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The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race

by Anthony, Carl

Book - 2017

Carl Anthony's memoir interweaves urban history, racial justice, and cosmology with personal experiences as an architect/planner, environmentalist, and Bl...Show more Carl Anthony's memoir interweaves urban history, racial justice, and cosmology with personal experiences as an architect/planner, environmentalist, and Black American. By connecting struggles for social and racial justice to the Universe Story, it creates new story for our time. Show less

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In the Garden With Dr. Carver

by Grigsby, Susan

Book - 2010

This fictionalized account of plant scientist George Washington Carver shares the story of how he taught children to grow plants and reap the rewards of nature's bounty. The text includes factual notes about Dr. Carver. This fictionalized account of plant scientist George Washington Carver shares the story of how he taught children to grow plants and reap the rewards of nature's bounty. The text includes factual notes about Dr. Carver. Show less

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Wangari's Trees of Peace

A True Story From Africa

by Winter, Jeanette

Book - 2008

This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. Show less

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Magic Trash

A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art

by Shapiro, J. H.

eBook - 2011

This picture book biography of Tyree Guyton, an urban environmental artist, shows how he transformed his decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood into the Heidelberg Project, an interactive sculpture park. This picture book biography of Tyree Guyton, an urban environmental artist, shows how he transformed his decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood into the Heidelberg Project, an interactive sculpture park. Show less

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The Water Princess

by Verde, Susan

Book - 2016

With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try...Show more With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water. After the voyage home, after boiling the water to drink and clean with, Gie Gie thinks of the trip that tomorrow will bring. And she dreams. She dreams of a day when her village will have cool, crystal-clear water of its own. Show less

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One Plastic Bag

Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

by Paul, Miranda

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Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and wen...Show more Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred. The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change. Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world. Isatou Ceesay found a way to recycle the plastic bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in the world. Show less

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Black Nature

Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry

Book - 2009

This book is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in whic...Show more This book is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry, anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. The author has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. It also brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole. Show less

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Farming While Black

Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land

by Penniman, Leah

Book - 2018

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8 Black Environmentalists You Need To Know

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/8-black-environmentalists-need-know/

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8 inspiring leaders in the environmental movement who are igniting lasting change in their communities and beyond. 8 inspiring leaders in the environmental movement who are igniting lasting change in their communities and beyond. Show less

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