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Table of Contents at a Glance for The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saving the Environment INTRODUCTION PART 1: THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOU Chapter 1: It's Our Home A crash course in environmental basics. Chapter 2: Something Old, Something New Where we've been and where we're headed. Chapter 3: The Air We Breath Global Warming and its many perils. Chapter 4: Water: Our Most Precious Resource Why it's disappearing, and what we need to do about it. Chapter 5: The Land We Live On Our many environmental problems with the land. Chapter 6: So, What Can You Do About It? The Three "Rs" and the Big "S" of the environmental movement. PART 2: REDUCE YOUR USE Chapter 7: The (Not So) Quick Fix An introduction to source reduction. Chapter 8: A Houseful of Savings Source reduction strategies for the home. Chapter 9: Food for Thought What the food we eat is doing to us and to our environment. Chapter 10: More Ways to Reduce Source reduction strategies for the things you buy. Chapter 11: Help, I Wanna Get Off! Lifestyle changes that really work. PART 3: REUSE IT Chapter 12: Choose to Reuse An introduction to reuse. Chapter 13: Reuse Strategies The basics of reuse and green design. Chapter 14: At Home Great reuse strategies for the home. Chapter 15: At Work...and Beyond Reuse strategies mainly for the workplace. Chapter 16: The Used Marketplace Exciting new developments in a very old market. PART 4: RECYCLE IT Chapter 17: Recycling Basics An introduction to recycling. Chapter 18: Recyclable Products What's recyclable and how to do it. Chapter 19: Composting All about nature's original recycling strategy. Chapter 20: Completing the Circle How to close the loop by buying recycled. PART 5: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Chapter 21: Sustainability An introduction to the concept of sustainability. Chapter 22: Renewable Energy The exciting new world of renewable energy. Chapter 23: Transportation A look at cars, planes, buses, subways, trains, bicycles, and more. Chapter 24: Living Patterns All about sprawl. Chapter 25: Population Straight talk about a tough problem. Chapter 26: Green Plans The most exciting development of all. Chapter 27: You Can Help The many ways you can get involved. Appendix A: Environmental Timeline Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Further Reading Appendix D: Groups, Organizations, and Other Resources Index |
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