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      [2020]., Juvenile, Harper Call No: [E]    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A group of students in Room 5 send a letter to the Earth asking what they can do to help. The Earth responds with suggestions, and the students correspond with the Earth for the rest of the school year. The class takes action to recycle, plant trees, save electricity, and save water.
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      [2018]., Juvenile, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: HI-INT 363.73 PER    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Ecological disasters.Summary Note: "Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch shines a light on the giant accumulation of garbage in the Pacific Ocean. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind ocean currents and plastic's chemical composition to explain the threat trash, especially plastic, poses for the world's oceans, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the disaster's causes and effects, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.
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      Juvenile Call No: 333.7 DALY    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental problems facing our planet. This timely title shows how we can stop plastics from doing further harm. Find out what plastics are, how they are made, and why they are so widely used. Case studies reveal the negative impact of plastics, especially micro beads and single-use plastics, on the oceans and coasts, as well as in our landfills and food chains
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      2022., Adolescent, Page Street Publishing Co. Call No: SUPERNATURAL F AME    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "One week ago, Riley Kowalski joined a team of four other teens for an internship on climate change research in the Antarctic, sponsored by one of the world's largest tech companies. It was just the opportunity she had been searching for--an escape from the ridicule she'd received after a panic attack at school, a fresh start. But their small team isn't alone in the remote, frozen reaches of the polar south. In the eerie haze of evening sunlight, Riley sees something out of the corner of her eye--something that's watching them. She writes it off as the effects of her anxiety, but when their expedition leader begins to change--her limbs elongating, her body contorting--and grow violent, Riley knows the danger she feels is real. Something is stalking them, infecting them, and slowly infiltrating the team. There is more to this research trip than any of them bargained for, and if they aren't careful, none of them will make it out alive"--Provided by the publisher.
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      [2017]., Beacon Press Call No: HI-INT 363.7 ERI    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft" Over the past several years, the news media has brought the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"--the famous swirling gyre of plastic litter in the ocean--into the public consciousness. When Marcus Eriksen cofounded the 5 Gyres Institute with his wife, Anna, and set out to study marine pollution, they found that the reality is even more dire: instead of a stable mass of litter, they discovered that a "plastic smog" of microparticles permeates the world's oceans, defying simplistic clean-up efforts. What's more, these microplastics and their toxic chemistry have seeped into the food chain, threatening marine life and humans alike. Far from being a gloomy treatise on an environmental catastrophe, though, Junk Raft tells the exciting story of Eriksen's fight to raise awareness and solve the problem of plastic pollution, contributing to a fast-growing movement to stem the tide of trash. Eriksen writes of his voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii aboard his homemade "junk raft," and along the way he recounts the successful efforts to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers take responsibility for a problem they've created. Eriksen provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it's up to bold, brash, unapologetically activist "citizen scientists" to challenge the status quo for the sake of the planet"--
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      2020., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: 363.738   Edition: First US edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Every kid can be a superhero, fighting plastic waste at home, at school, and in their community. This engaging guide is chock-full of facts, vibrant art, graphics, and #2minutesuperhero missions--practical ways to take action now. Some ideas may spring to mind right away, such as picking up trash. Others are surprising, such as learning to cook with fresh ingredients or mending clothes. Readers will learn not only how to combat plastic waste head-on, but how to advocate for a cleaner world, beginning at home. Anti-plastic campaigner Martin Dorey brings both extensive experience and boundless enthusiasm to this essential book for young people who want to create a better world"--From the publisher's web site.
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      2014., Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: 363.738 NEWMAN    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines what is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a stretch of the Pacific Ocean that has become home to plastic and garbage from all over the world as streams and currents take trash to its location. Explores what the trash is doing to the ocean ecosystem and how we might stop the Patch from growing.
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      c2012., Juvenile, Heinemann Library Call No: HI-INT 363.7 KNI    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Plastic is an incredibly useful and versatile material that offers ease and convenience. Unfortunately it is difficult to recycle and takes a very long time to break down naturally. This book describes plastic pollution, especially as it effects the world's oceans, and offers solutions to the problem.
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      c2012., Juvenile, Heinemann Library Call No: 363.72 Kni    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Hot topicsSummary Note: This book explores how plastics harm the environment and our health and asks readers whether or not they would be willing to use less plastic.
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      2019., Juvenile, Firefly Books Call No: HI-INT 363.7 SAL    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "An exploration of the ways in which we use and dispose of plastic and how our dependence on plastic is negatively impacting our planet. The text concludes with a call to action for readers to help change the current rates of plastic use"--
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      2019., Juvenile, Feiwel and Friends Call No: 363.738   Edition: First American edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Provides an illustrated look at the history of plastic and how plastic impacts the environment today. Describes the latest in plastic clean up and alternative materials, and offers tips for eliminating single-use plastic throughout one's house. Includes interviews with people who are fighting plastic waste, a glossary of terms, and dozens of facts and diagrams.
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      2020., Juvenile, David Suzuki Institute/Greystone Kids Call No: 363.738    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Exhibits an illustrated guide that examines plastic pollution in oceans and other waterways based on the the author's research in the field. Explores how plastics are made, why they are so indestructible, how they get into the water, and why they are a threat to the planet's health. Presents a field guide for different types of plastics found in waterways, relates unusual stories of plastic pollution, and discusses what must be done to combat it. Features full-color photographs and illustrations and end matter that offers a brief author biography and resources for further information.
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      2020., Firefly Books Call No: 363.72 SAL    Availability:2 of 2     At Location(s) Summary Note: "A plastic footprint is the metric used to measure how much plastic your lifestyle contributes to our global trash pile, and by understanding the production and prevalence of plastic and measuring your own use, you can begin changing your plastic habits. Your Plastic Footprint sets out to do just that. Science writer Rachel Salt first walks you through the history and science of plastic production, the enormity of our plastic problem and the everyday items that are made of plastic, differentiating between lifetime use and single use. She then guides you through solutions to curbing your plastic dependency, focusing mainly on individual shifts that you can easily implement in your life. The book features fascinating photographs and explanatory infographics that will help you visualize everything from the process of converting fossil fuels into plastic to the impact of plastic straw usage over a year. About 8 million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans every year, and plastic litter can be found on virtually every coastline. Scientists have even found microplastics embedded in Artic ice. This is a problem that simply isn't going away, and we need massive shifts on both individual and systemic scales to mitigate the damage we have already done. Your Plastic Footprint is required reading for every conscious citizen looking to make a difference."--