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Sandra Postel, Global Water Policy Project A freshwater expert and author answers readers' questions		30 Apr 2004	InterActivist
I would like to know your perspective on corporate water privatization. -- Lois Levin, Waban, Mass. Sandra Postel, of Global Water Policy Project. I believe water is a public trust and needs to be managed as such. As custodians of the public trust, governments need to assume responsibility for ensuring that all people -- and I would add all life -- have access to sufficient water t ...
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Sandra Postel, Global Water Policy Project A freshwater expert and author answers Grist's questions		26 Apr 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I work through a creation of mine called the Global Water Policy Project to promote the protection of rivers and other freshwater ecosystems. My goal is to generate ideas and inspiration to change the way we use, manage, and think about freshwater. How does it relate to the environment? Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in th ...
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Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth A clean-energy advocate and former V.P. candidate answers readers' questions		23 Apr 2004	InterActivist
What is the most effective way of gaining the removal of the lower Snake River dams? -- Erin Barnes, Portland, Ore. Winona LaDuke, of Honor the Earth. Removing dams is the most effective way of restoring fish populations. In Maine, for instance, less than a year after the removal of the Edwards Dam, wild fish began spawning again in previously blocked portions of the Kenneb ...
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Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth A clean-energy advocate and former V.P. candidate answers Grist's questions		19 Apr 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organizations are you affiliated with? Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project. What do your organizations do? Honor the Earth's mission is to create awareness and support for indigenous environmental issues and to leverage needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable indigenous communities. Honor the Earth develops th ...
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Courtney White, Quivira Coalition A progressive ranching advocate answers readers' questions		09 Apr 2004	InterActivist
Courtney White, of Quivira Coalition. Could you describe a sustainable ranch and its operations or refer me to a source that can? I'm picturing small operations where cattle are grass-fed, nothing is overgrazed, and no public land is used -- is this correct or are the most sustainable ranches these days large, efficient operations? -- Tyler Sipresse, Las Vegas, Nev. I was skeptical at fi ...
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Courtney White, Quivira Coalition A progressive ranching advocate answers Grist's questions		05 Apr 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? The Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit conservation organization based in Santa Fe, N.M. What's your job title? Executive director and cofounder. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? We work to build bridges between ranchers, environmentalists, public-land managers, sci ...
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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)

Lily Fessenden, Audubon Expedition Institute An ecological educator answers readers' questions		26 Mar 2004	InterActivist
Lily Fessenden, director of the Audubon Expedition Institute I would like to understand the YIIMBY project. Could you explain it to me in more detail? -- Noel Collins, Newington, Conn. I would love to! "Yes! It's in my backyard!" is a take-off on NIMBY (not in my backyard). It seems to me that if those of us with large ecological footprints are going to reduce our consumptio ...
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Lily Fessenden, Audubon Expedition Institute An ecological educator answers Grist's questions		22 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Audubon Expedition Institute at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. What does it do? AEI offers higher education that fosters ecological awareness and personal and societal transformation through immersion in a variety of environments and cultures, critical reflection, and experiential learning communities. As learners, we awaken to ...
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Thomas Patrick, WindStar Wildlife Institute A wildlife habitat enthusiast answers readers' questions		19 Mar 2004	InterActivist
Thomas Patrick, president and founder of WindStar Wildlife Institute. I am a teacher of math and science to students with learning disabilities in a large public high school. I also cosponsor the Newark High School Nature Society with a biology teacher and neighbor of mine. It's easy to engage our high-achieving students, particularly from the Advanced Placement environmental science ...
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Thomas Patrick, WindStar Wildlife Institute A wildlife habitat enthusiast answers Grist's questions		15 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What organization are you affiliated with? WindStar Wildlife Institute. What does it do? WindStar Wildlife Institute is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization that works to stem the loss of native plants, wildlife, and wildlife habitat by effectively teaching wildlife-habitat improvement practices through proven methods such as "neighbor helping neighbor" an ...
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Bryce Mathern, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network An eco-film booster answers readers' questions		12 Mar 2004	InterActivist
Bryce Mathern, of Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network. What was your favorite film from last year's festival? What was it about? Do you have any idea what to expect this year? Any likely faves? -- Brenda Jenson, Milwaukee, Wis. Well, there were so many good ones last year. There was a documentary on pesticides that affected children down in Mexico called Playing with Poison -- I ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, non-government organizations (all these topics)

Bryce Mathern, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network An eco-film booster answers Grist's questions		08 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I work with the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network. I have been on the board for three years now. Every year this organization puts on a film festival in Leavenworth, Wash. This year it is March 18-21. We are showing more than 50 films from around the world. Over the span of four days, people from all over get to come togeth ...
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James Gustave Speth, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies A veteran enviro leader answers readers' questions		05 Mar 2004	InterActivist
James Gustave Speth, dean of Yale's environment school. What should be the role of academics in supporting environmental causes and policies? Do you think that just doing the research is enough, or should they advocate from their conscience? -- Roger Smith, West Hartford, Conn. Scientists have got to become more outspoken. Today's issues demand leadership fr ...
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James Gustave Speth, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies A veteran enviro leader answers Grist's questions		01 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I'm the dean at the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The school is working to become "a truly global school of the environment." We have around 235 students in our professional master's degree programs in environmental management, forestry, and environmental scien ...
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Michael North, Greenstar A solar entrepreneur answers readers' questions		27 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What is the most promising area for environmental entrepreneurship in the world today? -- James Shaffer-Bauck, Eastsound, Wash. Michael North of Greenstar. The most promising area depends on your skill set, of course. But if you're an engineer, I'd say find ways to work in developing countries installing, maintaining, and teaching people about green technologies. If you're in business, I'd say get involved ...
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Michael North, Greenstar A solar entrepreneur answers Grist's questions		23 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? Greenstar. We invest in solar-powered community centers for small villages in the developing world -- currently in the West Bank, Jamaica, India, Ghana, Brazil, and Tibet. The community center provides basic electricity and a connection to the world through the Internet, which enables the people to jump-start small businesses and improve ed ...
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D. Rick Van Schoik, Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy SoCal environmental scientist answers your questions		20 Feb 2004	InterActivist
Rick Van Schoik of Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy Do you know of any studies that look at wildlife-friendly border infrastructure (or procedures) that still "keeps our border secure" while allowing jaguars, ocelots, mountain lions, and other wildlife free passage? We are working to keep wildlife linkages open across the bord ...
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D. Rick Van Schoik, Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy SoCal environmental scientist answers our questions		17 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) is a consortium of universities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border that cares about the environment, ecology, and people of that region. What's your job title? I am the managing director. What do you really do, on ...
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Radhika Sarin, Earthworks Mining watchdog Radhika Sarin answers your questions		13 Feb 2004	InterActivist
Radhika Sarin of Earthworks Is an "environmentally friendly gold mine" a complete oxymoron? Does such a thing exist? -- Janice Wormworth, Sydney, Australia Unfortunately, no large-scale gold mining operation today can be considered both socially and environmentally responsible. The No Dirty Gold campaign seeks to change that by calling upon the mining industry to provide retailers and consume ...
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Radhika Sarin, Earthworks Mining watchdog Radhika Sarin answers our questions		09 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I work for Earthworks, a new partnership designed by the Mineral Policy Center, which seeks to protect communities and the environment from irresponsible mining. We bring together activists, organizers, scientists, engineers, and community leaders in an effort to change mining policies and practices. What's your job title? Internation ...
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Hank Dittmar, Reconnecting America Transportation guru Hank Dittmar answers your questions		06 Feb 2004	InterActivist
Hank Dittmar of Reconnecting America Hank, I am intrigued by your response, "If we want to succeed, we need to frame our struggle in terms of a continuum from the most dense urban place to the least dense -- what Ian McHarg called designing with nature, and what Andres Duany calls a transect -- and acknowledge that all of it is becoming an environment designed by humans." Can you sugg ...
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Hank Dittmar, Reconnecting America Transportation guru Hank Dittmar answers our questions		02 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I work at Reconnecting America, a national organization focused on connecting transportation and communities to improve environmental and economic performance and create economic security for families and communities. We promote an interconnected national transport system, relying more on rail and bus for intercity travel; ...
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