Further Reading American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment, University of California Press, 2001.

This in-depth guide depicts the relationships between human population and the environment. The book employs a number of maps, diagrams, and other visual aids to explore the links between population and natural resources, land use, atmosphere, waste and chemicals, ecosystems, and biodiversity.

Brown, Michael, and John May, The Greenpeace Story, Dorling Kindersley, 1991.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of Greenpeace, the nonviolent environmental pressure group that was founded in the 1970s. Illustrations and photographs accompany each section of the book, which covers the organization's history, its major initiatives, and the various retaliations it has experienced from international governments and industry.

Rischard, J. F., High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them, Basic Books, 2002.

Rischard, the World Bank's vice-president for Europe and a noted economist, defines...