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=1. Noodletools @http://www.noodletools.com= Log into your NoodleBib account, create a new project and share it with Mrs. Damp's Dropbox (Human Environmental Impacts Project). If you need help with your login, the library staff can help with that.

=2. Print Resources=


 * 304.6 STE || Steele, Philip. //**Population growth**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2004.
 * //Summary://** Examines the reasons for the increase in the world's population, it's impact on the earth's environment, and ways of slowing down the population growth. ||
 * 333.7 FRI || Friedman, Thomas L. //**Hot, flat, and crowded: why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America**//. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
 * //Summary://** Argues that the United States needs to adopt an environmentally friendly national strategy to be healthier, wealthier, and more secure, innovative, and productive. ||
 * 333.72 CON || //**Conserving the environment**//. Detroit, Mich: Greenhaven Press, 2006. ||
 * 333.72 LEV || Levy, Janey. //**Making good choices about conservation**//. New York: Rosen Central, 2010.
 * //Summary://** This book discusses how to make careful decisions to avoid wasting or polluting the natural resources of air, freshwater, soil, forests, oceans, and biodiversity. ||
 * 333.75 RAI || //**Rain forests**//. San Diego, Calif: Greenhaven Press, c2002. ||
 * 333.76 CHA || Chandler, Gary. //**Natural foods and products**//. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, c1996.
 * //Summary://** Relates success stories about people who apply innovative techniques to produce natural foods and products which protect the environment and save money and energy. ||
 * 333.79 SMI || Smith, Trevor. //**Renewable energy resources**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2003.
 * //Summary://** Explores renewable energy sources--particularly wind, water, and solar power--on a global scale, covering the cost, output, and environmental impact of non-renewable sources and the future role of renewables. ||
 * 333.792 DAL || Daley, Michael J. //**Nuclear power: promise or peril?**//. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co, 1997.
 * //Summary://** Explores opposing viewpoints on expanding the uses of nuclear power with emphasis on pollution, safety, and waste disposal. ||
 * 333.792 MOR || Morris, Neil. //**Solar power**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2006. ||
 * 333.792 PAR || Parks, Peggy J. //**Solar power**//. San Diego, Calif: ReferencePoint, 2010. ||
 * 333.8 MOR || Morris, Neil. //**Geothermal power**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2006. ||
 * 333.8 RAE || Rae, Alison. //**Oil, plastics, and power**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2010.
 * //Summary://** "Discusses oil mining and its effect on the environment, the production of plastics from oil, and compares alternative sources of power such as solar, wind, and geothermal power, and how power generation could be managed more sustainably"--Provided by publisher. ||
 * 333.92 PAR || Parks, Peggy J. //**Wind power**//. San Diego, Calif: ReferencePoint, 2010. ||
 * 333.95 END || //**Endangered oceans: opposing viewpoints**//. San Diego, Calif: Greenhaven, c2004. ||
 * 338.1 BOW || Bowden, Rob. //**Food and water**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2010.
 * //Summary://** Examines how food and water resources are used and distributed worldwide, the problem of providing enough food and water to the world's growing population, and eco-friendly solutions. ||
 * 363.17 MEA || Meany, John. //**Is nuclear power safe?**//. Chicago: Heinemann Library, c2008.
 * //Summary://** Introduces students to the controversy over whether or not nuclear power is safe, examining both sides of the argument and providing information to support both viewpoints. ||
 * 363.6 SPI || Spilsbury, Louise. //**Threats to our water supply**//. New York: Rosen Central, 2010.
 * //Summary://** This book discusses the causes and the impact of water shortages and the different solutions for saving and managing water. ||
 * 363.7 ENV || //**The Environmental crisis: opposing viewpoints**//. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c1991.
 * //Summary://** Opposing views on questions of environmental protection and damage resulting from air and water pollution, toxic wastes, pesticides, and the ever-growing tide of refuse. ||
 * 363.72 MOR || Morgan, Sally. //**Waste and recycling**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2006. ||
 * 363.72 SOL || Solway, Andrew. //**Waste disposal**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2010.
 * //Summary://** Explains the economic, environmental, and huma costs when waste is disposed of irresponsibly and shows the importance of recycling and reusing. ||
 * 363.72 SPI || Spilsbury, Louise. //**Waste and recycling challenges**//. New York: Rosen Central, 2010.
 * //Summary://** This book discusses the causes and the impact of waste on the environment and the different solutions for reducing waste. ||
 * 363.72 WAT || Watson, Stephanie. //**Making good choices about recycling and reuse**//. New York: Rosen Central, 2010.
 * //Summary://** This book discusses how to make careful decisions about choosing and using products that are long lasting or can be turned into something new you can use. ||
 * 363.73 DOR || Dorion, Christiane. //**Pollution**//. Pleasantville, NY: Gareth Stevens Pub, 2010. ||
 * 363.73 POL || //**Pollution**//. Detroit, Mich: Greenhaven, 2007. ||
 * 363.738 ACI || //**Acid rain in the Adirondacks: an environmental history**//. Ithaca: Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press, 2007. ||
 * 363.738 CRI || //**Critical perspectives on climate disruption**//. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2006.
 * //Summary://** This book presents selections offering differing opinions on global warming, the control of greenhouse gases and pollution, and long-term plans for a fuel-efficient world. ||
 * 363.738 JEN || Jenkins, Jerry. //**Climate change in the Adirondacks: the path to sustainability**//. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates, 2010. ||
 * 363.738 JEN || Jennings, Terry. //**Changing climates**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2005.
 * //Summary://** Explores the climatic changes caused by global warming and the impact of these changes for both people and the environment. ||
 * 363.738 MCK || McKibben, Bill. //**Fight global warming now: the handbook for taking action in your community**//. New York: Henry Holt, 2007.
 * //Summary://** Explains how to take effective action to stop climate change, discussing how to organize in one's community, church, or college and covering such topics as online grassroots campaigns, high-profile events, and political pressure. ||
 * 363.738 SMI || Smith, Trevor. //**Earth's changing climate**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2003.
 * //Summary://** Explores factors in climatic change, such as greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions, looks at international efforts to remedy the problem, and discusses whether human activities are contributing to global warming. ||
 * 363.8 ROO || Rooney, Anne. //**Feeding the world**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2010.
 * //Summary://** Investigates food production in the face of worldwide population increases, explores rising obestity rates in the developed world and hunger in developing nations, and shows what can be done to ensure a sustainable supply of food for future generations. ||
 * 388 HAR || Harris, Joseph. //**Transportation: the impact of science and technology**//. Pleasantville, NY: Gareth Stevens Pub, 2010. ||
 * 388.09 WIL || Wilkinson, Philip. //**Transportation**//. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.
 * //Summary://** Shows how people have come up with new ideas and inventions to make it easier to move themselves and their possessions from place to place through the ages. ||
 * 551.48 ROS || Ross, Mandy. //**Rivers**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2004.
 * //Summary://** Examines rivers around the world and explains how they are formed, their growth and decline, the wildlife that live in them, and how people use them for food, power, and transportation. ||
 * 551.48 STE || Stein, Paul. //**Floods of the future**//. New York: Rosen Pub, 2001.
 * //Summary://** Describes the factors which contribute to flooding and discusses how floods will affect Earth in the future. ||
 * 551.6 CHE || Cherry, Lynne. //**How we know what we know about our changing climate : scientists and kids explore global warming**// . Nevada City, CA : Dawn Publications, c2008.
 * //Summary://** Describes how and where scientists find evidence of climate change, including bird migration patterns, checking tree rings, and collecting mud cores; and offers advice to students on how to make a positive impact on the environment. ||
 * 551.6 CLI || //**Climate and the environment**//. Milwaukee: World Almanac Library, 2002.
 * //Summary://** Describes Earth's environment and various climates, as well as the damage being done by air, water, and soil pollution to the Earth and its inhabitants. ||
 * 551.6 COR || Corn, John. //**Weather & climate**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2004.
 * //Summary://** Examines the impact of weather and climate on the earth's landscape. ||
 * 551.6 EAR || //**Earth's changing environment**// . Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica, c2008.
 * //Summary://** Looks at how human activities have affected Earth's environment over the course of the twentieth century, discussing climate, global warming, deforestation, endangered species, environmental pollution, and other topics, and explores the need to establish new policies and practices for interacting with and using natural resources. ||
 * 551.6 JEN || Jennings, Terry J. //**Weather patterns**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2005.
 * //Summary://** Examines the many climates of the world and describes how the pattern of weather affects the vegetation, animal life, agriculture, and the lifestyles of the people who live there. ||
 * 551.6 SPI || Spilsbury, Richard. //**Climate change catastrophe**//. New York: Rosen Central, 2010.
 * //Summary://** This book discusses the causes and the impact of climate change and the different solutions for reducing emissions. ||
 * 551.6 STE || Stein, Paul. //**Ice ages of the future**//. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2001.
 * //Summary://** Describes the earth during the ice age and the potential for human influences contributing to a new ice age. ||
 * 621.042 OXL || Oxlade, Chris. //**Energy technology**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2009.
 * //Summary://** "Describes new technologies that are helping make fossil fuels, biofuels, water and wind energy, and solar energy more efficient, and discusses different ways we will get energy in the future"--Provided by publisher. ||
 * 621.042 OXL || Oxlade, Chris. //**Energy: present knowledge, future trends**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2004.
 * //Summary://** Discusses the changing trends in energy, how they affect our lives, and where they are going in the future. ||
 * 621.31 MOR || Morris, Neil. //**Wind power**//. North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2006. ||
 * 628 SOL || Solway, Andrew. //**Environmental technology**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2009.
 * //Summary://** "Describes new technologies that can help us reduce pollution and global warming, such as alternative energy sources, buildings that cost less to heat, reducing waste, reducing threats to endangered species, and combining all of these to promote sustainable living"--Provided by publisher. ||
 * 629.04 WIL || Williams, Brian. //**Transportation technology**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2009.
 * //Summary://** "Describes new technologies that are helping make road transportation, railroads, ships, airplanes, and space travel more efficient and discusses how transportation will change in the future"--Provided by publisher. ||
 * 641.3 MIL || Miller, Debra A. //**Organic foods**//. Detroit, Mich: Lucent, 2008. ||
 * 641.5 HAL || Hall, Linley Erin. //**Reducing your carbon footprint in the kitchen**//. New York: Rosen, 2009.
 * //Summary://** Explains global warming and offers suggestions of ways children can reduce their carbon footprint by eating more sustainably and being environmentally conscious while grocery shopping and cooking. ||
 * 728.047 BOW || Bowden, Rob. //**Building homes for tomorrow**//. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2010.
 * //Summary://** Discusses the global housing crisis, the environmental damage caused by housing the world's growing population, and presents eco-friendly solutions. ||
 * REF 577 WOR || Baker, Lucy. //**World Book Ecology: Life in the rain forests**//. New York: World Book in association with Two-Can, 2001,c1990.
 * //Summary://** Describes the importance of rain forests, types of plant and animal life that live there, and how rain forests are threatened by deforestation. ||
 * REF 912 NAT || //**National Geographic family reference atlas of the world**//. National Geographic, c2002.
 * //Summary://** Over 500 maps and illustrations as well as flags, languages, religions, and biodiversity. ||

=3.SOME web resources (If you find a good source that is not on this list yet, let us know...we will add it!)=

===A GREAT database suite for this project is the Gale suite of databases. There are many general and subject specific databases available and these are recommended to check off before you search (click in the selection check box twice to remove them all, then select the best ones for your topic): Environmental Studies and Policy Collection, Expanded Academic ASAP, Gale Virtual Reference Library, General OneFile, General Science Collection , Popular Magazines.===

=== SIRS Knowledge Suite : SIRS: Includes //SIRS Discoverer,// //Researcher//,//Government Reporter// and //Renaissance Researcher//. Look at the //Pro vs Con// area on the right, click on "More Issues" on the bottom right of that area.===

General websites
National Geographic. //Environment//. @http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/?source=NavEnvHome

Global Issues. //Environment Issues.// @http://www.globalissues.org/issue/168/environmental-issues

Yahoo. Directory. Environment and Nature (Links focused on our topics) @http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/

Ozone
Environment Canada. __Clean Air Online : Clean Air, Climate Change and Stratospheric Ozone__  __Depletion__. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair-airpur/Clean_Air,_Climate_Change_and]  [| _Stratospheric_Ozone_Depletion-WSC6DCEC3F-1_En.htm] >.

CBBC Newsround. __Global Warming : What is global warming?__. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://news.bbc.co]  [| .uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1570000/newsid_1575400/1575441.stm] >.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "How Ground-level Ozone Affects the Way We Live &  Breathe". __Six Common Air Pollutants__. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/ozone/]  [| index.html] >.

Office of Science - U.S. Department of Energy. "How does the atmosphere work? What about  ozone?". __PAST QUESTIONS : Atmospheric Sciences and Clouds__. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://education]  [| .arm.gov/studyhall/ask/past_question.php?id=534] >.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. __Ozone Alerts__. 14 Nov 2011.  < [] >.

Buchdahl, Joe, Sue Hare, and ARIC. __Ozone Depletion__. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk]  [| /eae/Ozone_Depletion/ozone_depletion.html] >.

McBride, Judy. __Ozone Spells "Ouch" for Some Plants__. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://www.ars.usda.gov/] <span class="searchInfo" style="color: #0073c8; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"> [| is/kids/environment/story5/ozoneframe.htm] >.

<span class="searchInfo" style="color: #0073c8; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Environment Canada. __The Ozone Layer Fact Sheets__. 05 Mar 2004. 14 Nov 2011. < [|http://www.msc] <span class="searchInfo" style="color: #0073c8; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"> [| -smc.ec.gc.ca/cd/factsheets/ozone/index_e.cfm] >.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">Ecotourism
"What is Ecotourism?" //CNN World// @http://articles.cnn.com/2008-06-30/world/green.ecotourism_1_eco-tourism-tourism-concern-tricia-barnett?_s=PM:WORLD

"What is Ecotourism" The Internationa Ecotourism Society
@http://www.ecotourism.org/site/c.orLQKXPCLmF/b.4835303/k.BEB9/What_i = = =Direct Harvesting=

"Africa's Western Black Rhino declared Extinct." //MSNBC.//
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45236688/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.TsHhLPEqXnk