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Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint
Sandy is enjoying a day at the beach with her grandfather when much to her chagrin she discovers a pile of garbage. As she cleans up the mess she is suddenly joined by the very peculiar "Garbage Lady". The "Garbage Lady" turns out to be a...
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Grandmother's Pigeon
In this beautifully illustrated story children are introduced to an extinct species, the Passenger Pigeon. Grandmother is very mysterious and as she leaves for Greenland the family wonders if they will ever see her again. The mystery deepens when...
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Miss Rumphius
Great-aunt Alice Rumphius grew up dreaming about traveling the world and living by the sea. She also wanted to do something to make the world a more beautiful place. As an adult, Miss Rumphius visited many faraway places and finally settled...
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Uno's Garden
In this richly illustrated picture book Uno arrives in a forest filled with mystical creatures like the snortlepig. Uno loves the forest so much he decides to settle and build himself a house. However it is not long before the forest...
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Where Butterflies Grow
This story takes the reader on a journey through the life of a Black Swallowtail butterfly. Children are asked to imagine themselves inside a tiny egg that hatches into a larva. Then the book describes what it would feel like to live as a...
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
This book is based on the life story of Kwabena Darko who rose from poverty to form the Sinapi Abu (Mustard Seed) Trust, which is part of the global nonprofit organization Opportunity International. Kojo has to leave school to help his mother collect...
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The Watcher
This book is based on the biography of famed researcher Jane Goodall, who lived with the chimpanzees and became such a dedicated spokesperson for this species. The book begins with a young Jane spending hours watching chickens, worms, birds and...
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Leaves
In this picture book a young bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons. The story begins with the young bear very puzzled about why the leaves are falling off the trees. As he tries to stick the leaves back on, he becomes very...
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Seedfolks
Kim's Vietnamese father is dead. To honour him, she plants a few precious bean seeds in the vacant lot next to her apartment building. Through her voice and those of her multicultural neighbours, we learn personal stories of struggle while witnessing...
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Libertad
Libertad and his little brother Julio watch as their mother is swallowed by the Guatemala City Dump on which they had depended for their livelihood. Libertad understands that he cannot earn enough to live and pay for his brother's schooling. With...
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Nowhere Else on Earth
In this non-fiction text, Caitlyn Vernon shares her knowledge and love of the Great Bear Rainforest; the largest unlogged temperate rainforest in the world. The text is broken into ten topical chapters that teach about the forest's iconic species...
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Hoot
Roy is the bullied new kid in this Southern Florida suburb. As his face is being smushed into the bus window he sees a barefooted, running boy. Roy is intrigued and seeks him out. It turns out this boy, Mullet Fingers is actually a runaway and an environmental...
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Biosphere Biokit Activities
This teaching resource will allow teachers and students to explore Canada’s biodiversity in a fun and interactive way at any time of the year. The resource offers a series of engaging outdoor activities that help students learn about biodiversity...
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What’s Globalization Got To Do With Me?
Students explore ways in which they are linked to flows of people, capital, goods and services around the world; discuss advantages and disadvantages of globalisation; and analyse the intercultural understandings that inform working in a global context....
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Freshwater: How Your T-Shirt Can Make a Difference
Did you know that the cotton t-shirt on your back has a major impact on the planet? A short series of effective graphics is used to identify the “costs” from the water required to make the t-shirt (2,700 litres) and the energy needed to grow,...
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Water Cycle Jump
This highly entertaining music video, part of the Nye Tunes “Sound Track of Science”, features a rap song to effectively explain the water cycle, and includes descriptions of the key processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation....
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Sustainable Food
Author and activist Michael Pollan, a passionate advocate for sustainable food, explores how our industrial food system keeps us overly dependent on fossil fuels, destroys our environment, and makes us sick. In doing so, Pollan links the current approach...
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Future History: Plastic Bottle Usage
In this short program set 3000 years in the future, anthropologists put forth theories on the origin of the billions of plastic water bottle “artifacts” uncovered on the planet. The confusion of the narrator/anthropologist is clear as she...
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Wetlands and Biodiversity
This video message highlights the threat to the second most diverse eco-system in the world –wetlands, and the need to conserve and protect them. Focusing on the staggering rate of disappearance of wetlands in Canada, it emphasizes the many benefits...
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Wetland Wonderland
In this video two young students with the help of a biologist, discover the value of wetlands and the importance of conserving them. Using excellent photography the students learn how wetlands filter water and provide habitat for many plants and animals....
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