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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Oh, Say, Can You Sze? Julie Sze, enviro-justice advocate and professor, answers Grist's questions		15 Nov 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I'm an assistant professor in American Studies at the University of California at Davis. How does it relate to the environment? My research and teaching interests are in environmental justice, race and science, the politics of the urban environment, health and risk, social movements, and community activism. What do you really do, on a day-to-day basis? I do a combina ...
Topics: education, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics)

The Interface That Launched a Thousand Ships Ray Anderson, sustainable biz pioneer, answers readers' questions		12 Nov 2004	InterActivist
Ray Anderson, founder of Interface. Are your carpet squares available in small quantities for the do-it-yourselfer for home use? -- Ken Decker, Santee, Calif. Yes, visit InterfaceFlor.com. Who would you say is your biggest market for your green carpet and why? -- Name Not Provided Interior designers. They started us down this road by asking what we were doing for th ...
Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Ray Matter Ray Anderson, sustainable biz pioneer, answers Grist's questions		08 Nov 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I am founder and chair of Interface, Inc. How does it relate to the environment? I used to think that my job didn't have anything to do with the environment. Then I realized that my job, as well as everyone else's job, impacts the environment in some way. And now advocating for sustainability has become my No. 1 responsibility. What do you really do, on a day-to-day basis? Simply put, I t ...
Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Fuller Up Kathryn Fuller, president of WWF, answers readers' questions		05 Nov 2004	InterActivist
Kathryn Fuller, president of WWF. How do you stay optimistic? How have you managed to avoid the "long slog" attitude? -- Jule Asterisk, Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada Take each day as an opportunity. Take time for oneself to recharge. Take time in nature for renewed inspiration. Not that avoiding the "long slog" is easy, but these three things help me. I'm having a hard time imagining how ou ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

The Fuller Monty Kathryn Fuller, president of WWF, answers Grist's questions		01 Nov 2004	InterActivist
Kathryn Fuller. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? World Wildlife Fund. I'm the president and CEO. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Our mission is the conservation of nature. We seek through our network of offices in about 100 countries around the world to save the most biologically rich and distinctive place ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Esprit de Orr David Orr, environmental educator and writer, answers readers' questions		29 Oct 2004	InterActivist
David Orr, author and Oberlin professor. I work at an ultra-conservative small-town paper, and I have the opportunity to discuss politics with its publisher and editor. Can you give me a few talking points summarizing the absolutely worst things President Bush has done to the environment? -- Julia Smith, Floresville, Texas Read Robert Kennedy's very fine book, Crimes Against Nature, and give a ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Iron Orr David Orr, environmental educator and writer, answers Grist's questions		25 Oct 2004	InterActivist
David Orr. What work do you do? I am disguised as a professor at Oberlin College, but consider myself an Educator, capital E, not an educational technician or bureaucrat, and certainly not one "in the box" of a single discipline. At its best, education means to "educe," or draw forth, so I consider it essential not just to inform (a mechanical task) but to hone the capacity to discern ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Mean Green Pegeen Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, Fla., answers readers' questions		22 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, Fla. I'm intrigued but saddened by your characterization of activists as largely unprofessional, and I wince at its implications. If a friendly, suave, professional-looking lobbyist is taken more seriously even by politicians like yourself who are sympathetic to the cause, what does this mean for less-professional-looking enviros and activists attempting t ...
Topics: Florida, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics)

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gainesville Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, Fla., answers questions		18 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Pegeen Hanrahan What work do you do? Earlier this year I was elected to serve as mayor of Gainesville, Fla., for the next three years. Gainesville is a beautiful and diverse city of about 117,000, often called "the city in the forest" because of our heavy tree cover. Gainesville is the home of the University of Florida, the fourth-largest college campus in the nation, with ...
Topics: Florida, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics)

Ross 'n' Roll Marc Ross, rocker and activist, answers readers' questions		15 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Marc Ross, founder of Rock the Earth How do you ensure the music doesn't drown out the message, that hot licks instead enhance learning? -- Carl F. Rebstock, Cofounder and Executive Director, Passionfish, Monterey, Calif. Although most people will be attending concerts to experience music, I really don't think the music will drown out the message, but rather will enhance it -- and vice versa. To have someone ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Hey, Man, Is That Freedom Rock? Marc Ross, rocker and activist, answers Grist's questions		11 Oct 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am president and executive director of Rock the Earth. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Rock the Earth is a relatively new environmental advocacy nonprofit organization based in Denver, Colo. It was created to work with the music community on environmental issue ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Extreme Makower Joel Makower, environmental business guru, answers readers' questions		08 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Joel Makower, green business expert. Please provide a list of criteria for discerning serious, substantial, and ongoing commitment to positive environmental policies and practices by corporations. -- Jim Crowfoot, Ann Arbor, Mich. I've worked with enough companies to understand first-hand that the definition of a "good" company, environmentally speaking, differs widely from sector to se ...
Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

There's No Business Like Green Business Joel Makower, environmental business expert, answers Grist's questions		04 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Joel Makower. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I've got several affiliations, all of my own creation. I'm editor of The Green Business Letter, which I founded in 1991; founder of the nonprofit Green Business Network, which produces GreenBiz.com, ClimateBiz.com, GreenerBuildings.com, and GreenBizLeaders.com; and cofounder of Clean Edge, Inc., a researc ...
Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Amazon Women on the Move Judy Logback, enterprising Amazonian activist, answers readers' questions		01 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Judy Logback, founder of the Kallari Association. What is the level of understanding of the native people that you work with about the crucial role of the Amazon rainforest in biodiversity and global warming? Has their perspective changed since you first arrived there? -- Sue Kaufman, Portland, Ore. I think that when I arrived many of the people had an excellent view of the importanc ...
Topics: Amazon, green living, InterActivist, interview, land stewardship (all these topics)

Livin' la Vida Pura Judy Logback, enterprising Amazonian activist, answers Grist's questions		27 Sep 2004	InterActivist
Judy Logback. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I arrived in Ecuador in 1997 and throughout the past seven years have visited and worked with more than 600 rural families to encourage them to establish the Kallari Association, a small farmers' and artisans' organization dedicated to sustainable organic production of a diverse array of products, made up of 24 Amazon indi ...
Topics: Amazon, green living, InterActivist, interview, land stewardship (all these topics)

Brent Offerings Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth chieftain, answers readers' questions		24 Sep 2004	InterActivist
Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth The word "sustainable" does not interest local decision makers in the least. Is there another way to sell the power elite on the idea and practice of sustainability? -- Mary Halliday, Defiance, Mo. When seeking environmental sustainability, it is important to phrase demands for change in specific terms, with arguments that com ...
Topics: Friends of the Earth, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Go With the FoE Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth chieftain, answers Grist's questions		20 Sep 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am president of Friends of the Earth. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Friends of the Earth is a national environmental organization celebrating our 35th anniversary this year. We are part of Friends of the Earth International, with member groups in 68 countri ...
Topics: Friends of the Earth, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Young Man River Chad Pregracke, barge dweller and cleaner of rivers, answers readers' questions		17 Sep 2004	InterActivist
Chad Pregracke, founder and president of Living Lands & Waters. What is the strangest thing you've ever pulled out of the water? -- Aviva, Washington, D.C. We've found a prosthetic leg, mannequin hand, bowling balls and pins, messages in bottles, and an easy-rider helmet. Going back to the same parts of the river(s) over and over, doesn't your work seem futile? And if it does, what ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Barge and in Charge Chad Pregracke, barge dweller and cleaner of rivers, answers Grist's questions		13 Sep 2004	InterActivist
Chad Pregracke. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am founder and president of Living Lands & Waters. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Our main objective is to clean up trash from America's river shorelines, one piece of garbage, one river at a time. We do this through grassroots or ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Going With the Wind Luisa Colasimone, wind power advocate, answers readers' questions		10 Sep 2004	InterActivist
Luisa Colasimone, communications director for the European Wind Energy Association. In some parts of the U.S., when we have wind-generated power, we are seeing a significant adverse effect on bird populations, both bird kills and degradation of their flyways and nesting areas. This has led to some activists wanting to ban or move wind generators from some of the prime potential areas for wind-genera ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Answers, My Friend ... Luisa Colasimone, wind power advocate, answers Grist's questions		07 Sep 2004	InterActivist
Luisa Colasimone. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm communications director for the European Wind Energy Association. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting wind power in Europe and worldwide. Our members include 200 companies, organizatio ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

For Those About to Rockfish Peter Huhtala, an oceans defender, answers readers' questions		20 Aug 2004	InterActivist
Peter Huhtala, Pacific Marine Conservation Council. Although you work mainly with rockfish, what other Pacific marine species are in the most peril right now, and what, if anything, is being done about it? -- Sheila Scott, Grand Forks, N.D. Where to begin ... Well, one example is the critically endangered leatherback turtle, decimated by overexploitation of their eggs, habitat loss, pollutio ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Rockfish Files Peter Huhtala, an oceans defender, answers Grist's questions		16 Aug 2004	InterActivist
Peter Huhtala. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I work with Pacific Marine Conservation Council, a West Coast nonprofit that brings together commercial and recreational fishers, marine scientists, environmentalists, and others who care passionately about the long-term health of our marine ecosystem and the communities that depend on the life of this ocean. My title is senior polic ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

When Paul's Said and Done Paul Ehrlich, famed ecologist, answers readers' questions		13 Aug 2004	InterActivist
Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University. With the population expected to double and triple in the not-too-distant future, do you see anything short of a miracle that can avert humankind's head-on collision with the destiny that is self extinction? -- Peter Anastasia, Santa Fe, Ind. Population growth rates have fortunately declined, so even a doubling is relatively unlikely now (especially, sadly, with r ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Paul in a Day's Work Paul Ehrlich, famed ecologist, answers Grist's questions		09 Aug 2004	InterActivist
Paul Ehrlich. What work do you do? Very little -- most of my time is involved in scientific research, which for me is fun. What's your job title? I am Bing Professor of Population Studies, president of the Center for Conservation Biology, and professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. How does your work relate to the environment? What environmental problem draws your focus? It all does -- our ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

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