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2007

Congressional Course

Welcome, Introductions, and Staffer Update from Capitol Hill, Paul R. Epstein M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS): Promise and Limitations, William Moomaw Ph.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Ocean Acidification, Kenneth Caldeira Ph.D., Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Green Buildings: A Passion for the Possible, Robert Fox AIA, Cook + Fox Architects LLP
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Evangelical Christian Initiatives to Protect Creation, Richard Cizik M.Div., National Association of Evangelicals
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Corporate Programs Designed to Reduce Environmental Footprints, Representatives from 3M, Johnson & Johnson and Swiss Re
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The Development of Healthy and Sustainable Communities, Howard Frumkin M.D., Dr.PH., Centers for Diease Control and Prevention
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Biofuel Options, Sharon Shoemaker Ph.D., University of California, Davis
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Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Introduction and Course Overview, Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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Why We Are Giving This Course, Eric Chivian, MD, Harvard Medical School
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Methods in Environmental Health, Melissa Perry, MHS, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
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How to Prepare for This Course, Daniel A. Goodenough, PhD, Harvard Medical School
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How Systems Work, Richard Levins PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
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Symptoms of Distress: Emerging Diseases, Mary E. Wilson MD, Harvard Medical School
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Biodiversity: Its Importance to Human Health, Eric Chivian, MD, Harvard Medical School
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The Science of Climate Change, James J. McCarthy, PhD, Harvard University
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Climate Change and Health, Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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Ocean Warming and Coral Reefs, Ray Hayes, PhD, Howard University
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Coral Reefs: Canaries in the Environmental Coal Mine, Nancy Knowlton, PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Storms and the Oceans, Kerry A. Emanuel, PhD, MIT
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Fisheries: A Global Assessment, Carl Safina, PhD, Blue Ocean Institute
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Media and the Environment, Steve Curwood, Living on Earth, NPR
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Plant Responses to a Changing Climate, Michele Holbrook, PhD, Harvard University
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Greening the Campus, Jack Spengler, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
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Sustainable Farming, Fred Kirschenmann, PhD, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
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Nutrition and Human Health, Joan Gussow, Med, EdD, Columbia University
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Pesticides, Melissa Perry, MHS, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
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Healthy and Sustainable Communities, Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
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Healthy, Green Buildings, Bob Fox, AIA, Cook + Fox Architects
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Community Health: Alabama to South Africa and A Life Cycle Analysis of Nuclear Energy, Richard Clapp, DSc, MPH, Boston University
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Solutions, Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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2006

Congressional Course

Welcome and Introductions, Eric Chivian, M.D., Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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Climate Change and Hurricanes - What Have We Learned from the 2005 Hurricane Season?, Kevin Trenberth, Sc.D., National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Avian Flu - Are We Prepared?, Georges Benjamin, M.D., American Public Health Association
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Avian Flu - What is the Role of Wild Birds in its Spread?, William B. Karesh, D.V.M., Wildlife Conservation Society
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Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions, Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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Corporate Programs Designed to Reduce Environmental Footprints
Representatives from 3M, Johnson & Johnson, and Swiss Re
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Natural Coastal Barriers – Lessons From Katrina, Virginia Burkett, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey
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Biofuels - Technical Status and Future Potential, Lee R. Lynd M.S., D.E., Dartmouth College
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An Update on Nuclear Power - Is It Safe?, Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D., The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
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Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Introduction and Course Overview, Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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Why We Are Giving This Course, Eric Chivian, MD, Harvard Medical School
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Methods in Environmental Health, Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
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How to Prepare for This Course, Daniel A. Goodenough, PhD, Harvard Medical School
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Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: A Look Back at Katrina, Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH, Harvard School of Public Health
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Ecological Systems and Disease, Richard Levins, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
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Biodiversity and Conservation, Edward O. Wilson, PhD, Harvard University
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Biodiversity and Human Health, Eric Chivian, MD, Harvard Medical School
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Climate Change: The Science, James J. McCarthy, PhD, Harvard University
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Climate Change: The Human Health Impacts, Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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Biodiversity and Humans Health: Focus on Lyme Disease, Richard S. Ostfeld, PhD, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Emerging Infectious Diseases: Update on Avian Flu, Mary Wilson, MD, Harvard Medical School
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The Arctic, Sustainability, and the Media, Andrew Revkin, The New York Times
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Sustainable Cities, Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Energy Choices, William Moomaw, PhD, Tufts University
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Climate Change and the Financial Sector, Christopher T. Walker, Swiss Re
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Heavy Metals, Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, harvard School of Public Health
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Children's Chemical Burden, Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Sustainable Food for the Planet, Frances Moore Lappé, Small Planet Institute
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Aquaculture, Wild Stocks and Ocean Health, Rosamond Naylor, PhD, Stanford University
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Alternative Energy Technologies, Paul Wormser, MBA, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Wetland Buffers and Non-Linear Impacts from Climate Change, Virginia Burkett PhD., US Geological Survey
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Healthy Forests and Climate Change, William Schlesinger, PhD, Duke University
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Growing Food Sustainably, Fred Kirchenmann, PhD, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
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Financial Instruments, Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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2005

Congressional Course

What is a Healthy Forest? - Logging, Fires, and other Issues
Norman Christensen Ph.D., Duke University
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Pre-Natal Exposures to Pollutants and Future Health Risks
Frederica P. Perera Dr. P.H., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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The Endangered Species Act - What Has Worked, What Hasn't?
Mike Scott Ph.D., University of Idaho
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Climate Change Science - An Overview
David Rind Ph.D., Columbia University
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The Health of the Oceans - What Should Our Priorities Be?
Catherine Drew Harvell Ph.D., Cornell University
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Kyoto and Beyond - Implications for U.S. Businesses
Manik Roy Ph.D., Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Strategies for the Global Environment
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The Arctic Climate Impact Assesment - a Review
James McCarthy Ph.D., Harvard University
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Climate Change, the Hydrological Cycle, and Storms
Kevin Trenberth Sc.D., National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Air Pollution, "Clear Skies," and Human Health
Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health
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Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Overview, Paul Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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Environmental Health Science Methodologies, Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health
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How to Prepare for This Course, Daniel Goodenough, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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Climate Change: The Science, James McCarthy, Ph.D., Harvard University
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Climate Change: The Health Impacts, Paul Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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CO2 and Aeroallergens, Christine Rogers, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health
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Complex Humanitarian Emergencies, Jennifer Leaning, M.D., S.M.H., Harvard School of Public Health
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Lyme Disease, Richard Ostfeld, Ph.D., Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Ecological Principles, Richard Levins, Ph.D, Harvard School of Public Health
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Climate Change and Agriculture, Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute
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Harmful Algae and Seafood Safety, JoAnn Burkholder, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
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Shellfish Diseases and Ecological Health, Eileen Hofmann, Ph.D., Old Dominion University
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Healthy, Sustainable Food, Fred Kirschenmann, Ph.D., Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University
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Emerging and Resurging Infectious Diseases: The Compounding, Causes, Mary Wilson, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health
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Children and Body Burdens, Philip Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Heavy Metals, Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health
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Healthy Wetlands, Virgina Burkett, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey
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Biodiversity and Human Health, Eric Chivian, M.D., Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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The Shrinking Cryosphere, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Ph.D., Ohio State University
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Coral Bleaching and Coral Diseases, Raymond Hayes, Ph.D., Howard University
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Healthy Forests, William Schlesinger, Ph.D., Duke University
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Urbanization and Suburbanization, Howard Frumkin, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Local Initiatives, Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge
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Global Solutions, Ross Gelbspan
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Global Solutions, Chris Walker, Swiss Re
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2004
   
Congressional Course

What is Known about MTBE and Human Health, Lynn R. Goldman, M.D., M.P.H.
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Sewage Sludge: Potential Human Health Impacts, Tom Burke, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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PCBs and the Risk to Human Health, David O. Carpenter, M.D.
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Mercury in Seafood and Potential Health Risks, David Bellinger, Ph.D., M.Sc.
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Wetlands and Storm Water Runoff, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Ph.D., D.E.E.
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Panel Discussion on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs in Large Corporations, Christopher Walker, J.D., Kathryn Shanks, M.Sc., Katherine Reed, Ph.D.
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Sustainable Fisheries, Carl Safina, Ph.D.
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Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Ecological Principles, Richard Levins, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Globalization, Health and Inequity, Paul Farmer, M.D., M.P.H.
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Our Common Future - 17 Years Update, Gro Harlem Brundtland, M.D. M.P.H.
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The Latest Science on Revewable Energy Solutions, William Moomaw, Ph.D.
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Climate Change, Agriculture and Plant Disease, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
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The Amazon: Biodiversity and Change, Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D.
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Sustainable Fisheries, Carl Safina, Ph.D.
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Scientists, the Media and Solutions, Cornelia Dean
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Financing and Reprogramming Globaliztion to meet the Millenium Development Goals, Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D.
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Changing Biodiversity, E.O. Wilson, Ph.D.
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2003

Congressional Course

New Data on Impacts of Climate Change on Species and Ecosystems, Camille Parmesan, Ph.D.
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Air Pollution, Environmental Justice and Human Health, C. Arden Pope III, Ph.D.
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2002

Congressional Course

Humans as the World's Greatest Evolutionary Force, Stephen R.Palumbi, Ph.D.
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Environmental Contributions to Antibiotic Resistance, Rebecca Goldberg, Ph.D.
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Climate Change and Water, Peter Gleick, Ph.D.
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An Update on Genetically-Modified Crops:Environmental and Human Health Consequences, LaRessa Wolfenbarger, Ph.D.
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Human Health and Global Environmental Change


Population, Consumption and Global Environmental Change, Robert Engelman, M.S.
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Biodiversity and Infectious Desease: Focus on Lyme Disease, Richard S. Ostfeld, Ph.D.
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Persistent Organic Pollutants, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
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Sustainable Development, Sir Crispin Tickell, G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., M.A. (Oxon)
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Technological Solutions, Greg Watson, M.A.
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Global Change and Animal Diseases, David Sherman, D.V.M., M.S., Diplomate, A.C.V.I.M.
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The Great Transition, Paul Raskin, Ph.D.
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2001

Human Health and Global Environmental Change

Population Growth & Consumption, Nafis Sadik, M.D.
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Science od Ozone Depletion, Mario Molina, Ph.D.
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Persistent Organic Pollutants, Gina Solomom, M.D., M.P.H.
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Potential Risks of Genetically-Modified Crops, Michelle Marvier, Ph.D.
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Potential Ecological Risks of Aquaculture, Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D.
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Drinking Water Quality, Timothy E. Ford, Ph.D.
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International Treaties, Conventions, Protocols, Joanne Fox-Przeworski, Ph.D.
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Technological Solutions - Green Building Design, William McDonough, FAIA
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Societal/Political/Ethical Solutions, David Suzuki, Ph.D.
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