Theory in environmental ethics -- We're all in this ... alone : the individual and community -- For ecological health or profit? : the POPs elimination treaty -- Heart thieves : preserving endangered ecosystems or endangered cultures in Madagascar -- Must Java have no forests? : nature preserves and human population pressures -- Buried alive : future generations and permanent underground disposal of nuclear waste -- Water : economic commodity and divine gift -- Guardian angels of Angel Oak : to till or keep -- River run or river ruined : hydropower or free-flowing rivers? -- Nature creates deserts too : addressing desertification in China -- Rewilding : restoration of degraded ecosystems -- Planning for climate change -- Improving on natural variation? : genetically modified foods -- Nature red in tooth, claw, and bullet : hunting and human presence in nature -- Understanding xenotransplants : crossbreeding humans or advanced domestication of animals? -- Appendix : Using environmental case studies in the classroom.