The Lightning Farmer
Happy Earth Day, everyone.
I cannot embed it here, but if you get a chance please hike on over to the New York Times video Drawing on New Sources. Ostensibly it’s "Ways to save and generate energy from The New York Times Magazine’s Year in Ideas." But from a design standpoint and just a let’s-look-at-cool-stuff standpoint (farming lightning bolts out of the ground?) it’s more fun than your average Earth Day fare. Older too, but worth it.
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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Happy Earth Day, Betsy!
The Earth is like a library book, we borrow it for a little while,
then return it in good condition.
After all, when our 15 minutes are done, what’s left over?