A Community Guide to Environmental Health

Conant, J. and Fadem, P. (2008). A community guide to environmental health. Berkeley, CA, USA
ISBN: 978-0-942364-56-9
Available as paperback or CD Book (order information), and as a free download (both by chapter and as a complete publication)

“This comprehensive guide has twenty-three chapters which break down the broad overview of environmental issues and concerns into specific examples of how they affect peoples’ health, and how communities have organized to improve their environment and thus their own lives. These chapters include: Promoting Environmental Health; Environmental Rights and Justice; Health Problems from Unsafe Water; Protecting Community Water; Building Toilets; Health Problems from Mosquitoes; Mining and Health; Solid Waste: Turning a Health Risk into a Resource; Preventing and Reducing Harm from Toxics; Sustainable Farming; Restoring Land and Planting Trees, The False Promise of Genetically-Engineered Foods; and Clean Energy.

Eighty-two specific stories from communities around the world enliven the chapters, showing the environmental challenges faced, and what people and grassroots organizations have done to empower themselves and transform their communities. The book also includes 22 activities and 40 easy-to-build “how-to” projects.