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Dow Chemical, 91
Downcycling, 231–232
Downshifting, 158–159
Droughts, 2, 16
Duales System Deutschland (DSD), 197
Dublin Principles, 18
Dumanoski, Dianne, 45
Durning, Alan, 181
Dyes, 48, 51
e-Stewards program, 206
Earth Economics, 242
Earth Overshoot Day, 153–154
Earthlife Africa, 222
EarthRights International, 33, 258
Earthworks, 21, 29, 253
Earthworms, 51
Ecological Footprint, 152
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, The, 5
Economist, The, 16
EcoPrint, 56
Ecuador, 30–31
EDC (ethylene dichloride)
Ehrenreich, Barbara, 142
Eisner, Michael, 50
Electricity, 35
Electronic waste (e-waste), 58, 185, 202–206
Electronics, 27–29, 57–64, 120
Electronics TakeBack Coalition, 58, 63, 202, 206
Elemental chlorine free (ECF) process, 54
Elgin, Duane, 158–159, 181
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 93, 98
Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, 98
Ending the Depression through Planned Obsolescence (London), 161–162
Envirogenetics, 75
Environmental Health News, 260
Environmental justice (EJ) movement, 87–88
Environmental Justice Networking Forum, 222
Environmental Paper Network (EPN), 9, 56
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 36, 54, 79, 88, 95–98, 115, 185, 190–192, 208, 215, 219–220, 225, 229
Environmental racism, 87–89
Environmental Working Group (EWG), 81–83, 95
Erosion, 7
Essential Action, 31
Etienne, Yannick, 49, 50
European Union, 5, 29, 72, 82, 133, 211, 234
Executive pay, 126, 258
Extended producer responsibility (EPR), 197–199, 233–234, 256
Extraction, 1–43, 253–255
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), 39
Factor 10 Club, 41
Fair trade logo, 51
Farmers markets, 140–141
Federal Express, 115
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, 96
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) of 1947, 97
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 231
Fence-line communities, 87–94
Fertilizers, 46
Financial crisis (2008–09), 5, 179, 184, 194
Fish, mercury in, 74–75, 95
Flame retardants, 60–62, 73, 79–80, 82–83, 169, 203, 261
Floods, 2, 4, 7, 12
Fluoride, 60
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 77, 95, 96, 99
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, 97
Ford, Henry, 159–160
Ford Motor Company, 164
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), 10, 40, 253
ForestEthics, 9
Forests, 2–10
Formaldehyde, 48
Fox, Peter, 174
Frank, Robert, 179
Freecycle, 120
Friedman, Thomas, 126
Fungicides, 46–47
Gallagher, Kevin, 136
Gandhi, Mahatma, 22
Gap, The, 108, 109
Geiser, Ken, 99, 101
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 128, 132
General Mining Act of 1872, 22, 254
General Motors Corporation, 164
Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), 242
Germany, 31, 71, 197, 234, 256, 257
Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA), 215, 216, 235, 257
Global Footprint Network (GFN), 152–153
Global Forest Coalition, 8
Global Mercury Partnership, 75
Global Trade Watch, 136
Global warming, 36
Global Witness, 25–27
Gold, 21, 23–25, 35, 75
Gold Rush of 1849, 24–25, 27
Golden Rules, 25, 34
Gone Tomorrow (Rogers), 228, 232
Good Electronics, 63
Good Jobs First, 122, 123
Goodell, Jeff, 36
GoodGuide, 62, 111–112, 140, 175, 184, 260
Government laws and agencies, 95–99
GRAVIS, 22
Great Depression, 128, 194
Green chemistry, 84, 105
Green Dot program, 197, 234, 256, 257
Green Press Initiative, 56
Greenhouse gases, 53, 65, 180, 186, 188, 235, 254
Greenpeace, 31, 62, 63, 91, 113, 222, 224, 225
Greenwashing, 187
Greider, William, 109
Greige goods, 116–117
Grey-water system, 17–18
Grossman, Elizabeth, 59–60
Grove, Andy, 58
Guernica Chemicals, 223
Guide to Green Electronics (Greenpeace), 62
H&M, 116–117, 118, 120
Haiti, 4, 49–50, 51, 132, 137–139, 178–179, 224–227
Halogens, 48
Hanger Network, 165
Happiness/unhappiness, 149–155
Happy Planet Index, 151–152, 242, 244, 251
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2, 22
Hawken, Paul, 241, 245, 250
Hazard Ranking System, 98
Hazardous waste, 201, 208
Health care, 122, 247
Health Care Without Harm, 202
Heap leaching, 24
Helfand, Judith, 175–176
Heptachlor epoxide, 79
Herbicides,