Two new books are on order for our library’s Climate Care section. First, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus reports how designers and scientists are studying nature’s genius to solve our toughest 21st century problems. The practice of biomimicry allows us to study nature’s best ideas: photosynthesis, brain power, and how sea creatures use shells. The book describes how to adapt them for human use. revolutionizing how we invent, compute, heal ourselves, harness energy, repair the environment, and feed the world.

The second is A Year of No Garbage by Eve O. Schaub. In the book, Schaub tells what she experienced when she tackled a huge challenge, living a complete year without making or leaving any garbage. Convincing her husband and two daughters to go along with her on this seemingly impossible project; that is, living in the modern world without creating any trash at all. For an entire year. You’ll have to read the book to find out how it went.