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How many planets? A survey of the global environment -- Five meta-trends changing the world / David Pearce Snyder -- Crimes of (a) global nature / Lisa Mastny, Hilary French -- Advocating for the environment : local dimensions of transnational networks / Maria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues -- Rescuing a planet under stress / Lester R. Brown -- Globalizing greenwash / Pamela Foster -- Population and consumption : what we know, what we need to know / Robert W. Kates -- Economy for the Earth / Lester R. Brown -- Factory farming in the developing world / Danielle Nierenberg -- Why race matters in the fight for a healthy planet / Jennifer Hattam -- Will Frankenfood save the planet? / Jonathan Rauch -- Powder keg / Keith Kloor -- Personalized energy : the next paradigm / Stephen M. Millett -- Renewable energy : a viable choice / Antonia V. Herzog, Timothy E. Lipman, Jennifer L. Edwards, Daniel M. Kammen -- Hydrogen : waiting for the revolution / Bill Keenan -- What is nature worth? / Edward O. Wilson -- Strangers in our mist : the problem of invasive alien species / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Markets for biodiversity services : potential roles and challenges / Michael Jenkins, Sara J. Scherr, Mira Inbar -- On the termination of species / W. Wayt Gibbs -- Where have all the farmers gone? / Brian Halweil -- What's a river for? / Bruce Barcott -- Human thirst / Don Hinrichsen -- Will the world run dry? Global water and food security / Mark W. Rosegrant, Ximing Cai, Sarah A. Cline -- Fire fight / Paul Trachtman -- Agricultural pesticides in developing countries / Sylvia I. Karlsson -- Quest for clean water / Joseph Orlins, Anne Wherly -- Human biomonitoring of environmental chemicals / Ken Sexton, Larry L. Needham, James L. Pirkle -- Little rocket fuel with your salad? / Gene Ayres -- Global warming as a weapon of mass destruction / Bruce E. Johansen. |
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