The Australian Team series is a collection of edgy romance novels by real sportsperson Sally Carbon. She knows these sportspeople have a public life, a private life, and a secret life, and that without fail, they'll jump in the trenches to back each other up.
Create a beautiful home garden while reducing your carbon footprint along the way Transform your outdoor space into a low-impact, carbon-absorbing sink with this fantastic gardening guide, packed with ideas to grow a climate-friendly garden that will help protect the planet. Keen on starting your own garden but unsure about your environmental impact? This guide will give you practical advice on which soil to use, plants that are best for absorbing carbon dioxide, low-carbon fertilizers, and cutting out single-use plastic. What’s more, this garden book is completely backed by scientific research! Share in the delight of eco-conscious gardening when you start using How to Garden the Low Carbon Way as your guide. Explore the benefits of no-dig gardening, how to use fewer plants, using hedges instead of fences, how to grow shrubs that support wildlife, and more! This green gardening book will make growing your own garden easy, enjoyable, and eco-friendly and includes sections on; • How to grow plants that reduce your carbon footprint • Creating a garden that considers the local wildlife • Tips on setting up your garden, low-impact plants, and best fertilizers to use Green Gardening: Low environmental impact This fantastic gardening book is a simple, step-by-step guide to learn about gardening or to reference as your garden grows. You’ll quickly become acquainted with the benefits of growing a garden that positively contributes to the environment. Plus, you'll have all the fun, rewards a gardening hobby has to offer.
Create a beautiful home garden while reducing your carbon footprint along the way Transform your outdoor space into a low-impact, carbon-absorbing sink with this fantastic gardening guide, packed with ideas to grow a climate-friendly garden that will help protect the planet. Keen on starting your own garden but unsure about your environmental impact? This guide will give you practical advice on which soil to use, plants that are best for absorbing carbon dioxide, low-carbon fertilizers, and cutting out single-use plastic. What’s more, this garden book is completely backed by scientific research! Share in the delight of eco-conscious gardening when you start using How to Garden the Low Carbon Way as your guide. Explore the benefits of no-dig gardening, how to use fewer plants, using hedges instead of fences, how to grow shrubs that support wildlife, and more! This green gardening book will make growing your own garden easy, enjoyable, and eco-friendly and includes sections on; • How to grow plants that reduce your carbon footprint • Creating a garden that considers the local wildlife • Tips on setting up your garden, low-impact plants, and best fertilizers to use Green Gardening: Low environmental impact This fantastic gardening book is a simple, step-by-step guide to learn about gardening or to reference as your garden grows. You’ll quickly become acquainted with the benefits of growing a garden that positively contributes to the environment. Plus, you'll have all the fun, rewards a gardening hobby has to offer.
Stand up and watch the ball . . . Watch the ball like a hawk! Jason is bubbling with excitement on his ninth birthday when he's given a cricket ball and some advice by a famous international player. Join Jason and his mates on their journey from spectator to State Squad, facing fired-up bowlers and unleashing balls at well-drilled and crafty batsmen, as they learn the mental and physical skills needed to make it in sport. Brimming with cricket facts, and information on sportsmanship and sporting culture, this is a great inspirational read for everyone, at all levels, who loves cricket or any sport.
Most kids dream of becoming an elite athlete and representing their country. At the height of that desire sits the Olympic Games, a sporting tradition that started in Ancient Greece in 776 BC. I WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN describes - as an emotive and inspired first-person account - the quest for Olympic competition. Written by someone who's lived the dream - Olympic gold medallist Sally Carbon - I WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN evokes the inspirational tale of a child who grows up wishing for a chance at the Olympics, and one day makes that dream a reality through determination, hard work and persistence. With evocative illustrations from renowned Australian illustrator, Paul Harvey, and Olympic facts and hidden words peppered throughout, I WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN is a must for any child who has ever dreamt of being an Olympian.
Global Warming looks at the causes of climate change and its profound effect for life on Earth. It shows how historical clues, such as ice cores, are evidence that temperature fluctuation is not a new phenomenon, and how the causes of our current changing climate are a result of human activity. Learn about dramatic heat waves, coral bleaching, El Nio events, and how methane and CFCs affect the atmosphere. Consider the uses of renewable and alternative energy sources, from powering cars and homes with photovoltaic cells, to erecting vast wind farms and nuclear power stations.
Is it okay to use potting compost? Which plants are best for absorbing pollution? What's the alternative to carbon-packed fertilisers? How can I cut out single-use plastics? Aspects of gardening can actually be bad for the environment. But make a few changes and you can significantly reduce the carbon imprint of your outdoor space, and even use it to lessen the impact of your other activities. This green gardening e-book will make growing your own garden easy, enjoyable, and eco-friendly. It includes sections on: - How to grow plants that reduce your carbon footprint - Creating a garden that considers the local wildlife - Tips on setting up your garden, low-impact plants, and best fertilisers to use Turn your outdoor space into a low-impact, carbon-absorbing sink. This e-book is packed with ideas to grow a climate-friendly garden that will help protect the planet. Keen on starting your own garden but unsure about your environmental impact? This guide will give you practical advice on which soil to use, plants that are best for absorbing carbon dioxide, low-carbon fertilisers, and cutting out single-use plastic. What's more, this garden book is completely backed by scientific research! Share in the delight of eco-conscious gardening when you start using RHS How to Garden the Low Carbon Way as your guide. Explore the benefits of no-dig gardening, how to use fewer plants, using hedges instead of fences, how to grow shrubs that support wildlife, and more! Green Gardening: Low environmental impact This RHS gardening book is a simple, step-by-step guide to learn about gardening or to reference as your garden grows. You'll quickly become acquainted with the benefits of growing a garden that positively contributes to the environment.
The Nordic Partnership Initiative on Upscaled Mitigation Action (NPI) supported developing countries in designing and implementing mitigation action and attracting funding from international climate finance and carbon markets. In Peru, the initiative focused on building readiness for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in the municipal solid waste sector. It generated comprehensive information on the sector’s status and trends in terms of waste and emissions, mitigation potential and costs, and barriers to action. Mitigation plans for landfills were prepared, a robust information system developed, and policy reforms introduced for recognising waste as a valuable raw material. The NPI results have been integrated into national and local development plans and serve as valuable building blocks in the design and implementation of Peru’s mitigation pledges under the Paris Agreement.
Using Energy looks at the different kinds of energy that people, machines and nature use. Food and water give us energy to live, grow and work--but that's not all! Come inside and learn how everything uses energy!
The intention of this portfolio of creative essays, real-life success stories, and hard-hitting facts about global warming is to investigate the emotional and spiritual components of humankind's relationship to the world. By making a connection between the states of heart and mind and the ability to act, the inner fire dogs - the guardians and watchdogs of the earth - are awakened, especially in those who do not specialize in activism or environmental concerns. Through the stories' focus on hope and positive action, urgent climate-change issues are easily accessible, making this collection also ideal for organizations, conferences, and government groups looking for ways to inspire, educate, and take effective action.
MEDICINE BOW... A NEW BEGINNING The beautiful, Dr. Miranda Sterling, moved to Medicine Bow, Wyoming, one year after the death of her husband, Mardi Carson. She was to become the town Veterinarian. Mardi had been the love of her life and she thought she would never be able to love again. She didn't know what God had in store for her. Each year the town had a 'WESTERN DAY' at the local community center. Her friend, Karen Heath, introduced her to some of the local people whom she hadn't met. First, there was Morgan, a Harley Davidson rider, who was irresistible with his boyish grin. Ethan, the Sheriff of Carbon County, with his charming ways made a big impression on Miranda. Last, there was Eli, the rancher, who had ridden in on a horse, just as if he was from the old west days. When Karen introduced them, he looked at her with cold eyes of steel. Who had hurt this man so badly to turn him into the cold man he was? Three men...each one so different from the other. Would they ever cross Miranda's path again?
Discusses the issues surrounding fossil fuels, including an overview of the energy crisis, the environmental consequences, and the future of fossil fuels.
Many years ago I was startled by a poster on a wall, which said: "White Australia has a black history." That poster jolted me out of my comfortable white view of the world, as I had never been taught to think that way as I grew up in a sheltered white suburbia. Since then I have realised more and more just how "black" that history has been and what consecutive governments have done to conceal the truth in the name of white Australia. This is the story of five generations of an Aboriginal family as they have unwittingly and also knowingly struggled against annihilation. Australia has recently been facing an awakening of race relations in respect to Indigenous people and although we are being called upon to soon vote in a referendum to recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution, many people remain blissfully ignorant of the true facts. There's an old song about the streets of London which says: "let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London, I'll show you something that will help you change your mind." Please take my hand and come with me on a journey through the streets of our past. I will show you something that will help you change your mind...
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