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G.A.N. INFO on Global Warming (**RESOURCES _I_**)

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FORWARD from MISC.ACTIVISM.PROGRESSIVE  - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - –    –  [Send the 1-line message GET GAN-RSRC GLBLWARM ACTIV-L to]    –  [Send GET ACTIV-L ARCHIVE ACTIV-L to above address for a ]         [listing with brief descriptions of other files available]  - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – Topic 7 Global Warming Resources gan     gan.air.climate  8:11 am  Feb  7, 1991                RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL WARMING BOOKS: Abrahamson, Dean Edwin THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL WARMING. Introduction by Senator Timothy Wirth.  Washington, DC and Covelo, CA: Island Press, 1989. Brown, Lester R. et al. STATE OF THE WORLD, A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society.  New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc, 1984 – 1989. Mintzer, Irving M. . A MATTER OF DEGREES:  THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTROLLING THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT  Washington, DC:  World Resources Institute, 1987. Rifkin, Jeremy. ENTROPY: INTO THE GREENHOUSE WORLD  New York City: Bantam Books, 1989. Schneider, Stephen H. GLOBAL WARMING:  ARE WE ENTERING THE GREENHOUSE CENTURY?  San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1989. T. Allan Company .BLUEPRINT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT – A PLAN FOR FEDERAL ACTION   Salt Lake City, UT:  Howe Brothers, 1989. World Resources Institute. CHANGING CLIMATE:  A GUIDE TO THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT  Washington, DC:  WRI, 1989. World Resources Institute. THE CRUCIAL DECADE: THE 1990s AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE.Washington, DC: WRI, 1989.  World Commission on Environment and Development. OUR COMMON FUTURE Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. World Resources Institute/International Institute for Environment and Development (WRI/IIED). WORLD RESOURCES 1988/89  New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1988. PERIODICALS: Byrne, Jeanne.  GLOBAL WARMING:  A PERSONAL GUIDE TO ACTION Washington, DC:  National Wildlife Federation, 1989. Greenhouse Crisis Foundation.  THE GREENHOUSE CRISIS – 101 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH…AND HOW YOU FIT INTO THE PUZZLE (booklet) Washington, DC: Greenhouse Crisis Foundation,1989. Gildred, Kathleen.  PERSONAL ACTION GUIDE FOR THE EARTH (booklet) Santa Monica, CA: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1989. ORGANIZATIONS CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, THE (CEI), 99 Court Street, Rochester, NY 14604-1824: (716) 546-3796; FAX (716) 325- 5131. Established in 1974, as a private, nonprofit organization, CEI provides information through its publications, access to computerized information sources, educational programs, conferences and library.  For a complete list of publications send your request to the listed address. Periodical: Global Climate Change Digest. CLIMATE INSTITUTE, 316 Pennsylvania Avenue SE – Suite 403, Washington, DC 20003: (202) 547-0104.  Incorporated in 1986 as a bridge between the scientific community and public and private decision makers on greenhouse warming and stratospheric ozone depletion.  Publication:  Climate Alert. CLIMATE PROTECTION INSTITUTE, 5833 Balmoral Drive, Oakland, CA 94619: (415) 531-0100.  The Climate Protection Institute was founded in 1986 as a non-profit organization devoted to the mitigation, through education, of the consequences of global warming due to a greenhouse effect increased by human activities. The Institute works with science educators in the development of curriculum materials on global climate change.  It distributes information  and suggestions for the classroom, grades 5 through teacher training institutions, by means of its newsletter, Greenhouse Gas-ette (free to educators only).  Publication: Greenhouse Gas-ette. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND (EDF) – 257 Park Avenue S., New York, NY 10010: (212) 505-2100.  Incorporated in 1967 as a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, EDF is an organization of lawyers, scientists, and economists dedicated to protecting and improving environmental quality and public health.  Through research, public education, and judicial, administrative, and legislative action, EDF pursues responsible reform of public policy in the fields of energy and resource conservation, toxic chemicals, water resources, air quality, land use and wildlife.  Publication:  EDF Letter. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTITUTE, 218 D Street SE, Washington, DC 20003: (202) 544-2600.  An independent, nonprofit public interest advocacy organization dedicated to influencing national and international public policies affecting natural resources through research, public education, lobbying, litigation, and organization of coalitions which are economically, politically and geographically diverse.  EPI helps citizens influence policies by informing them how their views can be most effectively voiced in Washington.  Now merged with the Friends of the Earth and Oceanic Society.  Publications:  EPI Update.  A complete list of EPI’s publications is available upon request. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH – 218 D Street SE – Dept. M, Washington, DC 20003: (202) 544-2600.  Founded in 1969, Friends of the Earth is committed to the preservation, restoration, and rational use of the earth with affiliated organizations all over the world.  Now merged with the Oceanic Society and Environmental Policy Institute.  Publication:  Not Man Apart. FRIENDS OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (FUNEP) – 2013 Que Street NW, Washington, DC 20009; (202) 234-3600.  FUNEP was established to help the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) build public support by tracking and reporting to UNEP key trends in U.S. public views of UNEP and its work.  Publication: FUNEP FOCUS. GLOBAL TOMORROW COALITION (GTC) – 1325 G Street NW – Suite 915, Washington, DC  20005: (202) 628-4016.  A national alliance of organizations and individuals dedicated to fostering broader public understanding in the United States of the long-term significance of interrelated global trends.  Publications: Citizen’s Guide to Global Issues, Interacton; Action Letter on Global Issues; Global Issues Teacher packets; Contact Directory. GREENHOUSE ACTION – P.O. BOX 16743, Seattle, WA 98116: (206) 937- 4346.  A citizen’s action group with focus on legislation, lobbying and media attention organized in the states of Washington, New York, Hawaii, Oregon, California, and New Mexico concentrating on global warming issues.  Publication:  Warming Trends. GREENHOUSE ACTION PROJECT (GAP) – Fort Cronkhite – Bldg 1055, Sausalito, CA 94965: (415) 331-8618; FAX (415) 332-6211.  The Greenhouse Action Project works on innovative legislative aproaches to global warming mitigation (e.g. hiring the homeless in urban reforestation), and on strategies for organizing grassroots lobbying.  Publication:  In Context. THE GREENHOUSE CRISIS FOUNDATION – 1130 Seventeenth Street NW – #630,  Washington, DC 20036: (202) 466-2823, FAX (202)429- 9602. International organization of scientists, environmental activists, and policymakers working to establish international cooperation to mitigate global warming.  Founded by Jeremy Rifkin.  Publications: A Citizens’ Guide:  The Greenhouse Crisis – 101 Ways to Save the Earth.  A complete list of publications is available upon request. NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY – 950 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022: (212) 832-3200.  One of the nation’s oldest and largest conservation organizations, the Audubon Society carries out a balanced program of research, education and action.  Publications: Audubon; American Birds; Audubon Wildlife Report; Audubon Adventures; Audubon Activist.  A complete list of publications is available upon request. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION (NWF) – 1400 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-2266: (202) 797-6800.  A non-profit conservation education organization dedicated to creating and encouraging an awareness for wise use and proper management of the earth’s resources.  Publications:  International Wildlife; National Wildlife; Ranger Rick Magazine; Your Big Backyard (preschool); Conservation ‘90; Conservation Directory; publications catalog available on request. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL (NRDC) – 1350 New York Avenue NW – Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005:  (202) 783-7800.  Established in 1970, NRDC combines legal and scientific expertise in monitoring government agencies, and lobbying the Congress, bringing legal action and disseminating citizen information. Publications:  The Amicus Journal; NRDC Newsline.  A complete list of NRDC’s books and reports is available upon request. RENEW AMERICA – 1400 6th Street NW – Suite 710,  Washington, DC 20036:  (202) 232-2252.  A nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that addresses the need for increased natural resource efficiency, including renewable energy, sustainable agricultural practices, water conservation, and the recycling of refined materials. (Renew America replaces Solar Lobby and its educational arm, the Center for Renewable Resources.)  Publications:  The Annual State of the States Report; Sustainable Energy; Global Warming – Reducing the Rate of Global Warming:  The State’s Role; Community at Risk: Environmental Dangers in Rural America. SIERRA CLUB – 730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109:  (415) 776- 2211.  Founded in 1892 by John Muir, Sierra Club has 57 chapters and 340 groups coast-to-coast.  The Club’s nonprofit program includes work on legislation, litigation, public information, publishing, wilderness outings, and conferences. Publications:  Sierra; National News Report; National Issue Committee Newsletter; Chapter and Group Newsletters. UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) – P.O. Box 3052, Nairobi, Kenya; New York North American Office: … read more »

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