Chapter 32: Challenges and Hopes for the Future

Hazel Henderson

________, a British- born economist, has been especially active in founding public interest groups.

Modern transportation

________ and communication systems are transforming the world community.

1969

In ________, the American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.

NGOs

________ include professional, business, and cooperative organizations; foundations; religious, peace, and disarmament groups, which work to limit or reduce armed forces and weapons; youth and womens organizations; environmental and human rights groups; and research institutes.

1962

In ________, American scientist Rachel Carson argued that the use of pesticides- chemicals sprayed on crops to kill insects- was having deadly, unforeseen results.

Technological revolution

The ________ has also led to the development of more advanced methods of destruction.

Ecology

_________, the study of the relationship between living things and their environment

Deforestation

____________—the clearing of forests—is one by-product of the growing population

Acid rain

____________, the rainfall that results when sulfur produced by factories mixes with moisture in the air.

Biowarfare

____________, the use of disease and poison against civilians and soldiers in wartime, is not new, however.

Global economy

_____________—an economy in which the production, distribution, and sale of goods take place on a worldwide scale.