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The Plaza Branch Library has recently added the PBS educational DVDs Going to Green to our collection. This series was developed as a teaching tool based on a high school curriculum written by Joe D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan,.in partnership with the Media and Policy Center.
The 20 episodes are collected into 5 volumes:
- The Little Green House Visits Central
The Arlington Career Center's student-built "Little Green House" - a mobile exhibit on way to build Green - will visit Central Library this Friday and Saturday, April 16 - 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Little Green House exhibit is built of recycled...
- New In Sustainability: "green Metropolis"
A recent addition to the Plaza Branch Library's Green/Sustainability collection is David Owen's Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability. Author Owen argues that the ecosystems of big...
- New In Green Building: Complete Guide To Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods
Thinking about building your own house? The Green / Sustainability collection at the Plaza Branch Library now includes John Nunan's The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods: Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster,...
- New On Dvd At Plaza: "building Green"
The Plaza Branch Library just added Building Green, a 3 DVD set of the first season of the PBS television show by the same name, to it's Green/Sustainability collection. Hosted by Kevin Contreras, the series follows the step-by-step construction of...
- Green Reference At Plaza
The Plaza Branch Library just received 5 new books on Green planning, design, and business entrepreneurship. Plaza's copies are housed in our Reference section, but there is at least one borrowable copy of each title at the Central Library - click...
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New in Sustainability: "Going to Green"
The Plaza Branch Library has recently added the PBS educational DVDs Going to Green to our collection. This series was developed as a teaching tool based on a high school curriculum written by Joe D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan,.in partnership with the Media and Policy Center.The 20 episodes are collected into 5 volumes:
- Vol. 1 Towards a more sustainable community (includes Measuring the Effects of Community)
- Vol. 2 Elements of sustainability (includes Waterways, Biodiversity and Geographical Boundaries)
- Vol. 3 Balancing green space with the built environment (includes The Millennium Park Bike Station and The Little Train That Didn't)
- Vol. 4 Implementing urban greening (includes Quality of Life and Business Success)
- Vol. 5 Public policy and green collar opportunities (includes What Makes A City Great)
- The Little Green House Visits Central
The Arlington Career Center's student-built "Little Green House" - a mobile exhibit on way to build Green - will visit Central Library this Friday and Saturday, April 16 - 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Little Green House exhibit is built of recycled...
- New In Sustainability: "green Metropolis"
A recent addition to the Plaza Branch Library's Green/Sustainability collection is David Owen's Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability. Author Owen argues that the ecosystems of big...
- New In Green Building: Complete Guide To Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods
Thinking about building your own house? The Green / Sustainability collection at the Plaza Branch Library now includes John Nunan's The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods: Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster,...
- New On Dvd At Plaza: "building Green"
The Plaza Branch Library just added Building Green, a 3 DVD set of the first season of the PBS television show by the same name, to it's Green/Sustainability collection. Hosted by Kevin Contreras, the series follows the step-by-step construction of...
- Green Reference At Plaza
The Plaza Branch Library just received 5 new books on Green planning, design, and business entrepreneurship. Plaza's copies are housed in our Reference section, but there is at least one borrowable copy of each title at the Central Library - click...