The Global Ecology

by Moran, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780824209650
• ISBN10: 0824209656
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Hw Wilson Co

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Framing the Issues
Editor's Introduction	p. 1
The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis	p. 3
2000: Planet Earth at the Crossroads	p. 14
The Great Environmentalists: Cultural Stereotypes and the Environmental Movement	p. 25
Race, Poverty, and the Environment: The Disadvantaged Face Greater Risks	p. 29
Overview of Social Ecology	p. 31
Comments on the International Social Ecology Network Gathering and the "Deep Social Ecology" of John Clark	p. 37
Empire and the Ecological Apocalypse: the Historiography of the Imperial Environment	p. 49
Technical Considerations
Editor's Introduction	p. 63
The Carbon Cycle, Climate, and the Long-term Effects of Fossil Fuel Burning	p. 65
Global Warming: The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientific Consensus	p. 82
A Dying Planet? How the Media Have Scared the Public	p. 98
Impacts of a Projected Depletion of the Ozone Layer	p. 105
Do We Still Need Nature? The Importance of Biological Diversity	p. 118
Personal Testimonies
Editor's Introduction	p. 133
There's No Going Back to Nature	p. 135
The Making of a Dissident	p. 145
Conversations: Paul and Anne Ehrlich	p. 150
Some Solutions to the Ecology Crisis
Editor's Introduction	p. 157
From A Carbon Economy To A Mixed Economy: A Global Opportunity	p. 159
Five Hundred Year Plan	p. 175
Incentive Systems That Support Sustainability: A First Nations Example	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 195
Books and Pamphlets	p. 195
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts	p. 197
Index	p. 207
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