INDEX
Composting, community
programs for
methods of composting,
400–402
separation of organic (wet)
wastes, 398, 399
signs the compost is
working, 403
size of site and, 400
waste that cannot be
composted, 403
working for change, 401
Compost tea, 288
Compost toilets
closed pit toilet as, 120
defined, 125
groundwater protection
and, 119
simple, for tree planting, 118,
126–127
two-pit, 118, 128
Computers see Electronics
Concentration, lack of
heavy metal poisoning, 337
nervous system damage, 262
pesticide poisoning, 252, 262
Concrete constructions
blocks, house building with,
378, 381, 383
cover for waste pit, 439
cover slab for well, 80
filled barrel for sharps, 439
toilet platform, 120, 121–122
toilet ring beam, 120, 122
also see Cement
Confusion
heavy metal poisoning, 337
indoor air pollution, 352
multiple chemical
sensitivity, 333
nerve damage, 332
pesticide poisoning, 252, 262
shock, 556
Conservation, of water, 45, 118
Conservation groups, 194
Consumers, 225
Consumption see Tuberculosis
Consumption, changes in, 13, 451
Containers
colored, for health care
waste, 426
grain storage, 305
growing trees in, 210–211
growing vegetables in, 310, 312
for health care waste
disinfection chemicals, 429
for mining chemicals, 486
natural refrigerator, 306
for pesticides, 269
for toxics, disposal of, 269, 410
for water storage, 91
Containment ponds (oil), 509
Contour barriers, 290–293
Contour lines, 290
Controlled burning, 189
Convulsions, oil and, 506
Cookers see Stoves
Cooking
food-borne illness prevention,
57, 375
indoor air pollution and, 352–354
also see Food; Fuels; Stoves
Cooperatives
for clean energy production,
529, 539
for farmers, 227, 313, 315
for miners, 493
for waste collectors, 406
Copper mining, 485–486
Corn starch, 373
Corporations
accountability, working for, 42
Bhopal toxic gas disaster and,
36–43, 345–346
bond requirement, 495
chemical, abandonment of
communities by, 36–39, 43
control of food production by,
223, 233, 274
control of natural resources
by, 24
control of water by, 67
deforestation and, 181, 185
food security and, 225,
231–235
lawsuits against, 563–565
mining, holding accountable,
492–494, 495, 496, 497
multinational, defined, 37
oil, abandonment of
communities by, 499, 500,
505, 511, 516, 521–523
sustainability and, 31
tobacco advertising by, 355
violence of, toward resisters,
522, 558, 565
water contamination by, 75
also see Clean production;
Farming; Genetically
engineered (GE) foods;
Mining; Oil (petroleum);
Rights; Toxics; Working
for change
Cotton, 238–239
Coughing
asbestosis, 332
asthma, 331
lung damage from dusts, 476
pesticide poisoning, 253
tuberculosis, 356
Cough syrup, how to make, 477
Cover crops, 285–286, 294
Cows
biogas production from
manure of, 540, 541, 542
biomass energy from manure
of, 540
compacting fish pond liner, 309
compost and manure of, 403
deforestation and, 163, 185,
187, 195
fencing out of fields, 201
fencing out of water sources, 74
raising, 307–308
seed starting and manure of, 207
watershed damage and, 159,
163, 166
also see Animals
Credit
farmers and, 233
microcredit, 42, 529, 539
Crop rotation, 300
Crops
bio-fuel, 533
cover (green manures),
285–286, 294
patterns of, changing, 300
planting trees together
with, 302
also see Crop spacing; Crop
wastes; Crop yields;
Gardens; Sustainable
farming
Crop spacing
natural pest management
and, 296
shading soil with close, 294
small-scale crop production
and, 310
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