Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day today, we thought we would highlight some materials and events.

The Main library is hosting various lectures and movies this month. Click here to see when they are. That page also includes a longer booklist.

These books are located in the children's collection:
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.





also

Explains what the Greenhouse Effect is and what can be done to combat it.



Located in Teen


In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a workcamp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.





In the adult collection:

This book collects the latest in environmentally conscious--yet incredibly stylish--products. Each product is accompanied by a brief description explaining its environmental significance.






For anyone who cares about the health of our planet, this invaluable guide offers hundreds of simple, actionable steps readers can take to help save the Earth.






Planet Earth: As You've Never Seen It Before by David Attenborough

This beautiful coffee-table book is a offshoot of the Discovery Channel/ BBC series of the same name. The author takes readers on a visual tour of the many diverse parts of our planets.




Greenopia : the urban dweller's guide to green living, San Francisco Bay Area by Nancy Arbuckle.

This consumer guide is filled with more than 1,400 listings of green retailers, service providers, and organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Among the listings are everything from organic restaurants and grocery stores to dry cleaners, organic pest control services, and sustainable building suppliers, landscapers, and interior designers.