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Informationen zum Autor Miles Litvinoff Klappentext We have poisoned the air and water on which our lives depend. Poor countries exhaust their land in the struggle to survive while rich countries demand more and more. This title tells why things have gone so terribly wrong and what each of us can do to clean up the mess. It deals with the major problems that people and the planet face. Zusammenfassung We have poisoned the air and water on which our lives depend. Poor countries exhaust their land in the struggle to survive while rich countries demand more and more. This title tells why things have gone so terribly wrong and what each of us can do to clean up the mess. It deals with the major problems that people and the planet face. Inhaltsverzeichnis About This Book Aims of the book; Action: Solutions; Letter-writing; Campaigning; Definitions; Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Part One: Human Needs 1. Food - the Right to Eat The Problem: Peoples of the past: in Tune with Nature; the First Environmentalists; Colonialism: Cash Crops and Commodities; No Food for the Landless; Farming for the Rich: International Trade; Aid and Inefficiency; Environmental Destruction: Mechanized Agriculture; Wood for Fuel; Overfishing; Escaping the Consequences; the 'green revolution': Miracle Seeds?; New Problems; Pests and Pesticides; Irrigation; who Gained?; Food Aid: 'Grain Junkies'; Political Bias. Action: Hunger: Children; Women; Land Reform; Soil Restoration; Rural Development; Social Change; the NGOs; Self-reliance; Northern Production and Consumption; Fishing; Food Aid. Getting Involved: Consumer and Lifestyle Choices: buy Direct; Boycott Products; Go Vegetarian; Buy Organic; Grow your Own; your Lifestyle; Community and Political Action: Videos; World Food Day; Oxfam - Hungry for Change; Tell them what you Think; Organizations. 2. Wealth - Greed versus Need The Problem: Unequal Partners; Multinationals; The World Bank: Giant Dams; Displacing People; Southern Debt: what Went Wrong?; the Power of Oil; Money Down the Drain; Enter the IMF; the Debt Crisis; And the Good News? Action: The Wealth Gap: Human Development; Grass Roots; New Priorities; Self-reliance; Regional Co-operation; Controlling the Corporations; Appropriate Development; Urban Renewal of Rural Investment; Exploited Labour; Rewriting Debts; Reforming World Trade; what we Owe the South. Getting Involved: Consumer and Lifestyle Choices: Fair Trading; Boycott the Offenders; Ethical Investment; Community and Political Action: Intermediate Technology; Oxfam 2000; In Whose Interest?; Tell them what you Think; Organizations. 3. Population and Health 60 The Problem: Population - Still Soaring: Population Mathematics; Upsetting the Balance; Disease in the South: Water and Sanitation; Health Care; the Corporations; Poisons on the Land; Legal Standards; Misuse and Accidents; Different Safety Standards; do Pesticides Work?; Nitrates; Chemical Poisons in Industry: Worldwide Problem; Dioxins; Landfill and Contamination; Accidents will Happen; Weak Laws; the Poison Trade; Contaminated Air; Radiation: the Anti-nuclear Case; Nuclear Tests; Nuclear Accidents. Action: Population and Health: Appropriate Family Planning; Better Opportunities for Women; Preventive Health Care; Water and Sanitation; Local Solutions; Primary Health Care; the Multinationals; Traditional Medicines; Fewer Poisons; Integrated Pest Management; Tighter Controls; Alternative Processes; Polluter Pays; Nuclear Waste. Getting Involved: Consumer and Lifestyle Choices: Small Families; Wealth and Income Redistribution; Consumer Boycotts; Buying Safely; Converting Giving up your Car; Water Quality; Better Personal Health; Community and political Action: Tell them what you Think; an End to Secrecy; Water Contamination; Waste Dumping; Nuclear Power; Organizations. 4. ...
