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An introduction and overview of the current situation. Reprints 18 articles and abstracts nearly 50 more from a wide range of sources on framing the issues, technical considerations, personal testimonies, and some solutions to the ecological crisis. The topics include cultural stereotypes and the environmental movement, social ecology, impacts of a projected depletion of the ozone layer, conversations with Paul and Anne Ehrlich, and a 500- year plan. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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• Preface(p. vii)
• I. Framing the Issues
• Editor's Introduction(p. 1)
• 1) The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis(p. 3)
• 2) 2000: Planet Earth at the Crossroads(p. 14)
• 3) The Great Environmentalists: Cultural Stereotypes and the Environmental Movement(p. 25)
• 4) Race, Poverty, and the Environment: The Disadvantaged Face Greater Risks(p. 29)
• 5) Overview of Social Ecology(p. 31)
• 6) Comments on the International Social Ecology Network Gathering and the "Deep Social Ecology" of John Clark(p. 37)
• 7) Empire and the Ecological Apocalypse: the Historiography of the Imperial Environment(p. 49)
• II. Technical Considerations
• Editor's Introduction(p. 63)
• 1) The Carbon Cycle, Climate, and the Long-term Effects of Fossil Fuel Burning(p. 65)
• 2) Global Warming: The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientific Consensus(p. 82)
• 3) A Dying Planet? How the Media Have Scared the Public(p. 98)
• 4) Impacts of a Projected Depletion of the Ozone Layer(p. 105)
• 5) Do We Still Need Nature? The Importance of Biological Diversity(p. 118)
• III. Personal Testimonies
• Editor's Introduction(p. 133)
• 1) There's No Going Back to Nature(p. 135)
• 2) The Making of a Dissident(p. 145)
• 3) Conversations: Paul and Anne Ehrlich(p. 150)
• IV. Some Solutions to the Ecology Crisis
• Editor's Introduction(p. 157)
• 1) From A Carbon Economy To A Mixed Economy: A Global Opportunity(p. 159)
• 2) Five Hundred Year Plan(p. 175)
• 3) 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)