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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Lovins Spoonful Hunter Lovins Dishes Out Cowgirl Wisdom and Lots More		06 Aug 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Amory Lovins, business, energy efficiency, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Lovins Spoonful Hunter Lovins, thinker on sustainability, answers readers' questions		06 Aug 2004	InterActivist
Hunter Lovins, president of Natural Capitalism, Inc. I admire your guts and fortitude as a woman. Do you think being a woman makes you a "better" environmentalist? -- Debbie Hindman, Denver, Colo. I don't know whether being female makes me better or worse at anything. I might be tempted to say yes, but then there's Dave Brower, who has me beat on being an environmentalist, hands down. B ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Gimme Some Lovins Hunter Lovins, thinker on sustainability, answers Grist's questions		02 Aug 2004	InterActivist
Hunter Lovins. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am a member of several real environmental organizations, like Environmental Defense and Earth Island Institute. Recently I have founded two new organizations: Natural Capitalism, Inc. (NCI), a for-profit consulting company implementing the ideas of Natural Capitalism in companies and governments around the world, and Natural C ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Light One Up, Pass It Around Andrew Light, an enviro-academic, answers readers' questions		30 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Andrew Light, of New York University What do you recommend I read to get up to date on the subjects of environmental philosophy and ethics? What is the web address of your own work? -- Taro Keefe, Lismore, Australia How nice of you to ask! My website is here. You can find links there for my books and download some of my recent papers and forthcoming work. I co-edited a college textbook on ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Trip the Light Fantastic Andrew Light, an enviro-academic, answers Grist's questions		26 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Andrew Light. What work do you do? I'm a philosopher specializing mostly in environmental ethics and am currently Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy and director of the graduate program in Environmental Conservation Education at New York University in Manhattan. How does it relate to the environment? Let me give you some background on the field and then tell you a bit about how I go abou ...
Topics: education, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Sting Ray Ray Vaughan, an environmental lawyer, answers readers' questions		23 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Ray Vaughan, executive director of WildLaw. What are your feelings about vegetarianism and its contribution to reducing environmental damage and alleviating world hunger? And why do you carry a gun? -- Marylou Noble, Portland, Ore. I admire folks who can truly reduce their impacts while still working on the big-picture problems; my comment was directed to people I know who make minimizing their impacts th ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics, Southeast (all these topics)

WildLaw, You Make My Heart Sing Ray Vaughan, an environmental lawyer, answers Grist's questions		19 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Ray Vaughan. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am executive director of WildLaw. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? WildLaw is a nonprofit environmental law firm that represents hundreds of community, environmental, and conservation organizations around the country. We work mainly in the So ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics, Southeast (all these topics)

Polly-Oceana Erin Simmons, an advocate for healthy oceans, answers readers' questions		16 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Erin Simmons, west coast organizer for Oceana. What "big things" are happening down there in the ocean? -- Carlin Thomas, Oakland, Calif. Wow! There is just so much. I encourage you to check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium's website or visit them to learn more about the ocean ecosystem off California's coast. Also, visit our website or another organization's, such as Shifting Baseline ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

If Everybody Had an Ocean Erin Simmons, an advocate for healthy oceans, answers Grist's questions		12 Jul 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am West Coast organizer for Oceana. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world's oceans. Currently, our North American offices are focused on two major campaigns, "Stop Destructive Trawling" and "St ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Bus Stops Here Tim McCormick, public transit evangelist, answers readers' questions		25 Jun 2004	InterActivist
Can you recommend some resources on traffic calming -- slowing traffic down and rerouting traffic to eliminate big trucks and urban crime? -- Elaine Hall, St. Louis, Mo. Tim McCormick, planning manager for the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. Traffic calming works, and has numerous success stories around the country. For resources on a national front, try bikewalk.org or read "Crea ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Rhode Illin' Tim McCormick, public transit evangelist, answers Grist's questions		21 Jun 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? I'm planning manager at the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. It provides public transit for the state of Rhode Island. What do you really do, on a day-to-day basis? My job is really about being a liaison between the public and the bus system. Bus systems are not static things, and if they are good ones, they respond to all kinds of stimuli ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Cohen Postal Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers readers' questions		18 Jun 2004	InterActivist
It seems like every time you turn around, there's another helpful website where you can sign a petition or some such. But does it work? -- Anupa Choduri, Los Angeles, Calif. Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's and founder of TrueMajority. Will online groups change the world overnight? No. But groups like MoveOn.org and TrueMajority.org are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of pe ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Flavor of the Week Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers Grist's questions		14 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what organizations are you affiliated? I work with Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, TrueMajority.org, and TrueMajorityACTION.org. What do your organizations do? BLSP is a group of more than 500 business leaders in the U.S. who are committed to focusing on the most pressing issues we face (education, health care, environmental responsibility) by diverting a small percentage ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Diana Williams, Urban Ecology An urban advocate answers readers' questions		11 Jun 2004	InterActivist
What's Urban Ecology's stance on gentrification? This word has such a negative connotation but the processes involved in gentrification -- such as the promotion of home ownership and public-private ventures in housing/mixed-use developments -- have gone a long way to revitalize some of the most blighted communities in cities like New York, where I work. How do you approach a development problem where the commu ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Diana Williams, Urban Ecology An urban advocate answers Grist's questions		07 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm executive director of Urban Ecology, Inc. What does your organization do? The five-second elevator speech goes like this: "We offer pro-bono land-use planning and policy advocacy to help transform struggling, low-income neighborhoods into vibrant, healthy communities." The longer explanation goes like this (and after you read this, you will ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers readers' questions		04 Jun 2004	InterActivist
We all know that logging and grazing are not inherently destructive practices. Do you work for, or know of, groups that are actively trying to remake the way grazing and logging are done on our federal lands, as opposed to merely campaigning against them altogether? -- John Hintz, Lexington, Ky. Andy Kerr, director of the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign. We all don ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers Grist's questions		01 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I currently spend 30 hours a week directing the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign (NPLGC), 5 hours a week advising Alternatives to Growth Oregon (AGO), and 15 hours as senior counselor for the Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC). I fill the remaining 10 hours of my 60-hour workweek (I'm a well-adjusted workaholi ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Peter London, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth An eco-focused artist and educator answers readers' questions		28 May 2004	InterActivist
What on earth is "art therapy," and how does it help the environment? Just because people are "closer to the earth" doesn't mean that they're out organizing, or lobbying, or contributing money. -- Sue Vamelen, San Francisco, Calif. Peter London, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It is true that people who are closer to ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Peter London, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth An eco-focused artist and educator answers Grist's questions		24 May 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I am an artist, art teacher, art therapist, and writer, all dealing with a concern for the fate of the earth. I am a contributing member of many national environmental organizations and an active and founding member of a local land-conservation organization. I've retired from a 40-year career as a professor of art and art education at the University o ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive magazine A progressive media honcho answers readers' questions		21 May 2004	InterActivist
Why do you think environmental issues, which are arguably the most important facing the world today, get comparatively so little attention from the press, even the liberal press? -- Dipesh Singh, San Diego, Calif. Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive. Environmental issues do get play in the press, including the liberal press. The New York Times Magazine, for instance, ha ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive magazine A progressive media honcho answers Grist's questions		17 May 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I'm the editor of The Progressive magazine and the director of the Progressive Media Project. I am also the host of a half-hour weekly radio show unimaginatively called Progressive Radio, and I do two-minute radio commentaries five days a week at our website, which some stations pick up. In addition, I write "This Just In" commentaries several times a week ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of the U.N. Population Fund A family-planning advocate and U.N. supporter answers readers' questions		14 May 2004	InterActivist
You didn't give many details about how 34 Million Friends took off. What's the story? -- Raj Sundaram, Los Angeles, Calif. Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA I just started emailing a list of population activist friends I knew around the country, then reached out to environmental groups, women's groups, human-rights groups, health groups, ad ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of the U.N. Population Fund A family-planning advocate and U.N. supporter answers Grist's questions		10 May 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? I'm a 62-year-old retired French teacher and tennis coach who has been spending six to eight hours a day for the last 20 months trying to get 34 million Americans to donate at least one dollar to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). I do this because the Bush administration refused to release the $34 million Congress had appr ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Mike Phillips, Turner Endangered Species Fund A long-time conservationist and budding politician answers readers' questions		07 May 2004	InterActivist
How exactly does the Turner Endangered Species Fund work? -- Richard Eppolis, Bakersfield, Calif. Mike Phillips, of Turner Endangered Species Fund. We typically develop ideas, either on our own or in collaboration with the federal and state governments and conservation NGOs. To date our work has routinely been carried out on property owned by Ted [Turner] or ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Mike Phillips, Turner Endangered Species Fund A long-time conservationist and budding politician answers Grist's questions		03 May 2004	InterActivist
What work do you do? As the executive director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund, I work to ensure the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats, with an emphasis on private land. More generally, I work to advance the science of restoration ecology and ensure that an increasing number of people live more simply, graciously, and with foresight. Res ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

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