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Don't Fear the Reapers A special series on the alleged 'Death of Environmentalism'		13 Jan 2005	Main Dish
A special series on the alleged "Death of Environmentalism" 13 Jan 2005 Environmental leaders were rather dismayed late last year when upstarts began offering high-profile obituaries of their beloved movement. Is environmentalism dead? We are reminded of a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail in which a wizened old man is offered to the collector of dead bodies in plague-ridden London. "I'm not dead," the geezer wheezes. "I'm getting bette ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Death of Environmentalism, politics, United States (all these topics)

Bill Moyers hearts us, and we him	Grist	03 Dec 2004	Gristmill
Speaking of how great we are and how you ought to give us money: Bill Moyers (who we interviewed here) loves us. He recently won the fourth annual Global Environment Citizen Award from the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. Meryl Streep gave him the award. Here's the speech he gave (note repeated Grist kudos, not that we're bragging, which we obviously are): Update [2005-2-10 13:17:50 by Dave Roberts]:In the speech below, Moyers repeats a ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, heroes, Massachusetts (all these topics)

Rhymes with "ditty" too	David Roberts	08 Nov 2004	Gristmill
The radio program 'Living On Earth' had some hack from the Wall Street Journal editorial page on, along with Grist contributor Bill McKibben, to discuss what Bush's victory means for the environment. It's interesting (and like Shalini, what I mean by interesting is 'makes me reach for a noose'). You can read the transcript here.
Topics: Bill McKibben, Politics, George Bush (all these topics)

One Nation, Underperforming The U.S. has outsourced environmental leadership	Bill McKibben	05 Apr 2004	Soapbox
On the money. California unveiled the design on its state quarter last week: a picture of John Muir, an image of Half Dome. It's an apt representation of American environmentalism at the moment -- rich in history, but not worth much at present. Modern environmentalism can fairly be described as an American invention. It got its rhetoric from John Muir, its fighting savvy from David Brower ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, green living, politics, United States (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers readers' questions		02 Apr 2004	InterActivist
When Monsanto (the big guy) took on Oakhurst Dairy (the smaller guy) here in Maine, Oakhurst did a bit of hedging on their label language. How could things have happened differently? What should dairies do? -- Steve Hoad, Windsor, Maine Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food. For those not familiar with this story, Monsanto sued Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, Maine, in Jul ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers Grist's questions		29 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Chapter. What does it do? PSR is a nonprofit educational organization committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes. PSR has programs on the health effe ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Got Sun? Marketing the revolution in clean energy	Amanda Griscom	29 Aug 2002	Powers That Be
Last month, 10 solar-powered race cars zipped around a 1.5-mile NASCAR track at the legendary Texas Motor Speedway, some of them reaching the dizzying speed of 35 miles per hour. With all its technological novelty and timely political implications, the Dell and Winston Solar Challenge (named for the computer and cigarette companies that sponsored it) might have been a grand public spectacle. But the entire 155,000-se ...
Topics: advertising, Bill McKibben, cars, grassroots activism, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics)

What Would Jesus Drive? Ministers help kick off new phase of anti-SUV campaign	Bill McKibben	05 Jun 2001	Main Dish
There are more scenic places for a demonstration -- the Lincoln Memorial, say, or the lawn of the Capitol. But the Lynnway, an endless stretch of dreary light industry and heavy commerce just north of Boston, was perfect for our purposes. Not because of the greyhound racing track, not because of the discount furniture outlets. Because of the auto dealers, crowded with shiny SUVs. Just marr ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, cars, consumerism, green living, placemaking, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Planet of the Aches The U.S. balks at a global solution to global warming	Bill McKibben	22 Nov 2000	Main Dish
THE HAGUE, Netherlands If you walk straight out the front door of this convention hall and skirt the sandbagged dike that activists built during a weekend demonstration, you find yourself at the front door of a squat building with a U.N. flag flying from a pole. Enter it (past a pair of metal detectors) and you find yourself in the chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Dispatches, international politics, Kyoto Protocol, Netherlands (all these topics)

Hostel Takeover Greenpeace student activists stir things up at The Hague	Bill McKibben	21 Nov 2000	Main Dish
THE HAGUE, Netherlands The Hague, with its constant drizzle, qualifies as one of the gloomiest cities I've ever visited, and the tense, uncertain busyness of the convention center doesn't add much to the atmosphere. But a 20-minute train ride from the hall brings you to the one truly hopping spot in town, a youth hostel that has been taken over by Greenpeace for the duration of the conference. S ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate change adaptation, Dispatches, grassroots activism, Netherlands, politics (all these topics)

A Hague Sense of Unease Will the rest of the world bend to U.S. pressure to weaken Kyoto?	Bill McKibben	20 Nov 2000	Main Dish
THE HAGUE, Netherlands An hour's drive from the crowded convention hall where international negotiators are toiling to reach some agreement on fighting climate change, you can visit one of the enormous storm surge barriers the Dutch have built to keep the North Sea at bay. Comprising hundreds of thousands of tons of concrete and steel, they stand guard at the river mouths to pre ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate change adaptation, Dispatches, Kyoto Protocol, Netherlands (all these topics)

Everything But the Carbon Sink Climate negotiators in The Hague have their work cut out for them	Bill McKibben	17 Nov 2000	Main Dish
THE HAGUE, Netherlands This month's international climate negotiations in The Hague, though full of sound and fury, are about one thing and one thing only: using policy in an attempt to bridge the wide gap between science and politics. If you keep that in mind, you'll have some sense of whether the session is a success or not -- a better sense, probably, than you'll get f ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate change adaptation, Dispatches, international politics, Kyoto Protocol, Netherlands (all these topics)

Magnificent, Seven!		11 Apr 2000	Daily Grist
Magnificent, Seven! Enviros and other activists yesterday kicked off more than a week of protests against corporate globalization in Washington, D.C., with the goal of disrupting meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund this Sunday and Monday. Seven protestors were arrested yesterday, including Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth, and John Pass ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, fossil fuels, grassroots activism, Washington DC, World Bank (all these topics)

Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream		20 Jan 2000	Dispatches
Betsy Taylor is executive director of the Center for a New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 20 Jan 2000 TAKOMA PARK, Md. Perhaps God made snow to force us to slow down. I was scheduled to fly to Michigan this morning for a four-day strategic retreat that the Center was sponsoring with support from the Fetzer Institute near Kalamazoo. I awoke to the first serious snow storm of the year -- and to cancelled flight ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Dispatches, grassroots activism (all these topics)

Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream		19 Jan 2000	Dispatches
Betsy Taylor is executive director of the Center for a New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 19 Jan 2000 TAKOMA PARK, Md. Up at 6 a.m. after my late return from New York last night. As usual, the first half hour of the day was for reflection, quiet time, coffee. Once I got my 9- and 11-year-olds off to school, I opted to work from home for the morning -- a rare indulgence in claiming my own space. Sometimes, wh ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Dispatches, grassroots activism (all these topics)

Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream		18 Jan 2000	Dispatches
Betsy Taylor is executive director of the Center for a New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 18 Jan 2000 TAKOMA PARK, Md. I awoke at 5:30 a.m. to catch a 7 a.m. train to New York City. Back to work! Off to raise money to keep the Center moving. I still find this dance of fundraising interesting to observe, almost as a third party, even as I'm in the midst of it. I've been either raising money or giving money away ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Dispatches, grassroots activism (all these topics)

Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream		17 Jan 2000	Dispatches
Betsy Taylor is executive director of the Center for a New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Monday, 17 Jan 2000 TAKOMA PARK, Md. Despite the federal holiday, I spent a few hours at the office, fighting back against the tide of mail, faxes, email, and voice mail. Ugh. The inflow of information is beyond my capacity to respond. Seems the sage was right who claims we live in an age of much information and little wisdom. ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Dispatches, grassroots activism (all these topics)

Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream		16 Jan 2000	Dispatches
Betsy Taylor is executive director of the Center for a New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Sunday, 16 Jan 2000 TAKOMA PARK, Md. This morning felt like winter. It was wonderful to have a rush of frigid air in my face for a change after such a balmy December. Hoping for snow! After some silent meditation, I browsed through the newspaper and was interested to see a piece on sport utility vehicles. Kara Kockelman at the ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Dispatches, grassroots activism (all these topics)

Cutting Globalization Down to Size Protesters make themselves heard in Seattle	Bill McKibben, TomPaine.com	30 Nov 1999	Main Dish
By Bill McKibben and TomPaine.com 30 Nov 1999 SEATTLE, Wash. The metaphor is irresistible. Between 8 and 10 this morning in downtown Seattle, the protesters owned the streets. Later in the day, they vied with police, back and forth; but as the day began the cops were back inside their perimeters, and the few thousand drumming, singing demonstrators were firmly in control. And so, as delegates began to arrive for the ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, globalization, grassroots activism, Seattle, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

On the Streets of Seattle What the demonstrators are fighting for	Bill McKibben, TomPaine.com	29 Nov 1999	Main Dish
By Bill McKibben and TomPaine.com 29 Nov 1999 SEATTLE, Wash. In the USA today, according to USA Today, the holiday shopping season opened with a 6.4 percent jump in sales from last year. The Labor Department reported that personal income rose at the fastest pace in more than five years last month. Donald Trump vowed to spend $100 million of his own money if he ran for president ("very few other people can do that," he p ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, grassroots activism, Seattle, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

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