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Dirty water : one man's fight to clean up one of the world's most polluted bays
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ISBN: 1282453475 9786612453472 0520944755 9780520944756 9781282453470 0520256603 9780520256606 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won. The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world. The insecticide DDT covered portions of the sea floor. Los Angeles discharged partially treated sewage into its waters. Lifeguards came down with mysterious illnesses. And Howard Bennett happily swam in it every morning. By accident, Bennett learned that Los Angeles had applied for a waiver from the Clean Water Act to continue discharging sewage into the bay. Incensed that he had been swimming in dirty water, Bennett organized oddball coalition to orchestrate stunts such as wrapping brown ribbon around LA's city hall and issuing Dirty Toilet Awards to chastise the city's administration. This is the fast-paced story of how this unusual cast of characters created an environmental movement in Los Angeles that continues to this day with the nationally recognized Heal the Bay. Character-driven, compelling, and uplifting, Dirty Water tells how even the most polluted water can be cleaned up-by ordinary people.

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High school teachers --- Political activists --- Environmentalists --- Environmental protection --- Marine pollution --- Sewage disposal in the ocean --- Secondary school teachers --- Senior high school teachers --- Teachers --- Marine environment pollution --- Marine water pollution --- Ocean pollution --- Offshore water pollution --- Sea pollution --- Seawater --- Coastal zone management --- Oceanography --- Pollution --- Water --- Marine resources conservation --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Waste disposal in the ocean --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Government policy --- Prevention. --- Environmental aspects --- Bennett, Howard, --- Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.) --- History. --- Santa Monica Bay Region (Calif.) --- Environmental conditions. --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Hyperion Water Treatment Plant (Los Angeles, Calif.) --- Bennett, Howard, -- 1929-. --- Hyperion Water Treatment Plant (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.. --- Sewage disposal in the ocean -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Santa Monica Bay.. --- Marine pollution -- California -- Santa Monica Bay -- Prevention.. --- Environmental policy -- California -- Santa Monica Bay Region.. --- Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.. --- Political activists -- United States -- Biography. --- Hyperion Water Treatment Plant (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History. --- Sewage disposal in the ocean -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Santa Monica Bay. --- Marine pollution -- California -- Santa Monica Bay -- Prevention. --- Environmental policy -- California -- Santa Monica Bay Region. --- Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography. --- 1985. --- bays and oceans. --- beach. --- bodies of water. --- clean water act. --- clean water. --- ddt. --- dirty water. --- discussion books. --- easy to read. --- ecology. --- engaging. --- environment. --- environmental impact. --- environmental movement. --- heal the bay. --- human impact. --- insecticide pollution. --- inspirational. --- lively. --- local politics. --- los angeles. --- make a difference. --- nonfiction account. --- polluted water. --- raw sewage. --- santa monica bay. --- scientists. --- sea floor. --- swimming. --- true story. --- uplifting. --- water pollution.


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Rachel Carson : challenging authors
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ISBN: 9462090661 9462090688 946209067X Year: 2012 Publisher: Rotterdam : SensePublishers,

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Karen F. Stein University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA Rachel Carson is the twentieth century’s most significant environmentalist. Her books about the sea blend science and poetry as they invite readers to share her celebration of the ocean’s wonders. Silent Spring, her graphic and compelling exposé of the damage caused by the widespread aerial spraying of persistent organic pesticides such as DDT, opened our eyes to the interconnectedness of all living beings and the ecological systems we inhabit. Carson’s work challenges our belief that science and technology can control the natural world, asks us to recognize our place in the world around us, and inspires us to treat the earth respectfully. She calls us to rekindle our sense of wonder at nature’s power and beauty, and to tread lightly on the earth so that it will continue to sustain us and our descendants. This book guides readers on a journey through Carson’s life and work, considers Carson’s legacies, and points to some of the continuing challenges to sustainability. It provides a listing of resources for reading, learning, or teaching about the environment, about nature writing, and about Carson and the crucial issues she addressed.

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Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964. --- Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Environmentalism in literature. --- Women environmentalists -- United States -- Biography. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Education - General --- Women environmentalists --- Environmentalism --- History --- Carson, Rachel, --- Criticism. --- Criticism --- Evaluation of literature --- Literary criticism --- Literature --- Technique --- Evaluation --- Carson, Rachel L. --- Education. --- Education, general. --- Environmentalists --- Women scientists --- Carson, Rachel Louise --- Rhetoric --- Aesthetics --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Women environmentalists. --- United States. --- U.S.A. --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- USA --- US --- Arhab --- Ar. ha-B. --- Artsot ha-Berit --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- ABSh --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- ABŞ --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Forente stater --- Spojené staty americké --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Yhdysvallat --- Verenigde Staten --- Egyesült Államok --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Estados Unidos de América --- United States of America --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- SShA --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- VSA --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Estados Unidos --- EE.UU. --- Stany Zjednoczone --- ĒPA --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- ZSA --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mei guo --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- U.S. --- America (Republic) --- Amirika Carékat --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- VS --- ولايات المتحدة --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- Istadus Unidus --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Bí-kok --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- AQSh --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- Yunaeted Stet --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- САЩ --- SASht --- Съединените щати --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Америка (Republic) --- Amerika (Republic) --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Stati Uniti --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ē.P.A. --- Usono --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- FS --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Stâts Unîts --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- S.U.A. --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- Mî-koet --- 미국 --- Miguk --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Kārsūn, Rāshil, --- کارسون، راشل

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