Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Overview 1
6. SECTION I: THE PLANETARY CRISIS
7. The Human Context 9
8. The Natural Background 15
9. SECTION II: RELIGIOUS ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
10. Aboriginal Spirituality 21
11. The Environmental Crisis and Jewish Earthways 25
12. Chosen Persons and the Green Ecumenacy: A Possible Christian Response to the Population Apocalypse 29
13. Islam and the Environment 33
14. Population Pressure, Natural Resources, the Environment, and Hinduism 37
15. Buddhist Resources for Issues of Population and Consumption in Relationship with the Environment 43
16. Chinese Religions 49
17. SECTION III: SECULAR ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
18. Prescriptions from Religious and Secular Ethics for Breaking the Impoverishment/Environmental Degradation Cycle 57
19. Ethics, Family Planning, the Status of Women, and The Environment 63
20. Projected Population Patterns, North-South Relations, and the Environment 69
21. SECTION IV: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND DEEP ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
22. Environmental Degradation and the Religion of the Market 75
23. International Law, Population Pressure, and the Environment: North-South Relations 83
24. The Northern Consumption Issue After Rio and the Role of Religion in Environmentalism 89
25. SECTION V: RESPONSES FROM BUSINESS, RELIGION, AND GOVERNMENTS
26. Possible Response Options for Corporations 95
27. Possible Response Options for Religions 99
28. Possible Response Options for Governments 103
29. SECTION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
30. Conclusions and Recommendations 107