A Contract with the Earth

Index

index Acosta, Luis Roberto, 137 acting locally, 47 activist science, 42 act of terror, 157 adaptation, 168, 192, 193 ADHD, 182 adopt-a-highway, 117 advocacy, 43 advocacy, stealth policy, 7 African Elephant Fund, 116, 117 African Realty Trust, 96 African Wildlife Foundation, 120, 121 Agency for International Development, 75 agroforestry, 76 airborne contaminants, 64 Air Quality Index, 132 Alabama, 110 Albuquerque, 95 Alcoa, 193 alligators, 56 alternative energy, 98 alternative fuels, 140, 141 Amazon, 128 American bison, 30, 31 American Lung Association, 132, 133 American Museum of Natural History, 109 American peregrine falcon, 53 Amsterdam, 67 Ankole cattle, 31 antienvironmentalist, 41 antismoking, 58 aquariums, 15, 21 Arctic sea ice, 54 Arias, Oscar, 162 Army Corps of Engineers, 68 Association of Zoos and Aquariums, 1, 32, 116 astronomy, 119 Atlanta, 89, 99, 111, 133, 134 Atlanta Regional Commission , 111 atomic bomb, 42 atomic scientists, 42 attitudes, shaping, 21 Australia, 193 Avalon Power Corporation, 146 baby boomers, 47, 50 backyard habitats, 22 bad ozone, 132 bald eagle, 53, 56, 118 Bank of America, 95 Index 210 Baraboo, Wisconsin, 178 Basel Criteria for Responsible Soy Production, 78, 79 bears, 117 beekeeping, 166 behavioral pathology, 128 Beijing, 135 benchmarks, 11 best practices, 13 bias, 44 bicycle trails, 95 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 112, 113 biodiesel, 49, 94 biodiversity, 65, 78, 93, 103, 128, 166 biophilia, 26 bipartisan support, 11 bipartisan unity, 196 Black Mountain Range, 88 Bloomberg, Michael, 136 Boston Harbor, 56 botanical gardens, 21, 130 bottom trawling, 92 BP, 193 Brand, Stewart, 150 Branson, Richard, 113, 122, 148 Brazil, 99, 129 British East Africa, 109 British Petroleum, 143 Bronx River, 180 Bronx Zoo, 180 Bu√ett, Warren, 112 Bullitt Foundation, 118 bureaucracy, 14 bureaucratic inertia, 34, 35 Bush, George W., 47, 130, 137, 194 Bush, Jeb, 194 Bush administration, 48, 54 business acumen, 29, 113 butterflies, 22 California, 39, 133 California condor, 57 Callaway Gardens, 22 Caltech, 119 Canada, 54, 146 Cape Cod, 56 Capehart, Lilly, 175 carbon monoxide, 134 carbon neutrality, 192 carcinogens, 44 Caribbean Conservation, 71 Carnival Cruise Lines, 81 Case, Jean, 113 Case, Steve, 113 Case Foundation, 113, 114 Caterpillar Corporation, 193 caterpillars, 176 Catskill/Delaware Watershed , 163 Index 211 Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, 22 cellulosic ethanol, 49 Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, 65 Central Africa, 117 Central America, 162 Central Park, New York, 180, 181 Central Park Conservancy, 180 charismatic flagship species, 72 Charles River Basin, in Massachusetts , 165 Chattahoochee River, 110, 111 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, 111 chemical prospecting, 74, 76 Chesapeake Bay, 121 Chile, 117 China, 55, 102, 146 chlorofluorocarbons, 133 Choco-Darien Western Ecuador Hotspot, 65 Churchill, Winston, 61, 63, 82 Circeo, Louis, 90 civility, 11 civil society, 4 climate change, 41, 168 Climate Protection Agreement , 95 Climate Trust, 66 Cline, Michael, 131 Clinton, Bill, 47 Clinton Global Initiative, 122, 163 co-generation power plants, 146 collaboration, 15, 18 Collins, Jim, 156 commons, 24 Congo, 109, 130 Congress, 55, 98, 141 consensus, 4, 44 conservation, 32, 51, 52, 63, 65, 110, 161, 163, 166, 176, 180, 181 conservation co√ee, 76 conservation fatigue, 42 Conservation International, 65, 74, 76, 79, 94, 110, 114, 115, 159, 162 Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species , 47 cooperation, 15, 18 Cornell University, 74, 76 Corporate America, 30 Costa Rica, 72, 76, 77, 162, 163 Index 212 Cousteau, Jacques Yves, 9 cow manure, 90 Crane Meadows, in Nebraska, 177 Crater Lake, 110 Creator, 26 Crush (animated sea turtle), 73 Daily, Gretchen, 100 deforestation, 34, 66, 78, 127, 128, 135, 189 Dekalb County, Georgia, 99 Dell, 91 Democrats, 168, 194, 196 Denver, 135 Detroit, 97 Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, 117 Disney Cruise Line, 80 Disney Wonder, 81 Doerr, John, 100 Don’t Mess with Texas, 138 doomsday, 5, 23, 54, 81, 187, 188 Dow Chemical, 141 DuPont, 193 eagles, 117 Earth Day, 29, 30, 47, 57, 118 Earth Day Network, 118 earthquakes, 27 Earthworks, 94 Easterbrook, Gregg, 149 economic growth, 6 economy, 13, 28 eco-realism, 150 ecosystem health, 46 ecosystems, 12, 29, 39, 162, 166, 167 ecosystem services, 163 ecotourism, 77, 79, 162 ecotourists, 66 Ecuador, 65 Ehrlich, Paul, 186 Eisner, Thomas, 74, 75 Electrolux, 174 emergencies, 29 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1 Emory University, 179 endangered animals, 27 Endangered Species Act, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 100 Endangered Species Day, 51 energy e≈ciency, 112 energy independence, 49 energy research, 167 Energy Security Leadership Council, 141 EnergyXchange, 88...