The following abbreviations are used in the book.
| Acronym | Term |
|---|---|
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ALIN | Arid Lands Information Network |
| APC | Association for Progressive Communications |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| AZTREC | Association of Zimbabwean Traditional Environmental Conservationists |
| BAWT | Bay Area Wilderness Training |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BEWDA | Bawku East Women's Development Association |
| BP | British Petroluem |
| BT | British Telecom |
| CdP | Community data Processing |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of [All Forms of] Discrimination Against Women |
| CERN | Centre Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire |
| CFC | chloroflourocarbon |
| COW | Community on Wheels |
| CSM | Cerebrospinal Meningitis |
| CSW | (United Nations) Commission on the Status of Women |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DCA | Defense Communications Agency |
| DEC | Disasters Emergency Committee |
| DOD | (United States) Department of Defense |
| EAC | Estuary Action Challenge |
| ECDPM | European Center for Development Policy Management |
| ECOSOC | (United Nations) Economic and Social Council |
| EII | Earth Island Institute |
| EIJ | Earth Island Journal |
| EU | European Union |
| FGM | female genital mutilation |
| G7 | Group of 7 (United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada) |
| GB | Great Britain |
| GCE | Global Campaign for Education |
| GSC | Global Service Corps |
| HFC | hydrochloroflourocarbon |
| HOPE | Health Outreach Project of Emory |
| IANSA | International Action Network on Small Arms |
| ICT | Information and communication technologies |
| IGC | Institute for Global Communications |
| IGG | International Governance Group |
| IGO | Intergovernmental Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMMP | International Marine Mammal Project |
| IR | International Relations |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| ISTEA | Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act |
| IT | Internet technology |
| MAI | Multilateral Agreement on Investment |
| MSF | Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| ODN | Overseas Development Network (JustAct) |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| ORN | online resource network |
| OWBT | OneWorld Broadcasting Trust |
| Oxy | Occidental Petroleum |
| POP | persistent organic pollutant |
| PRA | participatory rural appraisal |
| PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
| RAG | Rainforest Action Group |
| RAN | Rainforest Action Network |
| SAGE | Student Action on the Global Economy (JustAct initiative) |
| SAGE | Sustainable Alternatives to the Global Economy (Earth Island project) |
| SAMWU | South African Municipal Workers Union |
| SMO | social movement organization |
| SWEED | Society for Women's Education and Economic Development |
| TCS | Thoreau Center for Sustainability |
| TPP | Tibetan Plateau Project |
| TSMO | transnational social movement organization |
| TRPA | Tahoe Regional Planning Agency |
| UCSF | University of California at San Francisco |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UHP | Urban Habitat Program |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Program |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| U-RISE | Urban and Rural Institute for Social Education |
| WB | World Bank |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| ZFOU | Zimbabwe Friends of the Unemployed |