Stating the Problem -- Environmental Sciences, Sustainability, and Quality -- Biogeochemical Cycles -- Reconstructing Environmental Changes over the Last 3 Million Years -- Environmental History: Object of Study and Methodology -- Human Environmental History Since the Origin of Agriculture -- Recent Developments and Trends -- Principles and Methods -- General Principles -- Specific Principles -- Social Science and Environmental Behaviour -- The Natural Environment -- Analytical Tools for the Environment-Economy Interaction -- Analysis of Physical Interactions Between the Economy and the Environment -- Environmental Policy Instruments -- Environmental Institutions and Learning: Perspectives from the Policy Sciences -- Technology for Environmental Problems -- Integration -- Environmental Modelling -- An Illustration of the LCA Technique -- Integrated Assessment -- Context and Perspectives -- Environmental Policies in Their Cultural and Historical Contexts -- National Policy Styles and Waste Management in The Netherlands and Bavaria -- Land Use in Zimbabwe and Neighbouring Southern African Countries -- Climate Change Policy of Germany, UK and USA -- Technical Progress, Finite Resources and Intergenerational Justice -- Sustainability is an Objective Value -- A Rejoinder to Wilfred Beckerman and Herman Daly -- Transitions to Sustainability as Societal Innovations -- Agriculture and Food Problems -- Tracing the Sustainable Development of Nations with Integrated Indicators.