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A Selected List of Resources Available from Kanawha County Public Library

The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and LandscapeLaura Allen628.162 A42wAre you looking for ways to save water -- or money? This accessible guide by Laura Allen, founder of Greywater Action, explains how to use water smartly and efficiently, increasing supply, saving money, reducing wear on your septic system and fulfilling your home and garden needs.

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clean Water!Roger CanavanJ 363.739Describes what life would be like without clean water. Chapters include “How big is your water footprint?” and “Did you leave the water running?”

How to Mulch, Save Water, Feed the Soil, and Suppress WeedsStu Campbell635.04 C18hMulch protects your soil, minimizes weeds, contributes to overall plant health, and reduces the need to water. Campbell and Kujawski answer all your mulching questions, and help you make the best choices for your favorite plants.

Save Water EverydayMari C. SchuhJ 333.9116 SCHUH MARIIntroduces the concept of Earth’s water cycle, explains how we use Earth’s water, and offers ways kids can help conserve it.

Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water HomeMichelle MulderJ 333.91 MULDER MICHELLEvery Last Drop looks at why the world’s water resources are at risk and how communities around the world are finding innovative ways to quench their thirst and water their crops. Maybe you’re not ready to drink fog, as they do in Chile, or use water made from treated sewage, but you can get a low-flush toilet, plant a tree, protect a wetland or just take shorter showers. Every last drop counts!

Your Water Footprint: the Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday ProductsStephen Leahy333.9116 L43YThe average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. The numbers are shocking. Your Water Footprint reveals the true cost of our lifestyle. A “water footprint” is the amount of fresh water used to produce the goods and services we consume, including growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping.

Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects: Collect, Store, Purify, and Drill for WaterPaul K. Dempsey628.1 D38d“Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects” provides everything you need to know to create your own water projects--from collecting rainwater and air conditioner condensate to properly drilling and constructing pump systems. A list of manufacturers and other resources is included to help locate all the products used in the book.

Last Call at the Oasis [DVD]Elise Pearlstein, Producer333.91 LASTThis film sheds light on the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, and shows communities already struggling with its ill effects.

The Homeowner’s Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting off the GridPaul Scheckel696 S31hAre you looking for creative ways to lower your energy costs, use renewable energy, generate more of your own power, or become less reliant on the grid? Energy expert Paul Scheckel offers practical advice for taking matters into your own hands.

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Content prepared for you by:Terri L. McDougal

Head of Children’s ServicesKanawha County Public Library

The Greened House Effect: Renovating Your Home with a Deep Energy RetrofitJeff Wilson690 W74gIn The Greened-House Effect, author Jeff Wilson brings his twenty-five years of construction experience and knowledge of home building to bear on making our current houses cleaner, greener, and healthier. Think of a deep-energy retrofit (DER) as a “home makeover” - one that represents a significant investment, but that saves money from the get-go by capturing the energy you “drop on the ground” every month, every year, through inefficiency, poor design, or simply living in a typical older home.

Cooler Smarter, Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living: Expert Advice from the Union of Concerned ScientistsSeth Shulman363.7 S55cWhile other green guides suggest an array of tips, Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials.

Brilliant! Shining a Light on Sustainable EnergyMichelle MulderJ 333.794 MULDER MICHELLBrilliant! is about what happens when you harness the power of imagination and innovation: the world changes for the better! Full of examples of unusual (and often peculiar) power sources, Brilliant! encourages kids to look around for new and sustainable ways to light up the world.

*A letter J in the call number denotes a children’s book title.

This list is just a small sampling of books available on this topic from the Kanawha County Public Library system. Contact your local KCPL branch library for assistance in

finding additional titles.