TCC Library Celebrates Earth Day 2010

Today, April 22nd, is Earth Day 2010 !

find out more about Earth Day events at EarthDay.org

http://www.earthday.org/earthday2010

THE OFFICIAL EARTH DAY 2010 CAMPAIGN - April 22, 2010

Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.
Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day.

Check our collection of resources about nature and environmental conservation !

The national parks : America’s best idea : an illustrated history SB 482.A4 D85 2009

Environmental issues in American history : a reference guide with primary documents GE 150 .M338 2006

Hope for animals and their world : how endangered species are being rescued from the brink QH75 .G636 2009

Eco barons : the dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet GE 195 .H85 2009

Sustainable design : the science of sustainability and green engineering TH 453 .V35 2008

Green building & remodeling for dummies TH 4860 .F74 2008

Oil, water and climate : an introduction QC981.8.C5 G38 2008

Planet Earth: BBC/Discovery Channel Media Collection CVR QL50 .P583 2007

About the Ecologist
(librarian's note: the Ecologist is THE watchdog of international environmental action - they may be a bit radical, but they are well worth bookmarking and subscribing to their e-mail updates)
from their site: The world’s leading environmental affairs magazine, now theecologist.org, was founded in 1970...quickly became a platform for those who would go on to be the leading lights of the environmental movement....In the years that followed, the magazine continued to break new ground in the environmental debate, notably by pointing to global climate change during the African droughts of the mid-1970s, and exposing the extent of the slash-and-burn operations ravaging the Amazon rainforest during the early 1980s. It went on to unveil the fallacy of plentiful nuclear energy during the era in which the technology’s future was thought to herald electricity ‘too cheap to meter’....To reach a wider, global audience, the magazine relaunched online in 2009. It continues to provide a mix of in-depth analysis, environmental news and practical advice that appeals to a growing community of individuals committed to social and environmental change. Remaining true to its roots in ecological ‘systems’ thinking, the Ecologist strives to point out the links between issues as diverse as war, pharmaceuticals, corporate fraud, or the power of mass media.Above all, the Ecologist hopes to encourage its readers to challenge conventional thinking, and tackle global issues at a local level.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/

http://www.epa.gov/earthday