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The Lavery Library owns many books and periodicals that can help you learn more about issues that
affect our planet, wildlife and wilderness areas, and our own lives. Below are a few selections that may
interest you. Highlighted titles were last updated on: 5/09/08
An Inconvenient Truth. Paramount Pictures, 2006.
Call Number: QC981.8 .G56 I53 2006 DVD – Givens AV Center
Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore’s explanation of the dangers of global warming, which won him a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating
Social Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge N.Y.: 2007
Call Number: QC981.8 .C5 .C767 2007 Book – Stacks
Summary: Discusses communicating the threat of global warming, dealing with reactions to that information,
and bringing about change one person at a time.
Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and
Nuclear Energy. Sweet, William. Columbia University, New York, N.Y.: 2006
Call Number: TJ808 .S87 2006 Book – Stacks
Summary: Discusses cutting carbon dioxide emissions, and using alternative, clean energy sources.
Seeds for the Future: The Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the
Environment. Thomson, Jennifer A. Comstock Pub., Ithaca, N.Y.: 2007.
Call Number: SB123.57 .T494 2007 Book – Stacks
Summary: This book covers the current world-wide status of genetically modified crops, which include
insect and virus-resistant, and herbicide and drought-tolerant crops.
Tomorrow's Biodiversity. Shiva, Vandana. Thames & Hudson, London: 2000.
Call Number: TD195 .B58 .S55 2000 Book – Stacks
Summary: What is biodiversity and why is it important? This book discusses genetically modified
foods, biopollution, and biosafety.
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth.
Flannery, Tim. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York: 2006
Call Number: QC981.8 .C5 F438 2005 Book – Stacks
Summary: This acclaimed Australian scientist presents scientific evidence on a global crisis.
Wetland Drainage, Restoration, and Repair. Biebighauser, Thomas. The University
Press of Kentucky, Lexington: 20070.
Call Number: QH75 .Sb98 2007 Book – Stacks
Summary: This book gives an overview of the history of wetland drainage, as well as more recent attempts to
restore former wetland areas, and repair damage in progress.
Audubon. Magazine – Current Periodicals
Summary: The January/February 2008 issue discusses the iconic symbol of love: the rose, and how perfect roses are achieved through toxic pesticide use; and an unlikely alliance between ranchers and environmentalists to save an endangered species.
Discover. Magazine – Current Periodicals
Summary: The April 2008 issue’s Better Planet section discusses geothermal energy. Find out why
this clean source of electricity and home heating is so greatly underutilized.
You will discover more reading by searching the Lavery Library Catalog.
Subject Headings to search include:
- Acid rain
- Biotechnology
- Climatic changes
- Deforestation
- Environmental
- Global warming
- Green movement
- Greenhouse effect
Also, a number of other subject headings, followed by Environmental Aspects, include:
- Biotechnology
- Economic development
- Energy conservation
- Energy policy
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