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• Speaking on Climate

  a Guide to Speechwriting for a Better Future

  Kier Nielsen, Rune,

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  What makes a good speech? Better yet, what makes an effective speech? A speech can inform, entertain, educate. But effective speeches inspire an audience to act and build a sense of community. The climate crisis is a pressing issue, and the ability…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saving Earth

  Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future

  Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola,

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  A timely and important illustrated nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today can rise to action.

• Biology's Beginnings

  Hakim, Joy,

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  This first of a four-part MITeen series charts the evolution of life science up to the late 1800s, when the origins of the virus was discovered by a baffled Dutch biologist who found a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops.

• The Evolution of An Idea

  Hakim, Joy,

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  In the second volume of the Discovering Life's Story series by best-selling author Joy Hakim, the theory of evolution takes hold--transforming ideas about survival, extinction, and life itself. Can species change? Or go extinct? In the eighteenth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Who Green the World

  Thirty-four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planet

  Kapp, Diana,

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  A guidebook to the modern environmental movement featuring 34 inspiring women working to save our planet.

• How to Manage Your Eco-anxiety

  An Empowering Guide for Young People

  Grose, Anouchka,

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  How does climate change make you feel? Sad? Afraid? Powerless? Guilty? Manage your eco-anxiety with this helpful guide. Drawing on years of experience as a psychoanalyst, Anouchka Grose shares cutting-edge insights on how to manage your eco-anxiety.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall,

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  Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.

• DIY Thrift Flip

  Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes Into Fun, Wearable Fashions

  Yang, April,

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  DIY Thrift Flip teaches how to shop and sew sustainably by providing how-tos for finding, upcycling, and customizing secondhand clothing with basic sewing instructions.

• Glowing Bunnies!?

  Why We're Making Hybrids, Chimeras, and Clones

  Campbell, Jeff, 1964-

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  Bioengineering has the potential to solve a range of urgent, global problems. Why Are We Making Glowing Bunnies?! introduces teen readers to the possibilities, dangers, and ethical issues involved in bioengineering.

• Urgent Message From a Hot Planet

  Navigating the Climate Crisis

  Eriksson, Ann, 1956-

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  This nonfiction book for teens outlines the science behind global heating and its root causes, provides ways to take action and honors the efforts of the millions of people from around the world working tirelessly to help the planet.

• Earth Day and the Global Environmental Movement

  Standing Up for Earth

  Peterson, Christy,

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  A historical look at the launch of Earth Day and a look at the global environmental movement that has sprung from it.

• The Cartoon Guide to Biology

  Gonick, Larry,

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  Did you faint when your middle school science teacher asked you to dissect a frog? Do you think DNA stands for "Don't Know the Answer"? Do you still cling to the belief that osmosis was the name of Ozzy Osbourne's last tour? If you said yes to any…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Story of Seeds

  From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World

  Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-

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  With the growth of genetically modified foods, the use of many seeds is dwindling--of 80,000 edible plants, only about 150 are being cultivated. With a global cast of men and women, scientists and laypeople, and photographic documentation, Nancy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Plant-based Life

  Your Complete Guide to Great Food, Radiant Health, Boundless Energy, and a Better Body

  Karlsen, Micaela Cook,

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  Filled with the latest nutritional research to guide you each step of the way as you replace animal products and processed food with healthier choices that replenish your energy and boost well-being.

• The Smart Girl's Guide to Going Vegetarian

  How to Look Great, Feel Fabulous, and Be a Better You

  Warren, Rachel Meltzer

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  Treating your body right is a radical act of self-love. The Smart Girl's Guide to Going Vegetarian is an inclusive guide—written by a nutritionist—for young people looking to learn more about what they put in their bodies and how food can be used to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Teen Guide to Eco-gardening, Food, and Cooking

  Green, Jen

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  Suggests different ways of being eco-conscious with food, including using gray water in the garden, knowing where a product comes from to find its environmental impact, and tips on saving energy in the kitchen.

• A Teen Guide to Being Eco in Your Community

  Senker, Cath

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  Suggests different ways of helping the environment at the community level, including planting a community garden, building nesting boxes for birds, and organizing a litter pickup.

• 47 Things You Can Do for the Environment

  Petronis, Lexi

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  This book explores tons of small (and big) things that teens can do to make a positive difference in the environment.

• Fairie-ality Style

  a Sourcebook of Inspirations From Nature

  Ellwand, David

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  Using a gorgeous array of natural elements, including feathers, flowers, stones, shells, and more, the creator of the internationally renowned Fairie-ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand explores the limits of imagination. Using…Read moreRead more of this annotation