Taking Action: An Environmental Guide for You and Your Community

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UNEP/Earthprint, 1995 - 224 pages
A publication which offers clear explanations on how to address many of the environmental problems plaguing the planet. Although intended for individuals & community service organizations, it will be of great interest to all those concerned with the well-being of the earth & its inhabitants.

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Contents

Energy
7
The Global Response
8
The Role of Communities
23
Organizing for Community Action
33
Networking with computers
46
Fundraising and Finding Sponsors
60
Renewable Energy
82
Seeking Solutions to Unsustainable Energy
89
Seeking Solutions To Combat Ozone Depletion
121
Biodiversity
127
Sources of Water Pollution
142
Seeking Solutions
155
Seeking Solutions
168
Feed the Soil Not the Crop
181
Desertification
189
Taking Community Action
196

Waste
95
Addressing the Individual
101
The Atmosphere
107
The Stratospheric Ozone Layer
115
Appendix 2
211
List of Key Organizations
219
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