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

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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



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

Trouble Spots
Mapping the distress signals across the globe


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


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



National Parks
Classic pictures of America's landscapes



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A recommended reading list and the best sites to find out more

RECOMMENDED READING
Athanasiou, Tom. "Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor." Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1998.

Benyus, Janine M. "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature." New York: William Morrow & Co, 1997.

Brown, Lester R. "Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth." London: Earthscan, 2001.

Carson, Rachel. "Silent Spring." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.

Corbett, Judy, Michael Corbett and Robert L. Thayer. "Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes." Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2000.

Cullis-Suzuki, Severn. "Tell the World." Ontario: Doubleday of Canada, 1993.

Diamond, Jared. "Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies." New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997.

Ellison, Katherine and Daily, Gretchen C. "The New Economy of Nature." Washington D.C.: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2002.

Global Environment Outlook 3, published by U.N. Environment Program.

Goodall, Jane and Berman, Phillip. "Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey." New York: Warner Books, 2000.

Gore, Albert Jr. "Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

Hawken, Paul; Lovins, Amory and Lovins, L. Hunter. "Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution." Boston: Back Bay Books 2000.

Lomborg, Bjørn. "The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World." New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

McDonough, William and Braungart, Michael. "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things." New York: North Point Press 2002.

McKenzie-Mohr, Doug and William Smith. "Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing." British Columbia, Canada: New Society Publishers, 1999.

Metzner, Ralph. "Green Psychology: Transforming Our Relationship to the Earth." Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, 1999.

Motavalli, Jim. "Forward Drive: The Race to Build the Car of the Future." San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2000.

Parsons, Michael L. "Global Warming: The Truth Behind the Myth." New York: Insight Books, 1995.

Rifkin, Jeremy. "The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth." New York: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002.

Shutkin, William A. "The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century." Foreword by David Ross Brower. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000.

"State of the World: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress toward a Sustainable Society." Annual Publication by the Worldwatch Institute. New York: Norton, 2002.

Strong, Maurice. "Where on Earth Are We Going?" Foreword by Kofi A. Annan. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2000.

Wilson, Edward Osborne. "The Future of Life." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

Wines, James. "Green Architecture." New York: TASCHEN America LLC, 2000.



THE U.N. WORLD SUMMIT
Official U.N. Website for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Earth Summit 2002

Virtual Exhibit

U.N. Environment Programme

U.N. Development Programme

Equator Initiative

The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Worldwatch Institute

U.S. State Dept. Summit Site



ISSUES & ADVOCACY
Friends of the Earth

Greenpeace

World Health Organization

Sierra Club

State Public Interest Research Groups

Conservation International

The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business

Science & Sustainable Development

Business Action for Sustainable Development

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

International Development Research Centre of Canada

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

The Nature Conservancy

Natural Resources Defense Council

National Audubon Society

The Wilderness Society

World Wildlife Fund

National Wildlife Federation

ITDG, practical answers to poverty

Wildlife Trust

Rainforest Alliance

SeaWeb

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    U.S. GOVERNMENT SITES
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    Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

    Environmental Protection Agency

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    Department of the Interior

    Fish and Wildlife Service

    National Marine Fisheries Service

    National Park Service

    Bureau of Land Management

    USDA Forest Service

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    National Institute of Environmental Health Services

    Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management

    Farm Service Agency

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Smithsonian Environmental Research Center



    NATURE PHOTOGRAPHS

    Earth From the Air exhibit at the Natural History Museum, London, England

    Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand



    SITES FOR KIDS

    Kids For a Clean Environment

    U.S. EPA Explorer's Club

    Rainforest Action Network: Kids' Corner

    Ranger Rick's Kid Zone - National Wildlife Foundation

    Environment Canada's Youth Website

    BLM Kids' Corner

    Woodsy Owl - USDA Forest Service

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Endangered Species Kids' Corner

    Captain Planet Foundation

    Kids Against Pollution





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