Table of contents for Earth and you : tales of the environment / Charles Officer and Jake Page.

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PART I-Yesterday and Today

CHAPTER 1
We, as a Species, have Grown to Dominate the Earth-to
Alter its Landscape and to Eliminate Natural Wilderness
Areas
     Introduction
     National Parks, Forest Preserves and Wildlife
         Refuges-our national heritage
     Haiti-deforestation
     Brazil-tropical rain forests
CHAPTER 2
...To Overextend the Limits of Water and Land Use,
     Venice-disappearance of a venerable city
     Aral Sea-requiem for an inland sea
     Dust Bowl-desertification
     California and Colorado River-water depletion
CHAPTER 3
...And To Decimate or Drive to Extinction Other Species.
     Buffaloes and marine mammals-animal overkill
     Passenger pigeon and dodo-bird overkill
     Gypsy moth and zebra mussel-introduced species
CHAPTER 4
But There are Hopeful Signs, and Corrective Actions
have been Taken, Largely through the Efforts of
Individuals-On a Local Scale,
     Love Canal-Lois Gibbs
     Times Beach-Judy Piatt
     Cuyahoga River-Ben Stefanski
     Centralia-Joan Girolami
CHAPTER 5
...On a Regional Scale
    London and Los Angeles-Harold Des Voeux
    Lake Erie and Chesapeake Bay-
        Chesapeake Bay Foundation



     Acid rain-Noye Johnson
     Ogallala Aquifer-Groundwater
         Management Districts
CHAPTER 6
...And Even on a National to Global Scale.
     Pesticides-Rachel Carson
     Ozone layer depletion-Mario Molina
         and Sherwood Rowland
     Global warming, part I-Roger Revelle
     Global warming, part II-Wallace Broecker
     Green revolution-Norman Borlaug

PART II-Tomorrow

CHAPTER 7
There is Much More to be Done and it Will Require the
Concerted Efforts of All of Us.
     Introduction
     Past successes and failures
     Global environmental problems
CHAPTER 8
There are two Major Environmental Problems that have to be
Addressed-Global Population, A Sociological Problem,
     Malthus Theorem
     History of population growth
     Birth control, female education
     Moral and religious leadership
     Family Planning
     International initiative
CHAPTER 9
...And Alternative Energy Sources, a Scientific Problem.
    Natural resources depletion
    Research and development
    Alternative energy sources
    National initiative