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Researchers ·Gary Gardner

Worldwatch Papers

The Anatomy of Resource Wars - WWP #162
Paper Cuts: Recovering the Paper Landscape - WWP #149
Mind Over Matter: Recasting the Role of Materials in Our Lives - WWP #144
Recycling Organic Waste: From Urban Pollutant to Farm Resource - WWP #135
A Building Revolution: How Ecology and Health Concerns Are Transforming Construction - WWP #124
The Next Efficiency Revolution: Creating a Sustainable Materials Economy - WWP #121
Global Network: Computers in a Sustainable Society - WWP #115
Mining the Earth - WWP #109
Discarding the Throwaway Society - WWP #101
Mining Urban Wastes: The Potential for Recycling - WWP #76
Materials Recycling: The Virtue of Necessity - WWP #56
Space: The High Frontier in Perspective - WWP #50
Productivity: The New Economic Context - WWP #49
Wood: An Ancient Fuel with a New Future - WWP #42
Repairs, Reuse, Recycling - First Steps Toward a Sustainable Society - WWP #23
Soft Technologies, Hard Choices - WWP #21

Worldwatch Books

How Much is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth

State of the World Chapters

Scrapping Mining Dependence - State of the World 2003
Reducing our Toxic Burden - State of the World 2002
Phasing Out Persistent Organic Pollutants - State of the World 2000
Recovering the Paper Landscape - State of the World 2000
Harnessing Information Technologies for the Environment - State of the World 2000
Forging a Sustainable Materials Economy - State of the World 1999

Press Releases

World Watch Magazine: January/ February 2004 - December 18, 2003
From War Zones to Shopping Malls: New study reveals deadly link between consumer demand and third world resource wars - October 17, 2002
From Rio to Johannesburg: Mining Less in a Sustainable World - August 06, 2002
All-You-Can-Eat Economy is Making the World Sick - May 24, 2001
Bush POPs Announcement a Relative "No-Brainer" - April 20, 2001
Ground-Breaking Toxics Report Will Wake-Up America - March 21, 2001
Stepping Off the Toxic Treadmill - November 19, 2000
"Cutting the Costs of Paper: Saving Forests, Water, Energy ... and Money" - December 11, 1999
From Grassroots to Boardrooms: Slashing Raw Material Use to Increase Profits and Protect the Environment - December 17, 1998
Accelerating Demand for Land Wood, and Paper Pushing World's Forests to the Brink - April 04, 1998
Recycling Organic Waste: A Win-Win Proposition - August 02, 1997

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World Watch Magazine Articles

The Hidden Shame in the Global Industrial Economy - January/ February 2004
ChevronTexaco on Trial - January/ February 2004
Malaria, Mosquitoes, and DDT - May/ June 2002
The Fight for Siberia - March/ April 2002
Why Share? - July/ August 1999
Paper Forests - March/ April 1998
The Story of a Shoe - March/ April 1998
After the Deluge: The Changing Worldview - January/ February 1997
A Refrigerator Revolution - September/ October 1996
Good Wood - September/ October 1996
The Sudden New Strength of Recycling - July/ August 1995
Our Buildings, Ourselves - November/ December 1994
The New Materialism: A Matter of Policy - September/ October 1994
Spreading the Net - January/ February 1994
Packaging A Revolution - September/ October 1993
For the Love of Gold - May/ June 1993
Los Angeles 21, New York 5... - March/ April 1993
Last Sanctuary - November/ December 1992
Whitewash: Pursuing the Truth About Paper - September/ October 1992
Aluminum's Real Tab - March/ April 1992
Tossing the Throwaway Habit - May/ June 1991
How Much Is "Enough"? - November/ December 1990
A Most Deadly Trade - July/ August 1990
Building a Market for Recyclables - May/ June 1988