Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-271) and index.

Chapter 1 : The effects of climate change -- 1. "Spring forward" by Daniel Grossman -- 2. "On thin ice?" by Robert A. Bindschadler and Charles R. Bentley -- 3. "Making every drop count" by Peter H. Gleick -- Chapter 2 : Threatened species and ecosystems -- 1. "Madagascar's lemurs" by Ian Tattersall -- 2. "The world's imperiled fish" by Carl Safina -- 3. "The puzzle of declining amphibian populations" by Andrew R. Blaustein and David B. Wake -- 4. "On the termination of species" by W. Wayt Gibbs -- Chapter 3 : Human impacts: consequences for others and ourselves -- 1. "Human population grows up" by Joel E. Cohen -- 2. "Population, poverty and the local environment" by Partha S. Dasgupta -- 3. "Environmental change and violent conflict" by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, and George W. Rathjens -- Chapter 4 : Possible responses to environmental concerns -- 1. "The industrial ecology of the 21st century" by Robert A. Frosch -- 2. "Rethinking green consumerism" by Jared Hardner and Richard Rice -- 3. "More profit with less carbon" by Amory B. Lovins -- 4. "Urban planning in Curitiba" by Jonas Rabinovitch and Josef Leitman.