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Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Sierra Leone, 26
Rivers, 10–11, 24, 25
Roane County, Tennessee, 35
Rocks, 20–29
Rogers, Heather, 228, 232
Rosario, Juan, 65
Rosy periwinkle, 2–3, 35
Rwanda, 27, 28
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, 97
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Campaign, 84
Salt water, 15
San Francisco, California, 235–236
Sarangi, Satinath, 91
Saro-Wiwa, Ken, 31–33
Schettler, Ted, 74, 78, 79
Schor, Juliet, 156, 167, 168, 246, 247
Scorecard, 94
Scott, Lee, 122
Sea levels, 13
Seattle, Washington, 133–134
Seinfeld, Jerry, 182
Seldman, Neil, 228
Sequestration, 2
Sewage systems, 12
Shaman Pharmaceuticals, 3
Sharing and borrowing, 43, 237–238
Shell Oil, 31–33
Shoe repairs, 194
Shopping, 147–148
Shopping malls, 124–125
Shower curtains, 69
Shukla, Champa Devi, 91
Sierra Leone, 26, 35
Silent Spring (Carson), 98
Silicon, 59
Silicon Valley, 57–58
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, 63
Silicosis, 59
Silver, 59
SmartWay Transport program, 115
Smith, Alisa, 140–141
Smith, Kari, 165
Smith, Ted, 58
Sodium hydroxide, 60
Soesterberg Principles, 63
Soil, 7, 12
Solar power, 34, 36
South Africa, 23–24, 26, 221–223, 258
South Korea, 135
Soy inks, 55
Spain, 31, 71
Species extinction, 4
Speth, Gus, 167
Stainless steel, 44
Staples, 9
Steam engine, invention of, 101
Stevens, Brooks, 161, 163
Stewart, Howard, 225
Stoller Chemical, 219
Story of Stuff, The (film), 56, 147, 162
Suicide, teen, 150
Sulfonamides, 48
Sulfur dioxide, 65
Sulfuric acid, 48, 60
Superfund sites, 57, 97, 208
Supply chains, 107–113, 117, 256
Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative, 34, 231
Sustainable Forestry Initiative, 10
Sweatshops, 49–50, 51
Switkes, Glenn, 66
Synthetic materials, 44–45, 75, 78, 80
Take-back programs, 29, 206
Talberth, John, 242
Tantalum (coltan), 27–29, 35, 246
Tar sands, 254
Target, 118
Television, 167–168, 262
Tetramethylammonium, 60
Texaco, 30
Text messages, 57
Thor Chemicals, 221–223
Thoreau, Henry David, 147
Thornton, Thomas, 245
Timber plantations, 5
Tin, 59
Toluene, 55
Total economic value framework, 18
Totally chlorine free (TCF) process, 54, 56
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976, 82, 97
Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty, 1987–2007 (United Church of Christ), 89
Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States (United Church of Christ), 88
Toxics Release Inventory, 93–94
Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA), 218
Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), 218–219
Toyota, 71, 108, 111
Toys, 74, 111
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act, 136, 255
Trans-Atlantic Network for Clean Production, 63
Transition Towns, 141–142
Trees, 2–10, 21
Triclosan, 79
Trucks, 113–115, 123
Ts’ai Lun, 52
Tucker, Cora, 88
Turkey, 50, 157–158
Tweeting, 57
Uganda, 27
Underground (subsurface) mining, 20
Unhappiness/happiness, 149–155
UNICOR, 205
Union Carbide Corporation, 90–93
United Church of Christ (UCC), 88, 89
United Nations, 38, 146
Center for Trade and Development, 228
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 16
Environment Programme (UNEP), 75
Food and Agriculture Organization, 47
Human Development Index, 242
Human Poverty Index, 151
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 137–139
UPS (United Parcel Service), 115
Uranium, 35
Urban Ore, 200
Urea resins, 48
USA*Engage, 258
Uzbekistan, 45, 46
Vacations, 247
VCM (vinyl chloride monomer), 68
Vinblastin, 2
Vincristine, 2
Vinyl Institute, 70, 265–266
Virtual water, 17, 46
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 55, 209
Voluntary Simplicity (Elgin), 158–159, 181
Wal-Mart, 71, 107, 116, 120–127, 145, 188
Walden (Thoreau), 147
Wales, 251–252
Wallach, Lori, 134
Walton, Sam, 121
War, 243–245
Washington State, 2, 6, 11
Waste Makers, The (Packard), 163, 194
Waste Management, Inc., 230
Waste-to-energy plants, 215
Wastewater, 61, 86, 208
Water, 10–19, 46
Water footprint, 17, 46
Water pollution, 18, 49
Water scarcity, 16, 46
Water warriors, 19
Water Wars, 140
Watson, Alan, 252
Waxman, Henry, 93
Waxman-Markey climate bill, 209