COVER STORY
The Challenges We Face
In Johannesburg, leaders will debate what to do about threats to our health, food, water, climate and biodiversity

Buildings That Breathe
The best of the new architecture uses nature instead of fighting it

Let Them Run Wild
Wilderness is worth a fortune. Recognizing that will help us preserve what's left of the natural world

This Issue: Table of Contents

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Heroes
People striving to make this a green century

Last Wild Places
How to preserve rare animal and plant habitats

Living Spaces
An organic building in Maryland


Generation E
Young activists-in-training


What is the most critical threat to the environment?
Biodiversity Loss
Depleted & Polluted Water
Vanishing Forests
Pollution & Climate Change
Overpopulation

National Parks
Classic pictures of America's landscapes


State of the Planet
What are the greatest threats to the earth?

Trouble Spots
Mapping the distress signals across the globe



Green Century Web Guide
A recommended reading list and the best sites to find out more

Newsfile: Environment
A collection of TIME covers and past articles featuring the planet earth

FROM THE AUGUST 26, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, AUG. 18, 2002
PHOTOGRAPHS BY © R. WATTS/PANORAMIC IMAGES (1); M. IMAMURA/MON TRESOR/PANORAMIC IMAGES (2);
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