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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. Foreword -- 2. Our planet: how much more can Earth take? -- 3. Climate change: the point of no return -- 4. Our threatened oceans -- 5. Overcrowded world? The global population and international migration -- 6. Feeding the planet: environmental protection through sustainable agriculture -- 7. The future of the resource water - revisited -- 8. They can't put it back - Resource transition -- 9. How can we observe the planetary boundaries? Findings from the research project POLFREE -- 10. Energy: the world's race for resources in the twenty-first century -- 11. The demise of diversity? -- 12. The new plagues: pandemics and poverty in a globalised world -- 13. Sustainable world politics -- 14. A wake-up call to mobilise civil society -- Author biographies.

An explorative study investigated the condition of the US environmental movement in the early 1990s through qualitative interviews with representatives from 6 environmental protection organizations (EPOs): Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes, Environmental Defense Fund, Greenpeace USA, National Audobon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, & World Wide Fund for Nature. A brief history & description of each is provided. Many respondents described their groups as in a period of transition or redefinition in response to political setbacks. Analysis of the interviews finds 6 general currents defined by style/strategy: (1) implementers who pursue concrete projects; (2) accommodaters who combine economic & environmental concerns & use cooperation rather than confrontation; (3) mainstream advocates who use various legal & political instruments; (4) radicals who engage in fundamental critique; (5) activists; & (6) grass-roots organizers. Most organizations combine several styles. Several are expanding their issues & constituencies by linking environmental issues with those of gender, race, poverty, democratization, & accountability in holistic environmental politics that includes the environmental justice movement. Challenges for EPOs include achieving tangible results & self-democracy. 14 References. E. Blackwell

Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map, or a void in the Jewish cultural world, post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to develop, even though it is facing different challenges and opportunities than elsewhere. Living on a continent characterized by highly diverse patterns of culture, language, history, and relations to Jews, European Jewry mirrors that kaleidoscopic diversity. This volume explores such key questions as the new roles for Jews in Europe; models of Jewish community organization in Europe; concepts of diaspora and galut; a European-Jewish way of life in the era of globalization; and European Jews' relationship to Israel and to non-Jews. Some contributions highlight experiences of Jews in Britain, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. Helping us to understand the special and common characteristics of European Jewry, this collection offers a valuable contribution to the continued rebuilding of Jewish life in the postwar era