NCW Libraries

"A breakthrough book. No comprehensive horticultural library should be without it." -American Gardener When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains plants, and then become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of toxic substances. Teaming with Microbes offers an alternative to this vicious circle, and details how to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web. You'll discover that healthy...

Sixty-five million years ago, a meteor six miles wide smashed into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the age of dinosaurs and devastating the North American continent. Starting with this catastrophic event, The Eternal Frontier recounts the extraordinary ecological history of North America, showing how the continent originally came into being and eventually transformed into the landscape we know today. This sweeping, multidisciplinary book is history on...

"In an era of cell phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature--but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilizes near trees, the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. Drawing on new scientific discoveries, The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans...

Geography and science combine to provide readers with detailed, reliable information about each of the world's most important ecological communities. This series is a wonderful resource for readers in search of detailed, up-to-date information about the earth's deserts, forests, wetlands, and tundra. Each book examines a particular biome's weather, life forms, and threats to its survival. User-friendly maps and fact boxes provide insight and details...

Acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and award-winning producer Jane Root present a cinematic event series hosted by Will Smith and featuring the only people who have left Earth behind: astronauts. Experience an epic tour-de-force around the globe and into space, revealing the extraordinary forces that make our planet function and allow life to thrive.

This dynamic, high definition, science DVD defines and helps children explore the terms forest, grassland, marsh and tropical rainforest. Divided into segments, this program is designed to reinforce and support a viewer's comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Kids will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts providing them with a model...

A child visitor observes as one tiny scratch in a tree develops into a home for a variety of woodland animals over many years, even after the tree has fallen.

Join Jack and Annie as they research rain forests and find out the facts behind the fiction.

"The Lichen Museum explores how the physiological characteristics of lichens provide a valuable template for reimagining human relations in an age of ecological and social precarity. Using this tiny organism as an emblem through which to navigate environmental and social concerns, Palmer implores us to envision alternative ways of living based on interdependence rather than individualism and competition"-- Provided by publisher.

The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a comprehensive how-to manual that will help you select, design, develop, and manage land for self-reliance and regeneration, and presents a thriving model for productive, durable homesteads and farms in cold climates and beyond. Author Ben Falk, a land designer and site developer, has seen his Vermont-based, permaculture-research farm draw national attention as a proven working model of regenerative agriculture...