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Nature and Science April 2023 EARTH DAY Edition |
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Metro Grows
Are you a beginning gardener looking to plant some vegetables for the first time this spring? Or are you an advanced gardener who needs to upgrade their beds for the upcoming season? This brand-new program is perfect for any and all gardeners! You can now borrow gardening tools from the library and attend library events geared towards gardening.
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| The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake BittleWhat it is: a human-focused examination of internal migration in the United States as the effects of climate change threaten to render entire regions of the country uninhabitable.
Try these next: Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World by Gaia Vince; The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah; or Move: Where People are Going for a Better Future by Parag Khanna. |
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A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the... by Rob DunnThe big idea: Despite our ongoing attempts to exert total control over the environment, we humans -- an unexceptional species -- are no match for the laws of nature.
Reviewers say: This "excellent primer" (Kirkus Reviews) on ecology "sketches an arresting vision of this relentless natural world" (New York Times).
About the author: Biologist Rob Dunn is the author of Never Home Alone and The Wild Life of Our Bodies. |
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A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest... by Jonathan MeiburgIntroducing: the caracara, a.k.a. "Johnny rook," an endangered South American falcon relative with a reputation for being "curious, social, and brave, with many interests and few skills."
Best known for: attempting to steal Charles Darwin's hat, inspiring Victorian naturalist (and Green Mansions author) William Henry Hudson.
About the author: When he's not out in the field researching caracaras, Jonathan Meiburg is a member of the band Shearwater. Digital download: available as an Overdrive e-audiobook. |
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Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth by Tony Hiss; introduction by E.O. WilsonThe big idea: protecting 50 percent of Earth's land by 2050 will help avert mass extinction caused by climate change.
How it might work: Admitting there's no silver bullet, former New Yorker staff writer Tony Hiss meets with activists and conservation groups to explore possible solutions including wildlife corridors, Indigenous Protected Areas, green reserves, and more.
For fans of: E.O. Wilson's Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life. |
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A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing From Soil to Stars by Erin Sharkey (editor)What it's about: Black writers explore their relationships with the natural world in this thought-provoking essay collection.
Why you might like it: Inspired by archival objects, from photographs to family heirlooms, these essays present a "well-curated assemblage of Black voices" (Kirkus Reviews) reflecting on a broad range of themes.
You might also like: The Colors of Nature, edited by Lauret Savoy and Alison Hawthorne Deming; Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by Carolyn Finney. |
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Birds and Us: A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation by Tim BirkheadWhat it's about: the human-avian relationship from the Paleolithic period to the present.
Learn about: the cave paintings of El Tajo de las Figuras in Andalusia, Spain; the bird mummies of ancient Egypt; medieval falconry; the actual appearance of the dodo; eccentric Victorians; and much more.
About the author: Ornithologist Tim Birkhead is the author of Bird Sense and The Most Perfect Thing. Digital download: available as an Overdrive e-book. |
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Blood of the Tiger: A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save... by J.A. MillsAlthough there are only an estimated 3,000 tigers remaining in the wild, at least twice that number are raised on farms in China to supply wealthy consumers with luxury goods, including furs and tiger-bone wine. The result of turning tigers into livestock, argues journalist J.A. Mills, is that the practice increases demand for animal products, putting all tigers in danger. The result of 20 years spent investigating the global, multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade, this impassioned account by Mills presents an eye-opening look at an evolving threat to a critically endangered species as well as a front-line dispatch on the state of global conservation efforts. For another perspective on the fraught relationship between tigers and humans, check out John Vaillant's The Tiger. Digital download: available as an Overdrive e-book. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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HERB GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS
Sunday, April 23,
2:00 PM
Capital Hill Library
This course will offer you the basics of how to create an herb garden using different growing methods such as hydroponics, containers, raised beds, and growing from cuttings. You will learn how to prepare each space to begin your herb garden, learn about various seeds for medicinal herbs and culinary herbs, best practices to harvest your herbs, and how to use them in holistic practices and traditional cooking.
After the class you can also check out gardening tools to help you start your own herb garden at home.
This class is being taught by Gabrielle Reyes of Black Soil Urban Farm. She is a mother of one handsome and cheerful son, a community worker and partner with The Exotic Culture Movement, and a certified holistic nutritionist, Master Herbalist, Master Gardener, Urban farmer, and first-year horticulture student.
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