Environmental NGOs in the International Arena

by Richard Wilcox

Tsuda College/International Relations, Environmental Studies

I will argue that preservation of the Earth's environment requires a decentralized movement to nourish resistance to capitalism and effect the necessary structural transformation in not only the socio-economic realm but in the realm of cultural values and commonly accepted social assumptions. Environmental NGOs can fulfill a critical role toward this end.

Table of Contents

1. Abstract

2. Introduction

3. The Imperial Context

4. The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

5. The World Wildlife Fund: A Case Study in Compromise

6. The Grassroots Imperative and the Ecology of Hope

7. An Annotated Directory of Japanese Grassroots Organizations

8. Bibliography

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