Junk Raft

Junk Raft
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780807056417
ISBN-13 : 0807056413
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Junk Raft by : Marcus Eriksen

Download or read book Junk Raft written by Marcus Eriksen and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting account of a scientist’s expedition across the Pacific on a home-made “junk raft” in order to learn more about plastic marine pollution A scientist, activist, and inveterate adventurer, Eriksen and his co-navigator, Joel Paschal, construct a “junk raft” made of plastic trash and set themselves adrift from Los Angeles to Hawaii, with no motor or support vessel, confronting perilous cyclones, food shortages, and a fast decaying raft. As Eriksen recounts his struggles to keep afloat, he immerses readers in the deep history of the plastic pollution crisis and the movement that has arisen to combat it. The proliferation of cheap plastic products during the twentieth century has left the world awash in trash. Meanwhile, the plastics industry, with its lobbying muscle, fights tooth and nail against any changes that would affect its lucrative status quo, instead defending poorly designed products and deflecting responsibility for the harm they cause. But, as Eriksen shows, the tide is turning in the battle to save the world’s oceans. He recounts the successful efforts that he and many other activists are waging to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers be held accountable. Junk Raft provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it’s within our power to change the throw-away culture for the sake of our planet.

Junk Raft

Junk Raft
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780807056400
ISBN-13 : 0807056405
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Junk Raft by : Marcus Eriksen

Download or read book Junk Raft written by Marcus Eriksen and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made -junk raft- Over the past several years, the news media has brought the -Great Pacific Garbage Patch---the famous swirling gyre of plastic litter in the ocean--into the public consciousness. When Marcus Eriksen cofounded the 5 Gyres Institute with his wife, Anna, and set out to study marine pollution, they found that the reality is even more dire: instead of a stable mass of litter, they discovered that a -plastic smog- of microparticles permeates the world's oceans, defying simplistic clean-up efforts. What's more, these microplastics and their toxic chemistry have seeped into the food chain, threatening marine life and humans alike. Far from being a gloomy treatise on an environmental catastrophe, though, Junk Raft tells the exciting story of Eriksen's fight to raise awareness and solve the problem of plastic pollution, contributing to a fast-growing movement to stem the tide of trash. Eriksen writes of his voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii aboard his homemade -junk raft,- and along the way he recounts the successful efforts to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers take responsibility for a problem they've created. Eriksen provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it's up to bold, brash, unapologetically activist -citizen scientists- to challenge the status quo for the sake of the planet---

The Junk Raft Journey

The Junk Raft Journey
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : 0766430960
ISBN-13 : 9780766430969
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Junk Raft Journey by : Lynda Nunweek

Download or read book The Junk Raft Journey written by Lynda Nunweek and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailors travel in a raft made of trash to demonstrate why we should not put junk in the ocean.

The Everything Guide to Informational Texts, K-2

The Everything Guide to Informational Texts, K-2
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Publisher : Corwin Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781452283074
ISBN-13 : 1452283079
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Everything Guide to Informational Texts, K-2 by : Kathy H. Barclay

Download or read book The Everything Guide to Informational Texts, K-2 written by Kathy H. Barclay and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your resource for best texts and best practices! Kathy Barclay and Laura Stewart have written the book that teachers like you have been pleading for—a resource that delivers the “what I need to know ” to engage kids in a significant amount of informational text reading experiences. No filler, no lofty ideals about college and career readiness, but instead, the information on how to find lesson-worthy texts and create developmentally appropriate instructional plans that truly help young readers comprehend grade-level texts. What you’ll love most: The how-to’s on selecting informational texts High-impact comprehension strategies Model text lessons and lesson plan templates An annotated list of 449 informational texts

The Eastern Traveller's Guide. Diary and Souvenir of Voyage for Passengers to Egypt, India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania

The Eastern Traveller's Guide. Diary and Souvenir of Voyage for Passengers to Egypt, India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HN6NG9
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Rating : 4/5 (G9 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Eastern Traveller's Guide. Diary and Souvenir of Voyage for Passengers to Egypt, India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania by : Frank Charlton

Download or read book The Eastern Traveller's Guide. Diary and Souvenir of Voyage for Passengers to Egypt, India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania written by Frank Charlton and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crazy River

Crazy River
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781439157640
ISBN-13 : 1439157642
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Crazy River by : Richard Grant

Download or read book Crazy River written by Richard Grant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Dispatches From Pluto and Deepest South of All comes a rollicking travelogue from East Africa. NO ONE TRAVELS QUITE LIKE RICHARD GRANT and, really, no one should. In his last book, the adventure classic God’s Middle Finger, he narrowly escaped death in Mexico’s lawless Sierra Madre. Now, Grant has plunged with his trademark recklessness, wit, and curiosity into East Africa. Setting out to make the first descent of an unexplored river in Tanzania, he gets waylaid in Zanzibar by thieves, whores, and a charismatic former golf pro before crossing the Indian Ocean in a rickety cargo boat. And then the real adventure begins. Known to local tribes as “the river of bad spirits,” the Malagarasi River is a daunting adversary even with a heavily armed Tanzanian crew as travel companions. Dodging bullets, hippos, and crocodiles, Grant finally emerges in war-torn Burundi, where he befriends some ethnic street gangsters and trails a notorious man-eating crocodile known as Gustave. He concludes his journey by interviewing the dictatorial president of Rwanda and visiting the true source of the Nile. Gripping, illuminating, sometimes harrowing, often hilarious, Crazy River is a brilliantly rendered account of a modern-day exploration of Africa, and the unraveling of Grant’s peeled, battered mind as he tries to take it all in.

These Five Words Are Mine

These Five Words Are Mine
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781477296844
ISBN-13 : 1477296840
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Book Synopsis These Five Words Are Mine by : Jennifer Lynne Croneberger

Download or read book These Five Words Are Mine written by Jennifer Lynne Croneberger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These Five Words are Mine" is a journey to awareness through the stories of every day life. It embraces the everyday conversations we have with ourselves. It captures the connections we see and those we live with others. It's an ordinary perspective with perhaps different eyes. It's a walk down that familiar road with all the lights on instead of the one we so often take surrounded by darkness. It's a jolt of fresh air when you can't breathe. It's days with a notebook, but not writing so you miss out on what you can't see when your head is down. The words are already so much a part of us, they don't even need to be written. Just felt. Have you ever felt a really deep connection to someone else? To a feeling? To words? Author Jen Croneberger brings awareness into our every day life by connecting us to all of it. Through every day stories, she takes us on a journey. One you will likely relate to as well. It's time to take that walk with eyes wide open. Let's begin" Review: "Far from an ordinary book. It is a friend. If read with an open heart, not only do we realize we are not alone, but we will never look at ourselves and those around us the same."--Daniel Matos, Spoken Word Artist.