Journey to the Arctic: Books & DVD Resources on the Arctic, Polar Bears and Climate Change

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Books & DVD Resources on the Arctic, Polar Bears and Climate Change

The best and most economical source for these materials in my experience has been ebay. I have picked up used (excellent condition) and new materials for a small fraction of their original price!

Books on Climate Change, the Arctic and Polar Bears

World of Polar Bear - Rosling

Polar Bears (Rich)

World of Polar Bear (Roslingo)

Polar Bears - Wild Ones

Where Do Polar Bears Live?

Little Polar Bar

The Polar Bear Family Book

Arctic Tale Companion Book

Polar Bears on the Path

Polar Bear Alert

Polar Bear's Home: A Story about Global Warming

Face to Face with Polar Bears

Ice Bear: In the Steps of the Polar Bear

Polar Bears (Stirling)

Animal Planet: Growing Up Arctic

Polar Bear Night

A Pair of Polar Bars Find a Home

The Polar Bears Are Hungry

Adventure with Polly Polar Bear

Knut - The Baby Polar Bear

Polar Bears on the Hudson Bear

Polar Bears (Landau)

Arctic Animals: A Celebration of Survival

Polar Bears (Wiisdon)

Polar Bears and the Arctic (Osborne)

Polar Bear Journey

Baby Polar Bear (Lang)

Polar Bear and the Rainbow

Baby Polar Bear (SDZ)

Baby Polar Bears Snow Day

On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear

The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World

Ice Bear: In the Steps of the Polar Bear

Polar Bears Puzzle

World of the Polar Bear (Larsen)

Polar Bear: Why is your World Melting?

Polar Bears in Danger

Polar Bears - A True Book

Polar Bear Science Emergent Readers (2)

Polar Bears by Ann Squire

Little Polar Bears (2)

Baby Polar Bears by Bobbie Kalman

The Polar Bears Gift

World of the Polar Bear by Fred Bruemmer

Baby Polar Bear Learns to Swim

Tooga: A story of a Polar Bear

Polar Bear by Dawns Matthews

Polar Bears by Marcia Freeman

Our Wild Polar Bears by Linda Tagliaferro

Penguins and Polar Bears: Animals of the Ice and Snow

Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears

Polar Bears by Rod Theodorou

Poles Apart: Why Penguins and Polar Bears will Never Meet

The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale

Polar Bears by Diana Star Helmer

Polar Bear Track Decals

Polar Bears by Norbert Rosing

Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear

Polar Bears Zoo Book

The Last Polar Bear

DVD’s on Climate Change, the Arctic and Polar Bears

Nature: Polar Bears DVD

Great Polar Bear Adventure DVD

Arctic Tale DVD

Arctic Exposure DVD

Masters of the Arctic Ice DVD

Polar Bears and Brown Bears DVD

All About Polar Bears DVD

Planet Earth (BBC)

Eden at the END of the World (National Geographic)

The 11th Hour

Planet in Peril

Too Hot Not to Handle

Oil on Ice

Welcome

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My name is Kathy Donahue. I am a Michigan environmental educator and have loved sharing the wonder of science and the natural world in our woods and lakes with school groups, summer camps and the local community. However the global effects of climate change are threatening our world today in ways that are unprecedented in human history. I find myself inspired to do more than what I can on a local level.

Working as a volunteer with Polar Bears International (PBI), I have already traveled to Sudbury, Canada as a presenter for the 2010 Roots and Shoots Conference for Canadian youth and have attended a presentation at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago by Dr. Steve Amstrup (senior PBI scientist) and Dr. Ian Stirling (a Canadian scientist with over 40 years experience studying polar bears in the field).

I am so excited to be a part of the PBI team going to the arctic (Churchill, Manitoba, Canada) starting October 13, 2011.It is a privilege to be working with such an exceptional group of people – all experts in their field - who share a common passion and belief that humans can make positive lifestyle changes that will be sustainable for maintaining a healthy planet for generations to come.

Working together as part of an international team of educators and scientists, we will be developing educational materials onsite as well as broadcasting programs via the internet to classrooms and groups throughout the world documenting the rapidly deteriorating conditions in the arctic due to climate change and encouraging people to think in new sustainable ways.

Change can only occur when we take to heart the power of our experiences, intuition, science, a strong dose of common sense and turn that wisdom and knowledge into action through passionate embrace. The greatest gift we can give to our children and all living things on this earth is to empower others to make the changes in their daily lives that will increase sustainability on this planet.

Inspiration From the Field

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
Jane Goodall

Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children.

Kenyan Proverb

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Jane Goodall

Let the beauty of what you LOVE be what you DO.
Rumi

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
Author Unknown

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.
Jane Goodall

Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.
Jane Goodall

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Gandhi

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
Jane Goodall

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We only love what we understand. We only understand what we are taught.
Babia Dioum (Senegalese Ecologist)

Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us -- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.

Carl Sagan