Here are two new reference books in Ohrstrom Library’s collection with special significance for Earth Day:
Human Development Report 2007/2008 Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), director and lead author Kevin Watkins, 2007.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 303.44 Un3 2007/2008
UNDP’s annual report measures the health, welfare, economic and physical security and well being of people in 175 UN member nations plus Hong Kong and the Palestinian Territories, as well as the status of international treaties on human rights, the environment, and labor. Each year, the report opens with an extensive analysis of a key international development issue, and this year’s focus is climate change and the responses, projected outcomes, and potential impact on human development around the world. Both cautionary and hopeful, this is a useful and fascinating read.
HELPFUL FOR: Leadership for Social Justice, Topics in Global Events
FUN FOR: global citizens, Eco-Action members, debaters, future pundits and policy wonks, tree huggers, activists, voters
Deb Baker – Interim Reference Librarian
The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science by Bruce C. Wyman and L. Harold Stevenson, Facts On File, 3rd ed., 2007.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF REF 363.7 W98
Over 4,000 terms are defined, including: nuclear winter, silviculture, and ethanol.
Several appendixes conclude the volume, including: environmental acronyms, plastic recycling codes & earth, atmosphere and water statistics.
Helpful for: Ecology, Eco-Action, Earth Day.
Lura Sanborn– Reference Librarian
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