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, and Deborah L. Martin
• Call Number: 635.049 W614o Title: Organic Gardening for Dummies Author: Ann Whitman
• Call Number: 635.9 T916o Title: The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Law Author: Paul Tukey
• Call Number: 662.669 T556b Title: Biodiesel America: How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America from Middle-East Oil Dependence and make Money Growing Fuel Author: Josh Tickell
• Call Number: 662.88 P141b Title: Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy Author: Greg Pahl
• Call Number: 665.81 H735h Title: The Hydrogen Age: Empowering a Clean-Energy Future Authors: Geoffrey B. Holland and James J. Provenzano
• Call Number: 797.2 S915 Title: The Man Who swam the Amazon: 3,274 miles on the World’s Deadliest River  Authors: Martin Strel and Matthew Mohlke

By Sarah S. Uthoff, Reference Librarian