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This video version of David Johnston's acclaimed seminar provides practical information about building in ways that are energy conscious, healthy and environmentally responsible. Green building movement leader David Johnston' approach has been embraced by municipalities, homeowners, building professionals and sustainability advocates nation-wide. His current book, "Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time," has been hailed as the definitive...
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How to Bring a Book to Life - 2023
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Spiders!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Spiders!
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The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt as well as seen.
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Thirty years ago in Freiburg, Germany, the 'green movement' was born. Today, the city serves as a model of environmental consciousness for architects, planners, and even politicians. Its successes inspired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who supported many environmental initiatives in his city.
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This video version of David Johnston's acclaimed seminar provides practical information about building in ways that are energy conscious, healthy and environmentally responsible. Green building movement leader David Johnston' approach has been embraced by municipalities, homeowners, building professionals and sustainability advocates nation-wide. His current book, Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time , has been hailed as the definitive...
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It's China's plan to guarantee its economic future: the movement of hundreds of millions people from rural areas to cities and their transition from from farmers into consumers. And while China is building bigger and faster, Premier Li Keqiang says he wants the urbanization drive to focus more on people's needs and to be environmentally-friendly. The government has pledged much-needed reforms of the Hukuo, or household registration system, to allow...
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Across the world, plants and animals are silently finding their way into places where they don't belong. These interlopers, upon which scientists frequently bestow the term invasive species, have been known to display fearsome powers-including uncanny abilities to spread disease, damage soil, even devour buildings. This program examines the dangers posed by invasive species and the roles they are playing in an epic rearrangement of life on Earth.
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This episode of The Green Interview features Daniel Pauly, arguably the world's most prolific and widely-cited living fisheries scientist. He is an outspoken and often controversial critic of modern fishing practices and the fishing industry. Pauly is the author of three books including, Five Easy Pieces: How Fishing Impacts Marine Ecosystems. He illustrates how the initially-contested view that the fisheries crisis is global in nature eventually...