| Unit A Foods and Security |
| Chapter 1 How Can We Get Our Food? 1 |
| Chapter 2 Food Mileage and Virtual Water 11 |
| Chapter 3 Food Nutritional Value and Health 19 |
| Chapter 4 Food Safety and Information 28 |
| Unit B Natural Resources |
| Chapter 5 Water: Problems and Conflicts 36 |
| Chapter 6 Waste and Domestic Garbage 46 |
| Chapter 7 Energy Demands and New Sources 55 |
| Chapter 8 Rare Metals and Conflicts 65 |
| Unit C Environment |
| Chapter 9 Food Chain and Biodiversity 75 |
| Chapter 10 Invasive Species and Crisis in Biodiversity 83 |
| Chapter 11 Facing Environmental Degradation 94 |
| Unit D Summary |
| Chapter 12 Environment and Ethics 104 |
| Chapter 13 How Would be Our Efforts to Daily Life to be Environmentally Friendly? 114 |
| Chapter 14 Epilogue: Challenges at Tsukuba Science City 122 |
| Appendix 125 |
| References 139 |
| Answers to Exercises 144 |
| Index 160 |
| Unit A Foods and Security |
| Chapter 1 How Can We Get Our Food? 1 |
| Chapter 2 Food Mileage and Virtual Water 11 |
| Chapter 3 Food Nutritional Value and Health 19 |
| Chapter 4 Food Safety and Information 28 |
| Unit B Natural Resources |
