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Sustainability Challenges 2

Degradation of Habitats and Loss of Biodiversity 2

Exhaustion of Natural Resources 4

Inequality in Wealth and Power 5

Population Growth 6

Globalization 7

Urbanization 8

Food and Water 10

Climate Change 12

Other Information 14

Energy Efficiency/Alternative Energy 14

International Development 16

Green Business 17

Green Design and Engineering 19

Skeptics and Counterpoints 21

Personal Choices 23

Sustainability Challenges

Degradation of Habitats and Loss of Biodiversity

Biodiversity Experts Call for "One Clear Voice" to Advise Policymakers

With an increasing number of species threatened with extinction, a coalition of scientists is calling for the world's experts to convene an authoritative panel on diversity loss.

National Geographic



Warming blamed for Costa Rica Frog Die-Offs

Global warming is the top suspect for the disappearance of 17 amphibian species from Costa Rican jungles, scientists said on Tuesday, warning monkey and reptile populations were also plummeting

Scientific American



Arizona Birds’ Balancing Act – Urban Sprawl, not Drought Hinders Population

Although some birds thrive in the Phoenix Urban environment, many species will continue to suffer as they fly in the face of urbanization

The Arizona Republic, 02/19/2005

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Is Border Security Bad for Nature?

In Arizona and other border states, there is a rising concern over what illegal immigration and the U.S. response to it may do to the area's fragile ecosystems.

Time



Attack of the Alien Invaders

All over the world, animals and plants that evolved somewhere else are turning up where they're not wanted.

National Geographic



Guardian of Earth's treasure trove of trees

For 50 years, Britain's Peter Ashton has been studying – and trying to preserve – a wealth of diversity in Asia's tropical forests.

The Christian Science Monitor



What's happening to the bees?

Suddenly, the bees farmers and growers rely on are vanishing. Researchers are scrambling to find out why.

The Christian Science Monitor



Global Warming Imperils Species

Global warming will lead to the extinction of one quarter of all species of plants and animals on Earth by 2050 unless greenhouse-gas emissions are drastically reduced, researchers have found in a study of six regions of the Earth

Wired



A Big Win for Polar Bears?

In a move that is delighting environmentalists, the Department of Interior is announcing a new proposal to designate the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Time



VIDEO: Water: State of the Earth (6 minutes)

Carbon Dioxide in the air is negatively impacting the oceans and hitting sealife hard.

National Geographic

VIDEO: Wildlife: State of the Earth (10 minutes)

National Geographic



Exhaustion of Natural Resources

Humans Could Use Two Earths

Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets' worth of natural resources.

MSNBC



The Global Fish Crisis: Still Waters

The world's oceans are a shadow of what they once were. With a few notable exceptions, such as well-managed fisheries in Alaska, Iceland, and New Zealand, the number of fish swimming the seas is a fraction of what it was a century ago

National Geographic



End of Cheap Oil

You wouldn't know it from the hulking SUVs and traffic-clogged freeways of the United States, but we're in the twilight of plentiful oil.

National Geographic



The Long Emergency

What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle?

Rolling Stone



Inequality in Wealth and Power

Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?

Market economics and globalization are lifting the bulk of humanity out of extreme poverty, but special measures are needed to help the poorest of the poor.

Scientific American



Are We Rich if We Don't Feed the Poor?

The unseen contrast is sharp. Every workday morning, some of the nation's richest corporate executives and Wall Street financiers ride in trains or cars through poorer parts of New York to their Manhattan offices.

The Christian Science Monitor



Sharing the Wealth (Why We Should Share the Wealth)

What is the power of one when that one happens to be a John D. Rockefeller or a Bill Gates?

Time



The Great Wealth Transfer

It's the biggest untold economic story of our time: more of the nation's bounty held in fewer and fewer hands. And Bush's tax cuts are only making the problem worse.

Rolling Stone



Link between Race, Hazardous-Waste Sites Still Strong

Twenty years after a landmark study showed that people of color were more likely to live near hazardous-waste sites than any other demographic, a follow-up report has found that the disparity is even greater across the U.S. today.

The Arizona Republic, 05/09/2007

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Population Growth

World Population Hits 6.5 Billion

Rapid growth occurring where it can be least afforded, researchers say

MSNBC



Fuse on the 'Population Bomb' has been Relit

While the developed world deals with a 'birth dearth,' populations are exploding in developing nations. What the first world should do to help.

The Christian Science Monitor



Overpopulation

In 8000 B.C., only 5 million people were alive and overuse of the world’s natural resources was hardly an issue. Now some 6 billion mouths must be fed and bodies clothed and housed.

National Geographic



300 Million Americans Will Take Great Environmental Toll, Report Warns

But regardless of whether this prediction proves to be right, someone in the coming days will tip the U.S. population to 300 million people, a demographic milestone with heavy environmental fallout.

National Geographic



World Faces Population Explosion in Poor Countries

The world is heading for wildly uneven population swings in the next 45 years, with many rich countries "downsizing" during a period in which almost all developing nations will grow at breakneck speed, according to a comprehensive report by leading US demographers released yesterday.

The Guardian



VIDEO: Population: State of the World (4 minutes)

In 2006, the human population pushed past 6.5 billion. Every minute, 153 people are born, leading to deadly consequences.

National Geographic



Globalization

The Rise of Globalization, a Story of Human Desires

Rather than a synonym for late capitalism, globalization is an expression of human desires that date back to the dawn of time, when the first humans left their African homeland and set out in search of a better life

New York Times, 05/30/07

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A Wal-Mart on Every Block?

Is the future of Beijing and Shanghai going to include a Wal-Mart on every block?

Forbes



Waistlines Keep Expanding Around the Globe

No matter how you tip the scales, Americans are getting wider every year. What's worse is that many nations are following suit.

Forbes



Anti-Fast Food in France

The growth of the lunchtime crowds at this and others' "anti-fast food" eateries is due in part to change in mindsets toward healthier diets and lifestyles.

Time



The Income Gap

Is globalization to blame? Only in part.

U.S. News and World Report



Urbanization

World first: In 2008, Most People Will Live in Cities

For the first time in human history, the world's population is about to become mostly urban.

The Christian Science Monitor



Depopulation of Rural Areas Creates Urban Nightmares

As migration continues, the question becomes how to revive the countryside

MSNBC



Dirtiest Cities Just Get Dirtier

The dirty cities are where air pollution, water pollution, ground pollution and open landfill problems are out of control.

Forbes



Lack of Toilets Harming Health of Billions, UN Report Says

A lack of toilets is severely jeopardizing the health of 2.6 billion people in the developing world who are forced to discard their excrement in bags, buckets, fields, and ditches, according to a new study.

National Geographic



Cotton Industry in Arizona Frayed by Urban Growth

One of the historic five C's of Arizona's economy is shrinking.Cotton was one of the state's economic backbones, along with cattle, copper, climate and citrus. But cotton fields are dwindling as urban sprawl overtakes more farmland.

The Arizona Republic, 012/25/2006

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The Issue: This is Opportunity Knocking - Got an Idea for Arizona?

Help wanted: Rapidly expanding state seeks people with innovative proposals. Must have long-term perspective and commitment to brighter future.

The Arizona Republic, 11/19/2006

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Food and Water

Where China's Rivers Run Dry

In China, the most dramatic national transformation in human history is being threatened by a lack of water.

Newsweek



The Challenge of Sustainable Water

Water supplies around the world are already severely stressed. Population growth and global warming will only worsen those problems.

Scientific American



Report: Legislature Leaves Rivers Dry

Arizona's rivers will win no new protections at the Legislature this year, despite continued threats from drought, climate change and laws that promise water for growth without safeguards for natural resources.

The Arizona Republic, 05/16/2007

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World Freshwater Crisis Looms, Activist Says

Water, blue gold, the essence of life. Though debate continues over who owns, or should own, water, few dispute that the abundance of fresh water resources on Earth is decreasing.

National Geographic



Ancient "Megadroughts" Struck U.S. West, Could Happen Again, Study Suggests

Much of the western U.S. may be headed into a prolonged dry spell—a "perfect drought," scientists say, that could persist for generations.

National Geographic



The Farmer Goes to Sea

With the world’s wild fish stocks plummeting, experts say that something must be done to ensure our seafood supply. Are offshore fish farms the solution

Popular Science



It Takes More than Veggies to Make a Kitchen Green

Many restaurant owners are on a quest to find ways to handle the garbage and mess of a professional kitchen while reducing the effects on the environment.

The New York Times, 03/07/2007

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Climate Change

What Is Global Warming?

We call the result global warming, but it is causing a set of changes to the Earth's climate, or long-term weather patterns, that varies from place to place.

National Geographic



What Now? (What Now For Our Feverish Planet?)

Climate change is caused by a lot of things, and it will take a lot of people to fix it. There's a role for big thinkers, power players, those with deep pockets--and the rest of us.

Time



Forging a Consensus

The mammoth U. N. report on climate change—the work of 3,700 scientists the world over—is out. Their conclusion: We made this mess.

Newsweek



Why Asia Is Ignoring Global Warming

While the technological path to climate-change action is clear, the politics are getting even more complicated. As economic growth shifts to the developing world — especially in Asia — so will future carbon emissions.

Time



On the front lines of climate change

Adapting to a warmer planet. The world's most vulnerable coastal communities are taking action now for a future of rising oceans and more severe floods.

Time



51 Things We Can Do to Save the Environment

Can one person slow global warming? Actually, yes. You—along with scientists, businesses and governments—can create paths to cut carbon emissions. Here is our guide to some of the planet's best ideas.

Time



Arizona, West Tackle Greenhouse Gases

Droughts. Wildfires. Water Shortages. Scientists warn that these could be the effects of climate change. In the absence of federal law, five western governors are taking matters into their own hands.

The Arizona Republic, 02/27/2007

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Arizona Climate Action Initiative

Arizona Climate Change Advisory Group's objectives are to create a baseline inventory and forecast of greenhouse gas emissions in Arizona, and also to produce an action plan with recommendations for reducing those emissions.



CLIMAS: Water Assessment for the Southwest

CLIMAS was established to assess the impacts of climate variability and longer-term climate change on human and natural systems in the Southwest.



VIDEO: Climate Change: State of the Earth (6 minutes)

National Geographic



VIDEO: Air: State of the Earth (5 minutes)

National Geographic



Other Information

Energy Efficiency/Alternative Energy

What’s so Bad about Big?

Wind, solar and other renewable-energy technologies that were once considered more appropriate for single homes or small communities are reaching levels of scale and centralizing that were formerly the province of coal- and gas-fired plants and nuclear reactors.

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The Energy Fix: 10 Steps to End America’s Fossil-Fuel Addiction

We already have the technology to begin seriously shifting away from fossil fuels toward clean, renewable power that can give us all the energy we crave while weaning us off foreign oil.

Popular Science



Alternative Energy

The unnervingly high price of oil—along with the increasingly intensive drilling to get it—has suddenly pushed renewable power squarely into the mainstream.

Discover



How Green is Nuclear Power?

Some call it a carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels, but others point to significant environmental costs.

The Christian Science Monitor



The Ultimate Garbage Disposal

A power station eats up dirty landfill and churns out clean electricity.

Discover



VIDEO: Addicted to Oil

Thomas L. Friedman explores ideas for breaking our dependence on oil as an energy source.



International Development

The Climax of Humanity

Demographically and economically, our era is unique in human history. Depending on how we manage the next few decades, we could usher in environmental sustainability--or collapse

Scientific American



The World Bank's Real Problem

The World Bank is undeniably in crisis. But not because its president, Paul Wolfowitz, got his girlfriend a raise.

Time



China's Boom Is Bust for Global Environment, Study Warns

China's spectacular economic boom may be inflicting a terrible toll on the global environment, a new study warns.

National Geographic



China Moves to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint

Within a year, China is expected to outpace the US in carbon dioxide emissions.

The Christian Science Monitor



Surviving Darfur: Photographer on Life in the Camps

Titled "Surviving Darfur," the exhibition documents the unfolding African humanitarian crisis in Sudan and neighboring Chad.

National Geographic News



Lending a Hand

Pioneered by last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, microfinance is the making of tiny loans to credit-poor entrepreneurs.

Time



Green Business

Beyond The Green Corporation

Imagine a world in which eco-friendly and socially responsible practices actually help a company's bottom line. It's closer than you think

Business Week



ASU Aims to be Global Hub of Environmental Solutions

Arizona State University has launched the nation's first school in sustainability studies, with the hope of becoming a global capital of environmental solutions. The question is whether the world is ready for the school's graduates.

The Arizona Republic, 11/14/2006

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Mr. Clean

In the first segment of our latest small-business series, we meet a passionate San Diego dry cleaner who placed a costly bet on green technology and won.

Newsweek



Reluctant Activist

In the second installment of our small-business series about a pioneering dry cleaner in San Diego, we follow its proprietor as he joins the national debate over whether to ban the toxic cleaning solvent, perc.

Newsweek



Clean Appeal

Though green is hot, marketing can still be a challenge for eco-friendly companies. In the third installment of our small-business series, we find out how a San Diego dry cleaner sells green on its own merits.

Newsweek



Exposing the Organic-Farming Myth

Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market.

Business Week



Ready or Not, Here Come the Carbon Traders

Is carbon trading a way to shift funds from taxpayers and consumers to renewable-energy entrepreneurs and big business?

Time



It's Getting Easier Being Green

Interest in integrating business with the needs of the environment is prompting a harder look at achieving a sustainable economy

Business Week



Quiz: What do you know about green business?

How much do you know about the business of being green? Take our Going Green Quiz

MSNBC



VIDEO: Small Biz: Selling an Eco-friendly Service

A California dry cleaner on how he markets greener but more expensive cleaning in San Diego.

Newsweek



VIDEO: Small Biz: Mr. Green Clean

Business entrepreneur Gordon Shaw discusses why and how his dry cleaning business went green.

Newsweek



VIDEO: State of the Earth: Turning Point (6 minutes)

Green is going mainstream. A shift in public opinion has made climate change a political issue, and businesses see that going green means money.

National Geographic



Green Design and Engineering

Want a Green House? Prepare to be Confused

Several groups battle over standards, certification as market expands

MSNBC



Detroit Goes Green

Can the company that builds the Hummer go green?

Time



Q&A with Linda Fisher: DuPont saves $3 billion by going green

DuPont has saved $3 billion and has increased business 30 percent. Guiding DuPont's green agenda is a former deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Linda Fisher.

U.S. News & World Report



ASU Seeks to Tame Cities’ Hot Nights

A group of scientists at Arizona State University is researching new materials and new technologies that could take the urban heat island and limit its most negative effects such as increased pollution and heat-related deaths. The goal: to make life in the sweltering desert more sustainable and more comfortable.

The Arizona Republic, 10/01/2006

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It Takes Tech to Tango

Way past Ikea lies a Swedish housing complex that is ecologically sound and wired for all sorts of remote-control fiddling with heat, power and security.

Popular Science



Greening the World

For graduate students, it's getting ever easier to be green, thanks to an interdisciplinary newcomer called sustainability science by some and sustainable development by others.

U.S. News & World Report



Skeptics and Counterpoints

The Doomslayer

The environment is going to hell, and human life is doomed to only get worse, right? Wrong. Conventional wisdom, meet Julian Simon, the Doomslayer.

Wired



Ecoterrorism' Case Stirs Debate in US

Environmental radicals, who pleaded guilty to arson, may face harsher sentences under anti-terror laws.

The Christian Science Monitor



Across the Atlantic, Slowing Breezes

A closer look shows that Denmark is a far cry from a clean-energy paradise.

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When Organic Isn't Really Organic

Genetically modified crops are making their way into the organic food supply, but one farmer has a solution

Time



The New Age of Oil

How much oil does the earth really hold? Make no mistake: there's plenty of it. This is a new oil age, not the end of oil as we know it.

Newsweek



What the U.N. Won't Tell You

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations group charged with assessing the state of the world's climate, unveiled the summary of its latest report. it would be a mistake to assume all these experts endorse the bottom line assessment.

Newsweek



Personal Choices

Going Green

With windmills, low-energy homes, new forms of recycling and fuel-efficient cars, Americans are taking conservation into their own hands.

Newsweek



The Year without Toilet Paper

To reduce their impact on the environment, two New Yorkers give up what most take for granted

New York Times, 03/22/2007

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The Green

With The Green, Sundance Channel becomes the first television network in the United States to establish a significant, regularly-scheduled programming destination dedicated entirely to the environment.



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