Climate+Change

Climate Change

 * __Fiction__

Lloyd, Saci. **//**The Carbon Diaries 2015**//**.** Holiday House, 2008. In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as she tries to live a normal teenage life while circumstances, family and even her dating scene spiral out of control. Set in the near-future, it's climate change discussion on a teenage level. Grades 9 -12. Recommended by Josh

__**Nonfiction**__  **//The ECO Guide to Careers That Make a Difference.//** Island Press, 2004 Essays about ECO friendly careers. Agriculture and Food Security/Air /Architecture, Construction, and Design / Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction / Climate Change / Coastal Environments and Oceans / Economics / Ecotourism / Energy / Environmental Education Environmental Justice Fisheries /Forestry / Freshwater Quality Use and Protection / Greening of Business / Smart Growth Recycling and Solid Waste Sustainable Consumption / Toxics and the environment. Grades 6 - up. Recommended by: John

Gore, Al. //**An Inconvenient Truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it.**// Rodale Press, c2006. Taken from presentations that Gore has made, this largely pictorial work encourages the audience to take action to lessen the effects of global warming. Companion volume to the award-winning c2006 documentary from Paramount Studios, //An Inconvenient Truth//. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by Stephanie