chapter 1 An Introduction to Practical Environmentalism and the Four Pillars -- chapter 2 A Short History of Environmentalism in the United States -- chapter 3 The Ethics of Environmentalism -- chapter 4 The Confounding Factors -- chapter 5 Environmental Degradation—The First Pillar -- chapter 6 Resource Conservation—The Second Pillar -- chapter 7 The “Human” Pillars of Economic Progress and Personal Benet -- chapter 8 Scoring with the Pillars—A Few Simple Examples to Illustrate the Method -- chapter 9 The Pillars in Daily Life -- chapter 10 The Pillars and the Really Big Issues -- chapter 11 More Really Big Issues—The Sacricial Ones -- chapter 12 The Pillars and Global Warming -- chapter 13 Other Measures of Environmental Performance -- chapter 14 Some Final Thoughts.