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Table of Contents

FOREWORD by Marilyn Ferguson

PREFACE by Donella Meadows

INTRODUCTION by Denis Hayes

Chapter 1: WAR & PEACE

• War on Earth by Carl Pope / Sierra
• CIA Out of Control by Russ W. Baker / Village Voice
• US Role in the New World Order by John Stockwell / The Praetorian Guard
• Business-as-Usual by Sam Day / Nukewatch Pathfinder
• Helen Caldicott on Global Vision and Citizen Action by Elizabeth Wolfe / Matrix
• The Peace Dividend by J.W. Smith / The World's Wasted Wealth
• The Clan of One-Breasted Women by Terry-Tempest Williams / Ms.
• Telephone War Tax Resistance / Conscience and Military Tax Campaign

Chapter 2: DEVELOPING NATIONS

• Introduction / Friends of the Third World
• America's Post-Cold War Human Rights Policy by Holly J. Burkhalter / Peace & Democracy News
• Third World Computers? by Roberto R. Bissio / third world
• Standing Beside the Activists by Barbara Riverwomon / Matrix
• A Helping Hand for War-Torn Nicaragua / The World, The Journal of the Unitarian-Universalist Association
• Lawsuit Against U.S. Companies / Barricada Internacional
• In Memory of Chico Mendes by Mev Puelo / Breakthrough
• Exporting Irresponsibility by Diane K. Bartz / third world
• Double Jeopardy: The Third World by Rosalie Bertell / Ms.
• Kerala's Quiet Revolution by Chris Peacock / Utne Reader
• Solar Serendipity by Neville Williams / Solar Today
• The Solar Cooker Invasion by Barbara Jodry / PeaceWorks
• Rainforest Rx by Joseph Wallace / Sierra
• Who Is Really Hungry, and Why? by Helen Vukasin / Manna
• Population Pushers / Earth First!
• Bartering Helps Farmers Find New Markets by Pierre Rradervand / African Farmer
• The Last Mile / Global Communities
• Searching for justice in the West Bank and Gaza by George R. Fouke / People for a Change
• Taking Aim on the IMF / Rainforest Action Network

Chapter 3: DEMOGRAPHICS & JUSTICE ISSUES

• Population and Human Needs: A Growing Imbalance / National Audubon Society
• Population Stress / Zero Population Growth
• Frances Moore Lappe / Right Livelihood Awards
• Welfare: Trickles Down-NOT! by J.W. Smith / The World's Wasted Wealth
• The Distinction Between "Racism" and "Prejudice" by Michael Novick / Turning the Tide
• The Limits of Gay Rights by Gordon 0. Parrish / Fourth Estate
• Violence at the California-Mexico Border by Roberto Martinez / American Friends Service Committee
• Militarism and Tourism Keep Hawaii a Colony by Winona LaDuke & Mililani B. Trask / Open Road
• Ministry Among Pesticide Victims by Joan Lindroth / Pomona Valley Council Newsletter
• Hazardous Waste Disposal by Dr. Michael Zimmerman / Earth Journal
• 500 Years after Columbus by Carol Heart Looking Horse / Seva
• Leonard Peltier: A Brief History
• Free Norma Jean Croy / Prison News Service
• Shoshone Sisters Square off Against the Feds over Their Land and Their Rights / Desert Voices
• The Drug Crisis / Christic Institute
• Rehabilitating Rehabilitation: From the Mean Streets to Delancy Street by Ayme Turnbull / Macrocosm USA
• The Failure of Prisons by D'shalom Starr Nation / Prison News Service
• More People are Imprisoned in the U.S. than Anywhere Else in the World / The Cultivator
• Life in the Big House by Bonnie Urfer / the Insider
• Letters have been saving lives for decades / Amnesty International
• A Day In November by James L. Beathard / Prison News Service

Chapter 4: ECOLOGY

• Bioregions and Transnational Zones by Rene Wadlow / Transnational Perspectives
• What is Global Warming? / Earthline Newsletter
• What Consumers can do to Protect the Ozone Layer / NRDC Newsline
• Biodiversity: The Key to Saving Life on Earth by Donella H. Meadows / Land Stewardship Letter
• War of the Worlds: People vs. Nature by Kevin McGuire / Aqua Terra
• How will the Water Crisis be Stopped? by Pat Costner / We All Live Down Stream
• Chemical and Nuclear Waste by J.W. Smith / The World's Wasted Wealth
• Toxic Shock: The military is our nation's largest polluter / Maine Peace Campaign
• Trash: What Choices Do We Have? / Concern, Inc.
• Guidelines for Great Compost by Terri Dunivant / Earth Journal
• Trash Statistics / Leadership America
• Destruction of America's Ancient Forests by Dorene Garvin / Earth Journal
• Save a Tree: Stop the Junk Mail / Earthworks Press
• Rainforest Facts / ZPG, Greenpeace & Rainforest Action Network
• HEMP: A Miracle Plant / Ahbleza
• Take a Stand: Plant a Tree by Mary C. Turck / Earthligbt
• Handle with Care... by Scott Graham & Terri Dunivant / Earth Journal
• Suffer the Animals by Rose Marie L. Audette / Environmental Action

Chapter 5: AGRICULTURE

• Agriculture and the Environment / Earth Day 1990
• The Disappearance of Our Soil / Earth Day 1990
• Regenerating America's Agriculture by Cindy Mitlo / Co-op America Quarterly
• Bill Mollison: A Profile / Right Livelihood Awards
• Two Vegetarians in Heifer Country by Ianto Evans / News from Aprovecho
• Meat Facts
• The Pesticide Problem / National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
• Food Irradiation / Food & Water, Inc.
• Tax-Exempt Bonds Finance Farmer Loan Program / Land Stewardship Letter
• Food Coops: The Consumer Link to Sustainable Farming by Steve Clark / Land Stewardship Letter
• Community-supported Agriculture: New Hope / Land Letter
• Giving Animals a Voice by Cathe Compton / Earth Journal
• Gleaners Fight Hunger

Chapter 6: ENERGY & TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Alternative Energy- A Brighter Proposal / Sierra
• Bumper to Bumper, Coast to Coast / Zero Population Growth
• Energy on the Road / Union of Concerned Scientists
• Sustaining What Development? by Geraldo Franco / third world
• The Nuclear Push by Ken Bossong / Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project
• What's the Crisis? / Women's International Coalition to Stop Making Radioactive Waste
• No Blood for Oil [or Nukes, Too!] / Mothers for Peace
• Fueling the Fantasy by Daphne Wysham / Greenpeace

Chapter 7: ECONOMICS & LABOR

• Introduction by James Robertson / The Egg, An Eco-Justice Quarterly Newsletter
• Re-Defining the Wealth of Nations by Elissa Wolfson / E Magazine
• Clearing the Water by Jim Hightower / Community Economics
• FDIC Insurance Lo$$e$ by J.W. Smith / The World's Wasted Wealth
• The $250 Billion Political Cover-up / The San Francisco Bay Guardian
• Monopoly Money Gains by William Greider / Secrets of the Temple
• Why Economic Conversion? by Michael Closson / Positive Alternatives
• Setting the Trend by Michael Closson / Bulletin of Municipal Foreign Policy
• Alternative Investments / Co-op America Quarterly
• Bartering for a Better Community by Anne Zorc / Co-op America Quarterly
• Renewing Our Communities by Anne Zorc / Co-op America Quarterly
• Mutual Aid by Aaron Jaffe / City Limits
• Community Housing and Land Trusts by Gregg Ramm / Institute for Community Economics
• Environmental Investing by Cindy Mitlo / Co-op America Quarterly
• Environmental Shopping Tips
• The Voluntary Green Tax by Dave Albert / Green Business.- Hope or Hoax?
• Valdez Principles
• Green Business and Labor by David Morris / Co-op America Quarterly
• Building Bridges by Jeremy Brecher & Tim Costello / Z Magazine
• A New Alliance by Brian Ahlberg / Utne Reader
• Protecting Jobs and Owls by Tom Knepher / Earth Journal
• Labor and Grassroots Activists Seek Common Ground for the 90's by Lois Gibbs / Everyone's Backyard
• Union and Environmentalists Working Together by Laura McClure / EcoSocialist Review
• Worshipping Work by Walter Johnson / The New Internationalist
• Volunteerism, Work & Service by Carrol Joy / The Cultivator

Chapter 8: URBAN CRISIS

• America in the 21st Century / Population Reference Bureau, Inc
• Main Street U.S.A. Lobby or Lose It / Global Communities
• OPERATION URBAN STORM by Vicki Kemper / Common Cause Magazine
• Danaan Parry, Stewardship & Urban Youth by Carolyn Moran / Talking Leaves
• Cities on Drugs by Michael Shuman / Bulletin of Municipal Foreign Policy
• Hyper-Cities Indicate Larger Ills by Pete Brady / New Times
• L.A.: Flight of the Phoenix, Days of the Dragon by Marilyn Ferguson / Brain/Mind & Common Sense Bulletin
• Greening Our Cities by Alex Levine / Co-op America Quarterly for Planet Drum Foundation
• Cohousing Communities: A Way to a Sustainable Future by Ken Norwood & Kathleen Smith / Open Exchange
• Vegetable Gardens Atop Skyscrapers / The Sun

Chapter 9: EDUCATION

• Why Schools Don't Educate by John Gatto / The Sun
• Helping Students Confront a World of Change and Crisis by Shelly Kessler / Curriculum Quarterly
• Waldorf Schools: Rx for U.S. Education Crisis by Eric Utne / Utne Reader
• War Toys and Stereotyping in the Home and Classroom by Kate Donnelly / Stop War Toys Campaign
• Upattinas Educational Resource Center by Sandra Hurst / Home Education Magazine
• Undergrad Director Sees Role as Educating Activists by Debra Lee / World View
• The Case for the Arts by Eric Oddleifson / In Context
• Learning Through Service by Kate McPherson / In Context

Chapter 10: HEALTH

• Introduction by Congressman Leon Panetta
• Waste: The Consequence of Medical Extravagance by J.W. Smith / The World's Wasted Wealth
• The Bu$ine$$ of Medicine by Steve Eabry / Earth Journal
• Chemical Poisoning: The 20th Century Disease by Terri Dunivant / Earth Journal
• A Bond That Surpasses / Matrix
• Tobacco and Alcohol Ads: Social Insanity by J.W. Smith / The World's Wasted Wealth
• Has the AIDS Tragedy been Distorted by Media & Partisan Politics? by James DeMeo, PhD/ Pulse of the Planet
• AIDS: The Equal Opportunity Disease
• Planting Seeds of Hope for the Mentally III by Kathy Johnston / New Times
• The [Un]Acceptable Discrimination
• What, Meat Worry? by Bonnie Liebman / Nutrition Action Newsletter
• Meat-eaters vs. Vegetarians by John Robbins / Diet for a New America
• No Zinc Without Copper / Nutrition Action Healthletter
• The Calcium Myth by Judy B. Schermerhorn / Earth Journal
• Popular Herbal Formulas for Minor Health Conditions by L. Carl Robinson / Robinson Research Institute

Chapter 11: FEMINISM & THE FAMILY

• A Declaration of Interdependence by Libby Bassett & Mim Kelber / Women's Environmental Development Organization
• Claiming the Future by Mary Catherine Bateson / Lear's
• Are men still the breadwinners? by Ken Clatterbaugh / Changing Men
• Halting the Oppression of Children by Rachel Burger & Liz Roberts / Peacework
• Statistics On Domestic Violence / California Alliance Against Domestic Violence
• Parents Anonymous / Peacework
• Why Can't We Recognize That Child Sexual Abuse Is a Problem That Can Be Prevented? by Cordelia Anderson, M.A. / Illusion Theater
• Interrupting the Violence of Rape by Janet Meyer / Peacework
• Exposing Glamorized Degradation by Pamela Scott / Women's Press
• Neo-Nazis Attack Women's Rights: Abortion Rights & Racist Terror by Michael Novick / Turning the Tide
• A Potential Landmark for Female Human Rights by Gayle Kirshenbaum / Ms.
• Abortion: The Courts, The Church, The Conscience by Dr. George F. Regas / All Saints Church
• Profile: Planned Parenthood by Sandy Baer / Earth Journal
• Protect the Rights of the Unborn / Population Pressure
• Poverty Is a Women's Issue by Marita O'Neill / Maine Progressive
• People in Progress (PIP) / Neighborhood Caretaker
• A Last Resort by Marsha Riben / The Dark Side of Adoption
• Herstory of the Land (poem) by Sandi Brockway

Chapter 12: POLITICS

• A Social Disease of Pandemic Proportions by Richard Gaines / Miami New Times
• Bringing Politics Home by Sam Smith / The Progressive Review
• The System is Much Worse Today Than 10 Years Ago / Common Cause
• Why Americans Hate to Vote by Brian Ahlberg / MPIRG Statewatch
• Why Not Here? Prospects for Green Politics in America by Kirkpatrick Sale / Greenpeace Magazine
• How to Get Global Issues on the Political Agenda by Fritjof Capra / Shared Vision
• What Green Means / Green Committees of Correspondence
• Reaching the Decision Makers by Suzanne Iudicello / The Volunteer Monitor
• (Not In My BackYard) Beyond NIMBY / One Person's Impact
• You Can Fight City Hall by David Morris / Utne Reader
• What is Advocacy? by Eleanor Ely / The Volunteer Monitor
• Conflict Resolution and Negotiation by Katherine Baril / The Volunteer Monitor
• Monitors Add Power to Grassroots Advocacy by Cynthia Poten / The Volunteer Monitor
• Roundtables by Ken Cooke / The Volunteer Monitor

Chapter 13: MEDIA, THE ARTS & REFLECTIONS ON THE INFORMATION AGE

• Getting Good Press by Ann Harbaugh / L.A. Peace Directory
• Activism on the Airwaves by Dwight Oestricher / City Limits
• Radio Activist Mbanna Kantako: In His Own Words / Cultural Democracy
• Desert Snow Storm by Chris Norris & Peter Tira / San Francisco Bay Guardian
• CBS & NBC withheld footage of Gulf War carnage by Chris Norris & Peter Tira / San Francisco Bay Guardian
• Media Coverage & Censorship /International War Crimes Tribunal
• Enough Already by Richard Neville / New Times
• The Pen is Still Mighty by Pete Brady / New Times
• In Praise of Censorship by Quentin Crisp / The Hungry Mind Review
• Striking Out With the Art Strike 1990-93 /Art Strike Action Committee
• Big Battle, Bigger Wars by Steven Marks / The Original Art Report
• Where Do We Go From Here? by Guillermo Gomez-Pena / High Performance
• Art for All People by Linda Fyre Burnham / High Performance
• Strange Biology by Jim Nollman / Whole Earth Review
• Is Folk Art Real Art? by Seitu Ken Jones / Utne Reader
• Computer Networks for Activists by Andrew Lang / Convergence
• AlterNet: An Alternative Press Wire Service
• Can We Talk? The impact of global communications by Howard Frederick
• Electronic Global Suggestion Box
• Too Much Information: Toxic Waste of the Mind by Diana Prizio / The Cultivator
• Information & Evolution by Theodore Roszak / Macrocosm USA

Chapter 14: ETHICS & SPIRITUALITY

• Thomas Berry: Dreaming of a New Earth by Bernard Connaughton & Jo Roberts / The Catholic Worker
• Compassion in Action: First Steps on the Path of Service by Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush / Seva
• Creative Advocacy by Karen R. Brown / City Limits
• Safeguard Earth for the Seventh Generation by Libby Bassett / Shared Vision
• Grassroots Religious Ecology Works by Leigh Eason / Everyone's Backyard
• Christianity and the New Age by Judith Meynell with Father Dirumuid O'Murchu / Findhorn Foundation
• The Goddess Revived: The Rise of Ecofeminism by Kitty Mattes / Amicus Journal
• Where are the Ethics in Men's Spirituality? by Jack Straton / Changing Men
• From Dominance to Partnership by John Rowan / Changing Men
• Inspiration and Intolerance: The Double Truth by John Bowker / Shared Vision

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DIRECTORY: MEDIA, COMPUTERS & RELATED SOURCES

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DIRECTORY: REFERENCES, DIRECTORIES & GUIDES, ET AL

DIRECTORY: PEOPLE INDEX

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