Examines three questions: As the focus of regulation has shifted toward environmental and health issues and scientific rulemaking has emerged, what has been the experience with "shared and sequential policymaking" and "policymaking based on evidence"? What is the potential for the future? and What is the new role of science in…

Analyzes several reasons for conservation of natural resources. Environmentalists and profit-making groups should decide together what needs preservation. Author points out that everything rare is not worth preservation. Priorities for preserving the environment are discussed. (PS)

This paper refines existing conceptualizations of organizational environments by distinguishing among environmental complexity, diversity, instability, uncertainty, dependence, and hostility. A typology is presented that suggests that certain combinations of environmental dimensions are important for classifying organizations. Based on the…

Many companies have accepted their responsibility to do no harm to the environment. In industrialized nations, more companies are realizing that they can reduce pollution and increase profits at the same time. Corporations should lead the way to ensuring a sustainable world. (JOW)

Discussed is the contribution cooked meat makes to air pollution. The dozens of compounds, including cholesterol, that are released when a hamburger is grilled are described. The potential effects of these emissions on humans and the urban environment are discussed. (KR)

Discusses the problems created by an increasing population. Emphasizes the need to reassess the status of environmental resources, and suggests that definitive plans must be made to improve environmental management now and for the future. (Author/VWL)

Teaching about environmental issues can create many tensions and conflicts. Describes one school's utilization of the local watershed council's action plan that was developed through consensus. Describes how the school used the action plan's recommendations to bring students and parents together to create learning and service opportunities that…

Environmental ethics examines the relationship between human beings and nature from the moral perspective. It is also a kind of ethics arising from a concern with an earth which is on the verge of losing balance. Environmental ethics originated at the end of the 1940s. Since the 1970s, great progress has been made in environmental ethics. This…

In March 2004, the U.K. government announced its intention to grant limited authorization for the growing of commercial genetically modified (GM) crops. This article reviews the potential liabilities that may arise from GM cropping, for environmental damage and for economic losses claimed by non-GM producers. It considers the application of the…

What motivates more than 800 people from 101 countries around the world to meet at a World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC)? And how does one make the most of such an incredible gathering of people, cultures, thoughts and minds? What did people learn and was it worthwhile? These are just some of the questions that have been chasing through…

In the 1990s, the giant mining company now known as BHP Billiton drew worldwide condemnation for the environmental damage caused by its copper and gold mine in Papua, New Guinea. Its mining practices destroyed the way of life of thousands of farming and fishing families who lived along and subsisted on the rivers polluted by the mine, and it was…

The "Takings Clause" of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution seems clear enough: when the government takes an individual's property, it must pay him or her for it. The "Sagebrush Rebellion" refers to the numerous incarnations of a movement to privatize public lands and contain environmental regulation. This…

Sixteen strategies for outdoor environmental values clarification are listed. A 22-item selected bibliography is also included. (NQ)

Heating and cooling account for 50-70% of the energy consumed in the average American home. Heating water accounts for another 20%. A poorly insulated home loses much of this energy, causing drafty rooms and high energy bills. This fact sheet discusses how to determine if your home needs more insulation, the additional thermal resistance (called…

This is the third and last of a series of excerpts from the Cookbook. (Editor)