<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Nature"]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Nature"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/newwestminster/rss/search?query=%22Nature%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:57:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Wild Dark Shore]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the beloved, New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore"--]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1025867</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1025867</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McConaghy, Charlotte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1025867033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250827951/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild Dark Shore]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the beloved, New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore"--]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1046235</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1046235</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McConaghy, Charlotte]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1046235033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>[a BESTSELLER EXPRESS Book]</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250827951/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Braiding Sweetgrass]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass , Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C927105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C927105</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimmerer, Robin Wall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/927105033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781571318718/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C921691</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C921691</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carson, Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/921691033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780547527628/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Outdoors]]></title><description><![CDATA["Explore the outdoors in this chunky new Make Tracks board book, and trace each adventurer's path through different types of terrain. In this interactive series with easy-to-use, durable sliders, your toddler can ride a bike or pony, steer a canoe, or climb a mountain! Perfect for helping toddlers develop hand-eye coordination, while also encouraging interaction with simple nature-themed first words, clear diagrams, and helpful text prompts to learn through play"--]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1044897</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1044897</guid><category><![CDATA[BOARD_BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dyrander, Johnny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1044897033</comments><format>BOARD_BK</format><subtitle>With 5 Sliders to Push Around the Tracks!</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798887772110/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Braiding Sweetgrass]]></title><description><![CDATA["An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C896172</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C896172</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimmerer, Robin Wall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/896172033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781571313560/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire Weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Golden&nbsp;Spruce and The Tiger comes a stunning account of a colossal wildfire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing&nbsp;relationship between fire and humankind. In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada's petroleum industry and America's biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration&mdash;the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina&mdash;John Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. andnbsp; andnbsp; For hundreds of millennia, fire has been a partner in our evolution, shaping culture, civilization, and, very likely, our brains. Fire has enabled us to cook our food, defend and heat our homes, and power the machines that drive our titanic economy. Yet this volatile energy source has always threatened to elude our control, and in our new age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in previously unimaginable ways. andnbsp; andnbsp; With masterly prose and a cinematic eye, Vaillant takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America's oil industry and the birth of climate science, to the unprecedented devastation wrought by modern forest fires, and into lives forever changed by these disasters. John Vaillant's urgent work is a book for&mdash;and from&mdash;our new century of fire, which has only just begun.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C999865</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C999865</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vaillant, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999865033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Making of A Beast</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735273184/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn]]></title><description><![CDATA["As the sun slowly rises, many things happen in a small window of time. The world comes alive with the actions of animals, plants, clouds, and sky. A deer drinks, an owl wakes, a dandelion shimmers in the light. A ladybug climbs, a fish jumps, birds call in a chorus. Geese fly away in formation. A flower blooms. ... Illustrated with glowing imagery and written with a ... simplicity holding appeal for new readers, Marc Martin's ode to the slow-blooming beauty of a sunrise and the life that unfolds in its radiance narrows the lens to show the wonder of time passing"--]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1037426</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1037426</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin, Marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1037426033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781536232400/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Trust Fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why, dear reader, must you NEVER EVER trust fish? 1) They spend all their time in the water where we can't see them. 2) Some are as big as a bus--that is not okay. 3) We don't know what they're teaching in their "schools." 4) They are likely plotting our doom. This nature-guide-gone-wrong is a hilarious, off-the-rails exploration of the seemingly innocent animals that live in the water.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1028832</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1028832</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharpson, Neil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1028832033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593616673/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets of the Ocean]]></title><description><![CDATA['Secrets of the Ocean' is a beautifully illustrated collection of 5-minute bedtime stories about the wildlife found in seas and oceans around the world. Each story is based on the real biology and behavior of these amazing wild animals, and at the end of each tale readers will find out more about the science that inspired the story. So as they drift off to sleep, they will know a little bit more about the world around them.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1035550</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1035550</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Klepeis, Alicia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1035550033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>15 Bedtime Stories Inspired by Nature</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781684493814/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello, World!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduce Baby to adorable nature friends! Features high-contrast black-and-white pictures and a bright burst of color on every page.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1016531</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1016531</guid><category><![CDATA[BOARD_BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hepworth, Amelia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1016531033</comments><format>BOARD_BK</format><subtitle>A High-contrast Book for Babies</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781664350106/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Braiding Sweetgrass [15-COPY BOOK CLUB SET]]]></title><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C943520</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C943520</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CLUB_KIT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimmerer, Robin Wall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/943520033</comments><format>BOOK_CLUB_KIT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781571313560/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Backyard Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looks at the plants, animals, people, and things that can be found in a typical back yard.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C938578</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C938578</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kalman, Bobbie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/938578033</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781427111043/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polar War]]></title><description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet's great powers heralds the next global conflict. Russian spies. Nuclear submarines. Sabotaged pipelines. Undersea communications severed in the dark of night. The fastest-warming place on earth&#8212;where apartment buildings, hospitals, and homes crumble daily as permafrost melts and villages get washed away by rising seas&#8212;the Arctic stands at the crossroads of geopolitical ambition and environmental catastrophe. As climate change thaws the northern latitudes, opening once ice-bound shipping lanes and access to natural resources, the world's military powers are rushing to stake their claims in this increasingly strategic region. We've entered a new cold war&#8212;and every day it grows hotter. In Polar War , Kenneth R. Rosen takes readers on an extraordinary journey across the changing face of the far north. Through intimate portraits of scientists, soldiers, and Indigenous community leaders representing the interests of twenty-one countries across four continents, he witnesses firsthand how rising temperatures and growing tensions are reshaping life above and below the Arctic Circle. He finds himself on the trail of Navy SEALs training for arctic warfare, embarks on Coast Guard patrols monitoring Russian incursions, participates in close-quarter-combat training aboard foreign icebreakers in the Arctic sea ice, and visits remote research stations where international cooperation is giving way to espionage and the search for long-frozen biological weapons. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and three years of reporting from the frontlines of climate change and great power competition, Rosen blends incisive analysis with the vivid immediacy of a travelogue. His deeply researched and personal accounts capture the diverse landscapes, people, and conflicted interests that define this complex northern region. The result is both an elegy for a vanishing landscape and an urgent warning about how the race for Arctic dominance could spark the next global conflict.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1046894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1046894</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosen, Kenneth R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1046894033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in A Melting Arctic</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668052358/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Outside!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Examines the connection between humans and nature, why that connection is important and what we can learn from being outdoors.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1016978</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1016978</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Payne, Leah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1016978033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Humans Connect With Nature</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459836877/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Backyard Bird Chronicles]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater--an opportunity to savor quiet moments during a volatile time, connect to nature in a meaningful way, and imagine the intricate lives of the birds she admired. Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us, The Backyard Bird Chronicles maps the passage of time--from before the pandemic to the days of quarantine--through daily entries, thoughtful questions, and beautiful original sketches. With boundless charm and wit, Amy Tan charts her foray into birding and the natural wonders of the world"--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1008506</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1008506</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tan, Amy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1008506033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593536131/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Backyard Bird Chronicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull; A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club andbull; With a foreword by David Allen Sibley andldquo;Unexpected and spectacular&rdquo; andmdash;Ann Patchett, best-selling author of These Precious Days "The drawings and essays in this book do a lot more than just describe the birds. They carry a sense of discovery through observation and drawing, suggest the layers of patterns in the natural world, and emphasize a deep personal connection between the watcher and the watched. The birds that inhabit Amy Tan&rsquo;s backyard seem a lot like the characters in her novels.&rdquo; andmdash;David Allen Sibley, from the foreword Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us, The Backyard Bird Chronicles maps the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions, and beautiful original sketches. With boundless charm and wit, author Amy Tan charts her foray into birding and the natural wonders of the world. In 2016, Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds visiting her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater&mdash;an opportunity to savor quiet moments during a volatile time, connect to nature in a meaningful way, and imagine the intricate lives of the birds she admired.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1016424</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1016424</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tan, Amy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1016424033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593536148/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Serviceberry]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass , a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth&#8212;its abundance of sweet, juicy berries&#8212;to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, "Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency." As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is "a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world." The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that "hoarding won't save us, all flourishing is mutual." Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1024354</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1024354</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimmerer, Robin Wall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1024354033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668072257/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Serviceberry]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth--its abundance of sweet, juicy berries--to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, "Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency." As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is "a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world." The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that "hoarding won't save us, all flourishing is mutual"--Inside front cover.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1019553</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1019553</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimmerer, Robin Wall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1019553033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668072240/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Anthropocene Reviewed]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this ... symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ... podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale--from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar"--]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C941055</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C941055</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Green, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/941055033</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Essays on A Human-centered Planet</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525555216/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solved]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Miller presents a compelling case that significant progress can be made at the local level by duplicating the actions of nine leading cities around the world.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C967922</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C967922</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miller, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/967922033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>How the World&apos;s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781487534912/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Do Nothing]]></title><description><![CDATA[** A New York Times Bestseller ** "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."—Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review One of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 2019" NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time andbull; The New Yorker andbull; NPR andbull; GQ andbull; Elle andbull; Vulture andbull; Fortune andbull; Boing Boing andbull; The Irish Times andbull; The New York Public Library andbull; The Brooklyn Public Library Porchlight's Personal Development and Human Behavior Book of the Year In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity, it can seem impossible to escape. But in this inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy, artist and critic Jenny Odell shows us how we can still win back our lives. Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. And we must actively and continuously choose how we use it. We might not spend it on things that capitalism has deemed important ... but once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C892836</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C892836</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Odell, Jenny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/892836033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Resisting the Attention Economy</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781612197500/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Seal Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[When storms roar and orcas are on the prowl, it's the seal gardens of the Great Bear Sea that provide safety and shelter to sea lions, otters, a variety of seals and other sea mammals. Ian McAllister's glorious photographs reveal the beauty and mystery of this rarely seen place of refuge. This is the third title in the My Great Bear Rainforest series, following Wolf Island and A Bear's Life.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C882124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C882124</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McAllister, Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/882124033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459812680/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life Everlasting]]></title><description><![CDATA[An enlightening look at animal behavior and the cycle of life and death, from "one of the finest naturalists of our time" (Edward O. Wilson). When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, imparted by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from—field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies of ravens, "the premier northern undertakers"; and the "inadvertent teamwork" among wolves and large cats, foxes and weasels, bald eagles and nuthatches in cold-weather dispersal of prey. Heinrich reveals, too, how and where humans still play our ancient and important role as scavengers, thereby turning not dust to dust, but life to life. 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Wilson, author of The Meaning of Human Existence and The Social Conquest of Earth]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C925456</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C925456</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Heinrich, Bernd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/925456033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Animal Way of Death</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780547752693/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bear's Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Black bears, grizzly bears, and spirit bears all make their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Bear's Life uses Ian McAllister's stunning photographs to follow these beautiful animals through a year in the British Columbia wilderness&#8212;catching fish, eating berries, climbing trees and taking long naps. A Bear's Life is the second in the My Great Bear Rainforest series.]]></description><link>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1026917</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S33C1026917</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McAllister, Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://newwestminster.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1026917033</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459812710/MC.GIF&amp;client=nwplp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>