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Learn how our actions have affected the planet we live on and the steps we are taking to improve it. Get Published: The Writing for Children Kitīelow is a list of Canadian children’s books with environmental themes.Publisher Kids Can Press Initial publish date Apr 2012 Category Architecture, Physics. She also discusses the environmental impact of certain structures and describes hands-on activities using household items to explain complex concepts. Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More. Bibliovideo: Canadian Kids’ Books on YouTube Buy Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal of Corry Lapont by Etta Kaner, Stephen MacEachern (Illustrator) online at Alibris. Acting as the narrator, Corry shares her excitement and enthusiasm as she talks about bridges, skyscrapers, subway tunnels, domes and more that have been built in an environmentally friendly way.Its a collection of postcards, brochures. How You Can Help the CCBC – A resource for educators This book takes the form of a scrapbook written by Corry Lapont, a 12-year-old girl and aspiring green engineer.Donate to the David Booth Children’s and Youth Poetry Award.Donate to the Jean Little First Novel Award Wild Buildings and Bridges is a wonderful basic introduction to architecture and engineering concepts and how they can be inspired by the natural world.

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The stories include the history of some of the architects, the structures, and how they work. The book is a mix of watercolor and photos. The school in San Juan Comalapa thick walls are made from used tires, dirt, plastic bottles stuffed with inorganic trash, this keeps the building cool during the day and warm in the evening. It still saves a lot of energy in ways that they didn’t expect. They meant for the tower to work like lungs, but discovered they didn’t have it quite right. The Council House 2 office building in Melbourne, Australia was modeled after termite towers in Africa. One learns from observing how nature works wetland copycats dirty toilet water turns into a living machine, paint mimics butterfly wings to let the rain keep a round shape to roll right off, turning a desert green, it’s not cool to be hot, and how to survive earthquakes. It’s a true story of building and bridges from around the world that were inspired by nature. The future architects will love this book. Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal of Corry Lapont Hardcover Apby Etta Kaner (Author), Stephen MacEachern (Illustrator) 3 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 15.00 10 Used from 4.74 1 New from 15.00 Introducing Corry Lapont: 12-year-old and aspiring 'green' engineer. This is a great book for the next step of life after legos.

Published by Kids Can Press on October 2nd 2018 Picture of Wild Buildings And Bridges: Architecture Inspired by Nature. Wild Buildings and Bridges: Architecture Inspired by Nature by Etta Kaner, Carl Wiens