TY - BOOK AU - Miller, G. Tyler AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : working with the earth SN - 9780534506162 (acid-free paper) SN - 2 PY - 1997///;199746 CY - Belmont PB - Wadsworth Pub. Co. KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Environmental sciences.;Human ecology.;Environmental protection N1 - The Annenberg/CPB collection--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes -- 2. Cultural Changes, Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability -- 3. Science, Matter, and Energy -- 4. Ecosystems and How They Work -- 5. Ecosystems: What Are the Major Types, and What Can Happen to Them? -- 6. The Human Population -- 7. Environmental Economics and Politics -- 8. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health -- 9. Air and Air Pollution -- 10. Climate, Global Warming, and Ozone Loss -- 11. Water -- 12. Minerals and Soil -- 13. Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste -- 14. Food Resources -- 15. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control -- 16. Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, and Wilderness -- 17. Sustaining Wild Species -- 18. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 19. Nonrenewable Energy Resources -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Glossary -- Index; 5 ER -