Outlooks : Readings for Environmental Literacy

by McKinney, Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9780763732806
• ISBN10: 076373280X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

Outlooks: Readings for Environmental Literacy, Second Edition is an anthology of recent articles covering diverse viewpoints on environmental issues and solutions. The organization is the same sequence used in Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, Third Edition, written by Michael L. McKinney and Robert M. Schoch;however, Outlooks provides tangible examples for the breadth of material students typically encounter when using any environmental science text.

Table of Contents

The Environment and Humans	p. 1
The Challenges We Face (Time, August 26, 2002)	p. 3
Perceiving the Population Bomb (World Watch, July/August 2001)	p. 7
Rich vs. Poor (E: the Environmental Magazine, November/December 2002)	p. 10
Environmental Refugees (The Ecologist, July/August 2002)	p. 12
Environment of Life on Earth	p. 17
The Most Important Fish in the Sea (Discover, September 2001)	p. 19
Trout Are Wildlife, Too (Audubon, December 2002)	p. 24
Hostile Beauty (National Wildlife, August/September 2002)	p. 29
Wilding America (Discover, September 2002)	p. 32
Resource Use and Management	p. 37
The Winds of Change (Time, August 26, 2002)	p. 39
Scientists Say a Quest for Clean Energy Must Begin Now (New York Times, November 1, 2002)	p. 42
Link Seen Between Water Scarcity and Poverty (Global Information Network, December 12, 2002)	p. 44
Atlanta's Growing Thirst Creates Water War (New York Times, May 27, 2002)	p. 47
North America Losing Biodiversity, Say Experts (Global Information Network, January 7, 2002)	p. 50
Buzz Cut (Sierra, April 2003)	p. 52
Feeding the World (The Futurist, September/October 2002)	p. 55
Dealing with Environmental Degradation	p. 61
Ill Winds: The Chemical Plant Next Door (E: The Environmental Magazine, September/October 2002)	p. 63
Facing Up to a Dirty Secret (Far Eastern Economic Review, December 12, 2002)	p. 68
Attacking an Arsenic Plague (Popular Science, November 2002)	p. 71
Long-Term Data Show Lingering Effects from Acid Rain (Science, April 13, 2001)	p. 73
News on the Environment Isn't Always Bad (Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2002)	p. 76
The Weather Turns Wild (U.S. News & World Report, February 5, 2001)	p. 78
Climate Policy Needs a New Approach (Geotimes, May 2001)	p. 82
Bioreactors and EPA Proposal to Deregulate Landfills (BioCycle, January 2003)	p. 85
Managing the Environmental legacy of U.S. Nuclear-Weapons Production (American Scientist, November/December 2002)	p. 88
Silent Spring: A Sequel? (National Wildlife, December 2002/January 2003)	p. 96
Environmental Issues: Aspects and Solutions	p. 101
Too Green for Their Own Good? (Time, August 26, 2002)	p. 103
Seeing Green: Knowing and Saving the Environment on Film (American Anthropologist, December 2002)	p. 106
A Forest Path Out of Poverty (Christian Science Monitor, August 9, 2002)	p. 117
Growers and Greens Unite (Sierra, January/February 2003)	p. 119
Needed: A National Center for Biological Invasions (Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 2001)	p. 123
Privatizing Water (World Watch, January/February 2003)	p. 128
Groups Sue Government Agency Over Global Warming (Global Information Network, December 5, 2002)	p. 131
GM and Ford Pressed to Cut Greenhouse Gases (Global Information Network, December 12, 2002)	p. 133
Tricks of Free Trade (Sierra, September/October 2001)	p. 135
Lots of It About--Corporate Social Responsibility The Economist, December 14, 2002	p. 139
Economic Growth and the Environment: Alternatives to the Limits Paradigm (BioScience, May, 2000)	p. 142
Answers	p. 151
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