Earth Month | Park County Library System

1) Compost stew: an A to Z recipe for the earth

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Siddals, Mary McKenna

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A rhyming recipe explains how to make the dark, crumbly, rich, earth-friendly food called compost.

2) Compost it

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Barker, David

3) Composting for a new generation: latest techniques for the bin and beyond

Author

Balz, Michelle

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Composting is no longer only in the realm of environmentalists! It's not just about reducing food waste; most composters get their hands dirty because of the benefits it brings to the soil in their garden. All the extra nutrients makes for well-fed gardens with plenty of nutrients and rich moisture. Composting has been under the radar screen until now, and seen as a boutique, West Coast thing, says Jared Blumenfeld, who oversees California as well...

4) The complete compost gardening guide: banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing the most flavorful, nutritious vegetables ever

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Pleasant, Barbara

5) The organic book of compost: easy and natural techniques to feed your garden

Author

Pears, Pauline

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Whether you have experience with compost or are a beginner who has always wanted to learn more and see how you can incorporate composting into your lifestyle, this book provides everything you'll need to know. From understanding what compost is, how it works, and ways to make it, to how to use and store it, this handbook, written in clear and simple terms, carefully explains the sustainable, low-cost way to produce rich soil in your backyard.

6) Green machine: the slightly gross truth about turning your food scraps into green energy

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Donnelly, Rebecca

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From Cats Are a Liquid author Rebecca Donnelly, Green Machine is a playful nonfiction picture book celebrating innovation in the energy cycle with food waste composting--featuring illustrations by Christophe Jacques. Composting is cool! Celebrate the innovation and science that helps turn your food waste into green energy. See how food scraps are composted, collected, and processed, transforming trash into biogas and electricity. It's a green machine!...

7) Can I recycle this?: a guide to better recycling and how to reduce single-use plastics

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Romer, Jennie

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"The book that answers the age-old question: Can I Recycle This? Since the dawn of the recycling system, men and women the world over have stood by their bins, holding an everyday object, wondering, 'can I recycle this?' This simple question reaches into our concern for the environment, the care we take to keep our homes and our communities clean, and how we interact with our local government. Recycling rules seem to differ in every municipality,...

8) Can I recycle this?: a kid's guide to better recycling and how to reduce single-use plastics

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Romer, Jennie

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"When you throw something away, it might feel like it simply disappears, but actually, it's only just starting its journey. In this book, pollution expert Jennie Romer introduces all the smart machines and conveyor belts, cameras, and magnets that make recycling work. You'll discover not only why we recycle, but also how--and then how to do it better. This book will give you the tools you need to be a recycling expert and a plastic pollution warrior."--...

9) Fly Guy presents: Garbage & recycling

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Arnold, Tedd

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Fly Guy and Buzz visit a landfill to discover where their garbage goes. They learn all about garbage trucks, trash sorting, bacteria, and how landfills can be more environmentally friendly. They also visit a recycling plant to learn about how recycling programs get started, the recycling cycle, and what happens when trash isn't properly disposed of. There are even tips for how readers can help keep our planet healthy! --Publisher's description.

10) Engineering an awesome recycling center with Max Axiom, super scientist

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Bethea, Nikole Brooks

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"In graphic novel format, follows Max Axiom as he uses the engineering process to design and build a recycling center"--

11) SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob to the rescue! :a trashy tale about recycling

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Inches, Alison

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"SpongeBob starts Bikini Bottom's very first recycling center! But when his homemade recycling center becomes too much work for one sponge, will Bikini Bottom lend a hand for a green goal?"--p.[4] of cover.

12) Milk and juice: a recycling romance

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Brown, Meredith Crandall

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"Once upon a time, in a refrigerator not too far away, a jug of milk and a bottle of juice fell in love. All was bliss until Juice was taken away from its one true love and...recycled. Thus begins Milk and Juice's humorous journey through many incarnations around the world. Will they ever be reunited? Or will they stay star-crossed lovers for all eternity?"--

13) EcoCrafts: Gorgeous gifts

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Craig, Rebecca

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A collection of crafts that can be made with things that might otherwise be thrown away including old magazines, jars and lids, and old socks.

14) Ready made: how to make (almost) everything : a do-it-yourself primer

Author

Berger, Shoshana

15) Earth-friendly crafts: clever ways to reuse everyday items

Author

Ross, Kathy

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What do you do with old toys, clothes, and other stuff? Instead of throwing them away, get creative and see what crafts you can make! This book shows you how to make crafts out of old playing cards, marker caps, toy cars, neckties, hairbrushes, and more. Color photos of the finished crafts and step-by-step illustrations make these crafts a snap. Along with 21 crafts, you'll find information about recycling and tips for what you can do to help the...

16) Sewing green: 25 projects made with repurposed & organic materials : plus tips & resources for earth-friendly stitching

Author

White, Betz

17) Just Grace goes green

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Harper, Charise Mericle

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Grace can do a lot of things...but can she save the planet? Or at the very least, can she help her best friend Mimi get her favorite stuffed animal back? Lots of exciting things are happening to Grace and her friends. Most exciting of all, Mimi's older cousin Gwen is coming to stay with Mimi, and Miss Lois's class is going green! For their "green" project, Grace and Mimi aim to inspire their friends and classmates to conserve plastic bottles. But...

18) What a waste

Author

French, Jess

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"Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of garbage larger than the...

19) 101 ways to help the Earth with Dr. Seuss's Lorax

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Paul, Miranda

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"Narrated by the Lorax, this collection of 101 child-friendly ideas for helping the earth includes eco-friendly crafts, games, and suggestions on how to reduce, recycle, and reuse common household objects"--

20) Cool crafts with old t-shirts: green projects for resourceful kids

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Sirrine, Carol

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"Step-by-step instructions for crafts made from old T-shirts and information about reusing and recycling"--Provided by publisher.