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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 1, No. 1 July- August 1996


7 Environment and the Future of the Arab World
Editorial by Najib Saab
12 Noise Pollution How noise affects human health
14 Cover Story: War Against the Environment War and the Environment in Lebanon Oil Pollution in the Kuwait War Land Mines
24 80 Green Tips Personal actions that help protect the environment
28 Building Environmentally Friendly Homes About environmental design in modern architecture
34 Birds of Lebanon Description and illustrations
36 National Parks of Tunisia A joyful trip to man-made wonders in Africa
42 Bhopal Revisited The situation 12 years after the catastrophe
45 A Jungle of Used Tires What to do with millions of them?
46 Composting Domestic Wastes A do-it-yourself guide
48 Pollution Inside the Human Body About nutrition and health
52 The Alternative Shop A successful environmentally friendly business
54 Population Growth and the Environment An example from Egypt
58 Environment and Future Civilization On environmental law and legislation
63 The Friends of Nature A pioneering NGO in Lebanon
66 Mostafa Kamal Tolba: The Public and the Environment An environmental perspective

The Environment Is a Trust in Your Hands: an illustrated series on personal action to protect the environment, 4 Advisory Board, 5 Letter from the Editor, 9 Arab Environmental News, 10 World Environmental News, 26 Green Bandar: a comic strip, 31 Environment Market, 32 Consumer Tips, 40 NGO News, 50 Natural Medicine, 56 UNEP News, 59 Calendar, 60 Green Library, 61 Subscription coupon, 62