The text of the declaration adopted by the conference (see SE 506 639 and SE 506 641) for presentation to the United Nations General Assembly for ratification and implementation. The declaration is a code of international conduct which holds that all nations must accept responsibility for the consequences of their own actions on the environment…

Perceptions of the official and unofficial proceedings of the Stockholm conference by staff reporters and by two scientists (Berry and Ehrlich) concerning the achievements and disappointments of the attempt to establish a world organization for the preservation of environmental quality. Includes discussion of political divisions and personal…

From the 1972 Behavioral Science Symposium, this article examines the prospect of attaining effective international cooperation for environmental protection of the Earth. Discusses the need for strategies to remove some of the conceptual obstacles (political and social) to cooperation, and identifies some possible conceptual and institutional…

The proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society and held in New York in April 1976 are presented here. The focus of this symposium was on world interdependencies in the areas of food, energy and population. Papers presented examined the current and future problems facing the peoples of the world stressing the need to…

Discusses the efficient use of energy. Compares reserves and pollutants generated by natural gas, oil, and coal. Points out some alternative energy sources and ways for improving energy efficiency in buildings, industrial processes, and transportation. Describes some problems in developing and developed countries. (YP)

Discussed are some of the relevant social, technological, and economic issues involved with environmental problems in third world countries. The role of developed nations in political and economic development in the third world is addressed. (CW)

This booklet contains a summary of the preparation efforts of the United States for participation in the U.N. Conference on the Human Environment. This conference, the first world-wide effort of governments to consider and act upon the environmental problems of the entire human community, was held in Stockholm in June, 1972. Description is given…

The infusion of technology into society has created social and environmental problems as well as benefits. Four concerns linked with technology are discussed in this paper: rising unemployment, growing social inequalities, dwindling oil and gas reserves, and potential long-term ecological problems. Indiscriminate transfer of modern labor-saving…

Although progress has been made in combatting the most visible and easily controlled forms of pollution (exhaust, industrial waste, sewage, etc.), other pollutants have been largely ignored. Pollutants which are uncontrolled and which are increasingly recognized as dangerous include carbon dioxide, toxic substances such as dioxin, mirex, lindane,…