Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. xi Introduction xix Part 1. The Earth and Its Day Chapter 1. Earth Day: When the People Spoke 3 Chapter 2. Report Card on the Earth 15 Part 2. Imperiled Planet Chapter 3. Windows on the World 23 Chapter 4. Vanishing Resources 50 Chapter 5. An Invisible Threat 87 Part 3. Environmentalism: Then and Now Chapter 6. Complacent Planet? 105 Part 4. An Environmental Agenda for the Twenty-first Century Chapter 7. Achieving Sustainability 133 An Appeal 159 Appendix 1: Letter to John F. Kennedy 163 Appendix 2: Introduction to “Environmental Agenda for Earth Day 1970” 169 Notes 177 Acknowledgments 191 Index 193 vii ...