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Print to the Finish Hayden Hamilton, CEO of GreenPrint, answers readers' questions		03 Aug 2007	InterActivist
Have you approached Microsoft and/or Apple? I hope my next computer has your software already downloaded! -- Gale Tichenor, Huntington Station, N.Y. Hayden Hamilton, CEO of GreenPrint. Our ultimate goal is exactly that -- to be pre-loaded on the next computer you buy. GreenPrint solves a problem nearly every computer user has -- and the solution applied globally would save tens of millions of trees a ...
Topics: business, greening biz operations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Printy Freshness Hayden Hamilton, CEO of GreenPrint, answers Grist's questions		30 Jul 2007	InterActivist
Hayden Hamilton. What work do you do? I'm the founder and CEO of GreenPrint. How does it relate to the environment? We recently launched GreenPrint software which analyzes each page of every document sent to the printer and looks for typical waste characteristics (like that last page with just a URL, banner ad, logo, or legal jargon) and then eliminates wasteful pages automatically. GreenPrint also incorpo ...
Topics: business, greening biz operations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Cutting a Rug Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers readers' questions		27 Jul 2007	InterActivist
What comes from a carpet when it is broken down for recycling? What is done with the recycled materials? Are there waste products left over? If there are, what is done with them? -- Carla Yamauchi, Tucson, Ariz. Robert Peoples, executive director of the Carpet America Recovery Effort Carpet is a highly engineered and complex product. It is built to last, and that is what makes it so challenging to recycle. Toda ...
Topics: business, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling (all these topics)

Wanna Shag? Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers Grist's questions		23 Jul 2007	InterActivist
Robert Peoples. What work do you do? I run a nonprofit called the Carpet America Recovery Effort, or CARE. I serve as the executive director. I am also the director of sustainability for the Carpet and Rug Institute. Finally, I manage an environmental engineering and consulting company in Florida. I am a Ph.D. chemist by training. The reason I share this is to establish the idea that I try to deal in facts and inf ...
Topics: business, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling (all these topics)

Prairie Godfather Jarid Manos, CEO of the Great Plains Restoration Council, answers readers' questions		20 Jul 2007	InterActivist
How do you think agriculture and prairie restoration should be managed? -- Sarah Wassberg, Fargo, N.D. Jarid Manos, CEO of the Great Plains Restoration Council. Unfortunately, most of the land plowed is used to grow heavily industrialized crops to feed massively suffering, massively confined livestock in massive, polluting feedlots, hog farms, etc., while tens of thousands of people ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Aches on a Plain Jarid Manos, CEO of the Great Plains Restoration Council, answers Grist's questions		16 Jul 2007	InterActivist
Jarid Manos. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? What's your job title? I am the founder and CEO of Great Plains Restoration Council, based in Fort Worth, Texas;, Wounded Knee, S.D.; and Denver, Colo. What does your organization do? Out here in flyover country, our prairies and plains have been so devastated they have been left for dead. Our region was once one of ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Smooth Operator Michael Kieschnick, president of Working Assets, answers readers' questions		13 Jul 2007	InterActivist
I have Working Assets for my long-distance service. The rate is great, you provide educational information on all manner of topics, have great customer service, and give a portion of your fees to charity. What is it that you are doing differently than other companies that allows you to spend money on social justice and still provide a quality product? -- Heidi Hunt, Topeka, Kan. Michael Kie ...
Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Gift of Gab Michael Kieschnick, president of Working Assets, answers Grist's questions		09 Jul 2007	InterActivist
Michael Kieschnick. What work do you do? I am the president of Working Assets, a social-change company that uses the business of wireless and credit cards to achieve environmental and social progress. Over the years, we have also generated over $50 million in donations to progressive groups, many of them working for wonderful environmental causes. Our customers have also written, called, and em ...
Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Back: In Black In Black, climate-conscious youth jazz band, answers readers' questions		29 Jun 2007	InterActivist
Whose idea was it to have the Solutions Tour? Are you connected to an organization? Do you talk about your ideas when you do a gig? What is the band going to do when college takes a member away? -- Elaine Sinclaire, Bloomington, Calif. The Solutions Tour was a collective idea. We wanted to do a tour, and Lati said, "We should take a biodiesel bus!" It grew from there into the Solutions ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics)

And All That Jazz In Black, climate-conscious youth jazz band, answers questions		25 Jun 2007	InterActivist
In Black. Photos courtesy In Black What work do you do? We are in a jazz band called In Black. We are Carson, Christian, Langston, Lati, and Lauren, and we're all ages 14 to 16. This week, In Black is doing a Solutions Tour in Southern California to promote awareness of climate change and how individuals can help reverse its effects. Listen In Black sings a thank you to Clif Bar In Black wrote this song ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics)

Environmental Justice for All Antonio Diaz, environmental-justice advocate, answers readers' questions		22 Jun 2007	InterActivist
Antonio Diaz, director of environmental-justice organization PODER. Climate Dialogues is a grassroots coalition organizing around climate and just beginning to do outreach to Latino, immigrant, and related communities. Do you have suggestions for the best way to make the linkages between climate and more immediate issues in order to build these alliances? -- Phil Mitchell, Seattl ...
Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, San Francisco (all these topics)

The Talk of the Bay Antonio Diaz, environmental-justice advocate, answers Grist's questions		18 Jun 2007	InterActivist
Antonio Diaz. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I work with a San Francisco-based grassroots environmental-justice organization called PODER: People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights. I'm the organization's director. What does your organization do? PODER works with Latino immigrant families in San Francisco to organize on environmental- and economic- ...
Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, San Francisco (all these topics)

Second Nature A. Carl Leopold, nature activist, answers readers' questions		15 Jun 2007	InterActivist
In your mind, has "environmentalism" changed from your days growing up in Wisconsin to now? If so, how? -- Andrew Fridley, Portland, Ore. A. Carl Leopold, nature activist. Your question makes one think seriously about the world's status in the longer term. In the past decade, we suddenly have become startlingly aware of the contemporary threats to our environment. Who can help but be alarmed at th ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Like Father, Like Son A. Carl Leopold, nature activist, answers Grist's questions		11 Jun 2007	InterActivist
What work do you do? Mostly the organizations I'm involved with are oriented toward active programs for nurturing quality pieces of nature. I am on the board of the Aldo Leopold Foundation; president of the Tropical Forestry Initiative; founding president of the Finger Lakes Land Trust; on the board of the Black Locust Initiative; vice president of the Greensprings Natural Cemetery; and president of Com ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Good, Clean Fun Susan Griffin-Black, purveyor of organic bath and body care products, answers readers' questions		08 Jun 2007	InterActivist
I am a bit disconcerted that EO still contains parabens in many of its products. Does EO intend to phase out parabens? -- Laura Kiesel, Washington, D.C. Susan Griffin-Black of organic body care company EO. All EO products are paraben-free and have been since April 2006. However, while we stopped formulating and manufacturing products with parabens, some retailers and di ...
Topics: green living, green products, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Captain EO Susan Griffin-Black, purveyor of organic bath and body care products, answers Grist's questions		04 Jun 2007	InterActivist
Susan Griffin-Black. What work do you do? I am the co-CEO and co-founder of EO. I am also affiliated with Youth for Environmental Sanity, Pachamama Alliance, Marin Organic, the Organic Trade Association's Personal Care Task Force, and Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. How does it relate to the environment? EO is a certified organic, family-owned and -operated manufacturer of bath and ...
Topics: green living, green products, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Warren Piece Warren G. Stone, green religious leader, answers readers' questions		01 Jun 2007	InterActivist
Clearly, caring for the planet is a valid expression of faith, whether Jew, Christian, Buddhist, or whatever. However, there is a huge organization of right-wing Christians dedicated to interfering with our political process. Where do you draw the line in the separation of church and state, and when is it reasonable for religious leaders to use their authority to influence others' political views or deci ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Stone on a Roll Warren G. Stone, green religious leader, answers Grist's questions		28 May 2007	InterActivist
Warren G. Stone. What work do you do? I'm a rabbi in the Washington, D.C., area; I've been privileged to serve as the rabbi of Temple Emanuel for the past 18 years. I also serve as the national environmental chair for the Central Conference of American Rabbis and am on a variety of boards, including as co-chair of the Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation and the Religious Coalition on Creation Ca ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Plumb and Plumber Ed Del Grande, master plumber and how-to expert, answers readers' questions		25 May 2007	InterActivist
Wouldn't a composting toilet save even more water? What are their disadvantages as compared to the low-flush toilets you advocate? -- Jessica McNamara, Tonasket, Wash. Ed Del Grande, master plumber and how-to expert. Composting toilet systems are the ultimate water-saving toilets -- that's the good news. The disadvantage is that because it's a composting toilet "system," you nee ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Plumber's Cracks Ed Del Grande, master plumber and how-to expert, answers Grist's questions		21 May 2007	InterActivist
Ed Del Grande. What work do you do? I am a home-improvement TV host, master plumber, columnist, author, and how-to expert for Kohler Co. In my work for Kohler, I travel across the country to green building shows, consumer events, and industry trade shows to demonstrate new high-efficiency toilets that use less water without sacrificing quality or performance. My main title as of late -- though ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Designs on You Eric Henry, sustainable T-shirt maker extraordinaire, answers readers' questions		18 May 2007	InterActivist
What dyes do you use? What is the process the clothing goes through to become 100 percent sustainable? Does your company pollute at all through any of the processing? -- Brent Giacchetti, Minneapolis, Minn. Eric Henry, president of T-shirt maker T.S. Designs. Excellent question. To answer your last question directly: yes, we pollute. We use energy created by a coal-fired power plant; we ...
Topics: fashion, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Giving Tee Eric Henry, sustainable T-shirt maker extraordinaire, answers Grist's questions		14 May 2007	InterActivist
Eric Henry. What work do you do? I am the president of T.S. Designs. How does it relate to the environment? We provide the highest-quality, most-sustainable printed T-shirts on the market. We define that as being made of organic cotton or other sustainable fibers, manufactured in the U.S., and printed and dyed with our environmentally friendly REHANCE process. We also want to be an example ...
Topics: fashion, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Good As Gold -- No, Better Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine, activists for indigenous health in Suriname, answer readers' questions		11 May 2007	InterActivist
Could you say more about the indigenous people of Suriname with whom you have been working so closely? How many different groups or ethnicities are there? In what kinds of environments do they live? How do they relate to the plants and animals of their environment, which are as threatened as they are by the toxic pollution caused by the mining operations? ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview, mining, Suriname (all these topics)

Bien Suriname Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine, activists for indigenous health in Suriname, answer Grist's questions		07 May 2007	InterActivist
Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? We are co-directors of the Suriname Indigenous Health Fund. What does your organization do? Our organization supplies technology and support to indigenous communities that are impacted by gold mining. The communities we work with live in the rainforest deep in the interior of Surina ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview, mining, Suriname (all these topics)

Ann-swer Me This Ann Bancroft, pioneering polar explorer, answers readers' questions		04 May 2007	InterActivist
I teach fifth grade in a rural, upstate New York public school. What's the most important thing I can teach or have my students do to fight global warming? -- Jon Abbott, Mannsville, N.Y. Ann Bancroft, polar explorer and climate activist. I always start small. First, help them understand how we live and the effects we have. Then talk about the simple changes. Use cloth instead of paper towels, han ...
Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

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