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title:Outlooks : Readings for Environmental Literacy
author:McKinney, Michael L.
publisher:Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
isbn10 | asin:0763706582
print isbn13:9780763706586
ebook isbn13:9780585164656
language:English
subjectEnvironmental sciences.
publication date:1997
lcc:GE105.O98 1997eb
ddc:363.7
subject:Environmental sciences.
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Outlooks Readings for Environmental Literacy
Edited by
Michael L. McKinney and Parri Shariff
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Page ii World Headquarters Jones and Bartlett Publishers 40 Tall Pine Drive - photo 2
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Copyright 1997 by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
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ISBN 0-7637-0658-2
Acknowledgements
The editors and Jones and Bartlett Publishers wish to express their sincere thanks to the many freelance authors, magazines, and journals for allowing us to reprint their articles.
PRODUCTION SERVICES: Dean W. DeChambeau
COVER IMAGE: Redwood State Park, California. 1996 Dean W. DeChambeau
Printed in the United States of America
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Page iii
CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Section One: Overview
1. Turning Curricula Green
by Jonathan Collett and Stephen Karakashian
Raising the environmental consciousness of the liberal arts.
(
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 1996)
3
2. Television Misses the Picture
by Carl Pope
(
Sierra, March/April 1996)
6
3. Slow Knowledge
by David W. Orr
(
Conservation Biology, June 1996)
9
4. We Can Build a Sustainable Economy
by Lester R. Brown
The keys to securing the planet's future lie in stabilizing both human population and climate. The challenges are great, but several trends look promising.
(
The Futurist, July/August 1996)
14
5. Mankind Must Conserve Sustainable Materials
by John E. Young and Aaron Sachs
As the supply of natural resources dwindles, the world must focus on meeting human needs with a minimum of materials and energy usage.
(
USA Today Magazine, July 1995)
20
6. Can Technology Spare the Earth?
by Jesse H. Ausubel
Evolving efficiencies in our use of resources suggest that technology can restore the environment even as population grows.
(
American Scientist, March/April 1996)
25
7. The Environmental Challenges of Sub-Saharan Africa
by Akin L. Mabogunje
(
Environment, May 1995)
34
8. Women, Politics, and Global Management
by Lincoln C. Chen, Winifred M. Fitzgerald, and Lisa Bates (Environment, January/February 1995)
46
9. Ten Myths of Population
by Joel E. Cohen
How do we save the world from the burden of too many people? We can start by clearing up a few misconceptions.
(
Discover, April 1996)
55
10. Earth Is Running Out of Room
by Lester R. Brown
Food scarcity, not military aggression, is the principal threat to the planet's future.
(
USA Today Magazine, January 1995)
60

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11. Easter's End
by Jared Diamond
In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their forest, drove their plants and animals to extinction, and saw their complex society spiral into chaos and cannibalism. Are we about to follow their lead?
(
Discover, August 1995)
65
Section Two: Problems of Resource Scarcity
12 What Is a Wetland?
by Bruce Selcraig
The best way to find out is to wade right in
(
Sierra, May/June 1996)
75
13 The Unexpected Rise of Natural Gas
by Christopher Flavin and Nicholas Lenssen
With growing advantages to its use, natural gas may usurp oil as the world's energy resource of choice.
(
The Futurist, May/June 1995)
78
14. Windpower Small, but Growing Fast
by Christopher Flavin
(
World Watch, September/October 1996)
82
15. Sea Power
by Mariette DiChristina
(
Popular Science, May 1995)
86
16. The Truly Wild Life around Chernobyl
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