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EXECUTIVE EDITORS William C. Clark contributors II John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Robert W. Kates JOHN CAIRNS JR. is university distinguished professor of environmen­ University Professor Emeritus Brown University tal biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Alan McGowan "Ecosocietal Restoration: Reestablishing Humanity's Relationship with Media Resource Service, New York Natural Systems" (page 4) is adapted from remarks delivered on 5 Timothy O'Riordan December 1994 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia D.C., as the fifth Abel Wolman Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the Norwich, England Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council. Cairns knew Abel Wolman for decades and dedicated his book Integrat­ ed Environmental Management (Lewis Publishers, 1991) to him. MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER is senior scientist and chair of the global CONTRIBUTING EDITORS atmosphere program at the Environmental Defense Fund, where his Vladimir Annenkov, Philippe Bourdeau, work focuses on acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and climate Harvey Brooks, Lynton Keith Caldwell, James Cameron, Gordon R, Conway, change. His article "Context, Connection, and Opportunity in Environ­ Joel Darmstadter, Robert Dickinson, mental Problem Solving" (page 10) offers an important perspective on Eric Hirst,