NDLI: 11 Vegetable Scavengers

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02 Dust-makers - Frost, Heat, Air and Water

03 Dust-makers - Wind, Waves, Rain

04 Dust-makers and Dust-carriers - Running Water

05 Dust-makers and Dust-carriers - Glaciers and Icebergs

06 Dust-makers - Earthquakes and Volcanoes

07 Dust-makers - Vegetables and Animals

08 What Becomes of the 'Dust' - Towns and Cities

09 What Becomes of the 'Dust' - Coral Islands, etc

10 What Becomes of the 'Dust' - Flint, Salt, etc

11 Vegetable Scavengers

12 Vegetable Refuse

13 Animal Scavengers - Termites, etc.

14 Animal Scavengers - Ants, Flies and Beetles

15 Animal Scavengers - Crustaceans, Birds and Mammals

16 Animal Remains and Ancient Dust-heaps

17 Household Refuse

18 Miscellaneous Refuse

11 Vegetable Scavengers

Content Provider	Librivox
Author	Gaye, Selina
Abstract	If this book were written today, it would be called "The Story of the World's Rubbish". That may not sound a promising subject for a book, but we are taken on a journey all over the world (and beyond) to explain the many varieties of dust and refuse - animal, vegetable and mineral - how it is made both by man and by nature, what happens to it, and why we need it. We find that recycling is nothing new: man has been doing it for centuries, and nature has been doing it for billions of years. As every schoolboy knows, 'matter is neither created nor destroyed', so it stands to reason that every particle of it must be somewhere. This study of our knowledge of the earth was written for the layman before most of the -ologies were even a twinkle in a professor's eye. Geology, meteorology, hydrology, biology, glaciology and even sociology and anthropology all have their place in this readable and enjoyable tour of the earth's 'lumber room'. Though some of the science is out of date - it was written, for instance, 80 years before the theory of plate tectonics was understood - the author admits candidly when the science of the day does not yet provide answers to some questions. The almost contemporary description of the eruption of Krakatoa still resonates with us - compare the effect on our modern world of Mount St. Helens and Eyjafjallajökull in recent decades. Miss Gaye shows that far from everything in nature's lumber room being rubbish, every speck of dust has a purpose. The dust-cart (garbage truck) will never look the same to you again. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
Related Links	http://archive.org/details/worldslumberroom00gayerich http://archive.org/details/worlds_lumber_rg_librivox
File Format	MP2 / MPA / MP3
Language	English
Part of Series	The World's Lumber Room
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Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	nature nonfiction
Alternative Title	The World's Lumber Room - 11 Vegetable Scavengers
Content Type	Audio
Resource Type	Audiobook

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