Science Literacy Week September 20 - 26, 2021
Asian Library
Check out great climate books in Asian languages!
Chinese Collection
Books / eBooks
大自然的语言 by Call Number: China eBooksISBN: 9787115290168Publication Date: 2019Language of nature. East Chinese reading materials on different calendars, clouds, and climate, criteria for selection of animals and plants, the law of phenology
哇!故宫的二十四节气Call Number: DS795.8.F67 W29 2019ISBN: 9787562327769Publication Date: 2019Easy reading for the non-heritage students on the 24 solar terms set in the Forbidden City. The solar terms are: Beginning of Spring, Rain Water, Insects Awakening, Spring Equinox, Fresh Green, Grain Rain, Beginning of Summer, Lesser Fullness, Grain in Ear, Summer Solstice, Lesser Heat, Greater Heat, Beginning of Autumn, End of Heat, White Dew, Autumnal Equinox, Cold Dew, First Frost, Beginning of Winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Lesser Cold, and Greater Cold.
中美布局：应对全球气候变化背景下的清洁能源合作 by Call Number: China eBooksISBN: 9787200108262Publication Date: 2017Coping with climate change, Sino-American collaboration on clean energy.環境氣象學 by
ISBN: 9787030041302Publication Date: 2020本書以平易通順的文詞，科學的解說，搭配精美的插圖，闡述這些原因和機制，最後一章解說氣象因子如何影響空氣品質。
Japanese Collection
Some of the books below are on order. Check back occasionally to see if they are available in the library catalogue. (Click on the title to get to the library catalogue record.)
Guide to climate action and Inspirational reads
気候変動から世界をまもる30の方法 Kikō hendō kara sekai o mamoru 30 no hōhō by
ISBN: 9784772614450Publication Date: 2021各国の最前線で活躍する研究者・活動家が、子ども向けにわかりやすく解説。約100点の写真と図表で、気候変動の問題を説明する。
気候危機! 子どもたちが地球を救う Kikō kiki! kodomotachi ga chikyū o sukuu by ISBN: 9784811327518Publication Date: 2020これまでにない大雨や猛暑など、観測史上はじめてという異常なお天気が、世界中で起こっている。地球の温暖化が原因だ。この危機を止めるため、世界のあちこちで、まだ十代の若者たちが立ち上がりはじめている。気候崩壊: 次世代とともに考える Kikō hōkai: jisedai to tomo ni kangaeru by
ISBN: 9784002710471Publication Date: 2021「気候崩壊」は防げるか?世界でいま何が起こっている?今後は何が起こる?本当の原因は?世代や国を超えたルールとは?若者とともに気候変動のいまを学び、私たちの倫理まで踏み込んで議論する。ハチドリのひとしずく : いま, 私にできること Hachidori no hitoshizuku : ima watakushi ni dekiru koto by
Call Number: GF48 .H33 2005ISBN: 9784334974916Publication Date: 2005これは、ちいさな力の大切さを教えてくれる南米アンデス地方の古くてあたらしいお話です。
Introduction to the climate in Japan
すごすぎる天気の図鑑 Sugosugiru tenki no zukan by
ISBN: 9784046051516Publication Date: 2021雲、雨、雪、虹、台風、竜巻など空(気象)にまつわる、おもしろくてためになる知識をやさしく紹介。日本の天気と気象図鑑 Nihon no tenki to kishō zukan
ISBN: 9784416716182Publication Date: 2017地球を10分に1回観測するひまわり8号の美しい衛星画像と、同じ日の地上写真・天気図の3視点から地球スケールで気象を読み解く。
Climate change and the humanities
気候危機と人文学 Kikō kiki to jinbungaku by
ISBN: 9784780310863Publication Date: 2020地球温暖化が進んで新たな時代区分「人新世」を迎えたいま、人文学の各分野は迫る「気候危機」にどう対応すべきかを探る。
Impact of the climate in Japanese history
気候で読み解く人物列伝 日本史編 Kikō de yomitoku jinbutsu retsuden, Nihon shi hen by
ISBN: 9784532176983Publication Date: 2021海面水位の変動が可能にした「稲村ケ崎の突破」、実は梅雨の時期に行われた長篠の合戦、季節外れの大雪に見舞われた桜田門外の変――。
歴史上の人物に焦点を当て、その人生に大きく影響を与えた要素として「気象・気候」をとらえる。気候で読む日本史 Kikō de yomu Nihon shi by
ISBN: 9784532198848Publication Date: 2019律令制を崩壊させた干ばつ、日蓮が記録した天変地異、寒冷化が可能にした新田義貞の鎌倉攻め―。日本人が異常気象や気候変動に起因する災難にどう立ち向かってきたかを、豊富なエピソードと緻密なデータで描き出す。日本中世の気候変動と土地所有 Nihon chūsei no kikō hendō to tochi shoyū by
Call Number: DS857 .N58 2012ISBN: 9784751743706Publication Date: 2012中世前期の温暖化と慢性的農業危機、災害と立法など、中世の自然環境に関して論じるとともに、中世成立期における私領主得分としての「加地子」や村落構造等を取り上げ、中世の土地所有について考察する。
Korean Collection
A discussion of climate, nature, and humans
우포 늪의 사람들 (Up'o nŭp ŭi saramdŭl) by
Call Number: DS924.C38 U76 2015 dvdPublication Date: 2015Upo Wetland is a large wetlands area that is home to numerous endangered or threatened species of flora and fauna. There have also been humans living in the area for thousands of years. This documentary explores the human-wetland relationship and the conflict that rises when the area is designated a protected area and harvesting becomes regulated.조선의 생태 환경사 (Chosŏn ŭi saengt'ae hwan'gyŏngsa) by
Call Number: QH193.K6 K58 2017ISBN: 9791156120872Publication Date: 2017Ecological history of Chosŏn, exploring how human activity and nature influenced one another. For example: how did the introduction of cotton farming, immortalized in the 14th-century tale of 문익점 smuggling cotton seeds from China in the cap of his brush, lead to deforestation and a biological disaster?
林園 經濟志 : 위선지 by Call Number: S600.64.K6 S635 2011ISBN: 9788993820645Publication Date: 2011서유구 (徐有榘, 1764~1845) was a Chosŏn scholar who compiled a huge encyclopedia of all things relating to contemporary life, including fishing, hunting, agriculture, medicine, the making of musical instruments, building, and the telling of time. Comparable to Virgil's Georgics or Varro's Books on Agriculture, the 임원경제지 has yet to be fully translated. This volume, the 위선지, relates specifically to astronomy, geography, and climate."기우제 등록" 과 기후 의례 : 기우제, 기청제, 기설제 by
Call Number: GN473.6 .C45 2007ISBN: 9788952108555Publication Date: 2007Weather-related rituals have always been important to agricultural societies. The Rites for Rain, Rites for Clear Weather, and the Rites for Snow were national events overseen by government officials and by examining their characteristics and changes over time, it is possible to gain insight into the religious and cultural reactions of humans towards the uncontrollable phenomena of rain and snow
Coming Soon...Books on order (stay tuned!)
기후 변화 시대 의 사랑 by ISBN: 9788937413810Publication Date: 2021Title translates to "Love in the time of Climate Change". A collection of short stories about climate change, love, and loss. When the world becomes too hot and the weather too erratic, self-contained dome cities are built as habitats for humans. Undesirables are banished outside the domes...
착한 소비는 없다 by ISBN: 9791164500154Publication Date: 2021"현대 사회에서 소비란, 지구 자원을 쉼 없이 착취해서 온갖 물건을 만들어 쓰고는 이내 쓰레기라는 이름으로 곳곳에다 버리는 일과 다름없습니다. ‘착한 소비’란 있을 수 없는 시대가 되어 버린 것이죠. 그러므로 지금 우리 생존을 위협하는 환경, 사회 문제를 해결하려면 가장 먼저 우리의 소비 방식을 바꿔야 합니다."
On Ethical consumerism in Korea탄소 사회 의 종말 : 인권 의 눈 으로 기후 위기 와 팬데믹 을 읽다 by
ISBN: 9788950992941Publication Date: 2021A critical exploration of the sociopolitical aspects of climate change and pandemics. "기후변화는 이글대는 아스팔트, 열대야에 잠 못 이루는 옥탑방, 천식이 심해진 아이의 기침 소리, 이상 냉해로 망친 과수 농사, 재고가 쌓여가는 계절 상품 속에 각기 다른 모습으로 존재한다. 폭염에 냉방기를 마음대로 틀 수 있는 이와 생계를 위해 땡볕에서 일해야 하는 이가 인지하는 기후변화의 모습은 다르다. 즉 하나의 기후위기가 있는 것이 아니라 사회적으로 불평등하게 구성된 수많은 기후위기‘들’이 있다."
South Asian Collection for Science Literacy Week September 20 - 26, 2021
Sunāmī kā tāṇḍava / saṅkalana evaṃ sampādana, Jñānendra Rāvata. by Call Number: GC220.4.S64 S86 2005Publication Date: Dillī : Śrī Naṭarāja Prakāśana, 2005.On the tsunami disaster in South East Asia and South Asia and relief measures thereafter; contributed articles and those previously published in several journals and newspapers.
Sāgara kī rocaka bāteṃ / by Call Number: GC59.71 .M57 2018Publication Date: 2018Romanized title and author on verso of title page: Sagar ki rochak baaten / by S.G. Misra & Dinesh Mani.
In Hindi.
Bhāratīya registāna meṃ paryāvaraṇīya paryaṭana / Lalita Ke. Pam̐vāra. by Call Number: G155.T43 P36 2003Tourism with special reference to ecological and climate aspects in Thar Desert, India, and Pakistan; a study.
Dharmagranthoṃ ne kahā--paryāvaraṇa ke bāre meṃ : paryāvaraṇa śikshā prasāra hetu = Holy books said about environment / Pushpendra Siṃha, Durgā Siṃha. by ISBN: 9788187725060Publication Date: 2001Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-[200]).
In Hindi; includes passages in Arabic, English, Punjabi, Sanskrit (Arabic and Punjabi in Devanagari).
Samudrī śaitāna Sunāmī : sarvanāśī lahareṃ = Tsunami / by Call Number: GC220.4.S64 R38 2006ISBN: GC220.4.S64R382006Publication Date: 2006Study on Tsunamis with special reference to tsunami disasters in South Asia and South East Asia; includes a description of Tsunami sensitive places in India and role of a forecasting system for Tsunami.
पर्यावरण, सामाजिकता एवं सामाजिक दायित्व / संपादक, डॉ. अमिता प्रकाश, डॉ. रेनू प्रकाश. by Call Number: GE190.I4 P37 2016Publication Date: 2016Transcript of papers presented at a seminar chiefly on environment protection and human ecology in India with special reference to Uttarakhand, presented at a two days seminar organized by Government Post Graduate College Dwarahat.
Pāristhitikī evaṃ paryāvaraṇa / by Call Number: GF661 .V93 2001ISBN: 9788170562252Publication Date: Jayapura : Pañcaśīla Prakāśana, 2001.Effect of the lifestyle of humans on their natural environment; a study with special reference to India.
Interviews and lectures
Interviews - Vandana Shiva & David Suzuki
- 'Bill Gates is continuing the work of Monsanto', Vandana Shiva
- "Future of Food: Dictatorship or Democracy?" by Vandana Shiva
- Dr. Vandana Shiva @ Soka University
- Indian Farmers Are a Victim Of FOOD IMPERIALISM
- The Virus is a Wake-up Call-Vandana Shiva & David Suzuki