This article explores environmental health and epidemiology topics relating to international health, focusing on population issues, underdeveloped countries, and food supply problems. (CB)

Describes how the author became involved in teaching about genocide and the ways in which his approach to the subject has changed. Demonstrates how student involvement in research and discussion can stimulate interest on the topic. (GEA)

Lists 17 acts of genocide occurring between 1904 and the present. Includes dates and estimates of the numbers of people killed. Indicates which acts are considered to be genocide by the more narrow United Nations definition. (GEA)

Focusing on the Holocaust, Smith uses David Wyman's book "The Abandonment of the Jews," to explore the reasons why America delayed its attempts to save Jews from concentration camps. Considering what the current American response would be to the Holocaust, Smith concludes that while there is more sensitivity, there can be no confidence…

Concerns the threat of thermal nuclear war and its consequences for the health of people of the world. Presents a summary of a report submitted to the 1983 World Health Assembly and recommends world, rather than national, citizenship. Discusses reasons for the difficulties encountered in achieving international thinking and behavior. (Author/NB)

Examines the effects of the welfare state on ethnicity in western societies. Maintains that group formation and action based on ethnic identity is aided by essential aspects of the welfare society. (JDH)

Describes a program, developed in a small Vermont elementary school, that centered on world hunger and global awareness by involving students in helping stop food waste during lunch. Community members and businesses pledged money as an incentive for stopping waste, and the money raised went to UNICEF. (MD)

War is a stressful social condition that can be considered a form of child abuse. The holocaust experience, Vietnam, and World War II have all had significant effects on children's emotions and behavior. Problems that arise from these traumatic events are explored. (DF)

This twenty item population quiz, taken from the Sierra Club's monthly newsletter on population issues, reviews current demographic statistics and trends in both the United States and the world. (BT)

Presented is a discussion of the tendency of modern science to repress innovation principally through a complete lack of support or rejection of nonconforming scientists. (SL)

Summarized are 13 major problems facing every country in the world today. Problems include: disarmament, population explosion, pollution, energy, conservation of natural resources, transportation, communications, and health. (SL)

On October 7-8, 1996, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund joined with the World Bank to host a gathering of foundation executives, leaders of major humanitarian and environmental nongovernmental organizations, and officers of large multilateral institutions. The meeting was entitled "Building a Constituency for Global Interdependence," and its…

Generalizations about the sea as a total system are outlined. The practical educational problems of how to design appropriate learning experiences for these generalizations are discussed. (Author/KM)

The problems of the backlash of development and economic growth are considered in terms of overpopulation. The need for labor-intensive schemes and educational programs for the young is noted. (KM)