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My home in the rainforest
Did you know that half of the planets animals and plants can be found in the rainforest? Meet gorillas, boa constrictors, and more in the pages of My Home in the Rainforest.
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Trauma Informed Teaching through Play Art Narrative
\"Trauma affects the lives of many children who we teach in school. It effects the students, teachers who teach them, the administration, and the school community as it is part of the school environment and culture. Teachers and administrators have great potential to set up an environment and adopt an attitude that can help heal the trauma in the lives of their students. Schools need to become trauma-informed to be able to provide for the growing number of refugee children who have experienced terrorism, crime, war, and abuse, to better help some Indigenous children who due to systemic racism and discriminatory policies have been traumatized and live daily with trauma, and the growing number of all children who have experienced various kinds of trauma during their life span. Trauma informed schools means that all students can feel safe enough to learn, succeed academically and thrive after having undergone a traumatic event. Trauma Infor
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My home on the ice
Did you know that many animals make their homes in the coldest, most barren places on Earth? Meet emperor penguins, arctic foxes, and more in the pages of My Home on the Ice.
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The Resilience Imperative
We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place-compelled by the intertwined forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale.The Resilience Imperativeargues for a major SEE (social, ecological, economic) change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady-state economy.
The authors present a comprehensive series of strategic questions within the broad areas of:
Energy sufficiencyLocal food systemsInterest-free financingAffordable housing and land reformSustainable community development
Each section is complemented by case studies of pioneering community initiatives rounded out by a discussion of transition factors and resilience reflections.
With a focus on securing and sustaining change, this provocative book challenges deeply embedded cultural assumptions. Profoundly hopeful and inspiring,The Resilience Imperativeaffirms the possibilities of positive change as it is shaped by individuals, communities, and institutions learning to live within our ecological limits.
Michael Lewisis the executive director of the Center for Community Enterprise and is well-known internationally as a practitioner, author, educator, and leader in the field of community economic development.
Patrick Conatyis an honorary research fellow at the University of Birmingham and a director of Common Futures. Since 1999 he has worked for the new economics foundation (nef), where he has produced a wide range of publications about predatory lending, financial inclusion, community land trusts, and social venture finance.
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My home in the water
Did you know that Earth's freshwater and saltwater habitats are teeming with life? Meet blue whales, green sea turtles, and more in the pages of My Home in the Water.
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Charles S. Johnson : leadership beyond the veil in the age of Jim Crow
A compelling biography of a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, an eminent Chicago-trained sociologist, and a pioneering race relations leader.
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Just joking. Animal riddles : hilarious riddles, jokes, and more-- all about animals!
Presents a treasury of animal-themed jokes and riddles.
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Keep a pocket in your poem : classic poems and playful parodies
Collects thirteen classic poems by such masters as Robert Frost, Langton Hughes, and Emily Dickinson, and pairs them with lighthearted parodies.
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I am polar bear
\"Known by many names in many languages, the polar bear remains one of the Arctic's signature species, and as this poem reminds readers, it is 'far out on disappearing sea ice, losing hold' in a world affected by climate change\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Voices from the March on Washington
Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
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