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The Feeling Is Mutual Carsten Henningsen, green mutual-fund founder, answers Grist's questions		03 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Carsten Henningsen. What work do you do? I am the cofounder of Portfolio 21, a global mutual fund investing for a sustainable future. I am also chair of Progressive Investment Management, the investment adviser to Portfolio 21. How does it relate to the environment? Portfolio 21 (the 21 is for 21st century) invests in companies from around the world that understand the ecological crisis and ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

You Can Grow Your Own Ray Jason Edens, rural solar advocate, answers readers' questions		31 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Jason Edens, Rural Renewable Energy Alliance. How do I find out if my site is suitable for solar, and how do I go about building my own system? -- Louise Wickham, Wellington, New Zealand Determining if your site is suitable for solar starts with assessing your solar resource. Essentially, you're determining if enough sunlight strikes the proposed solar array location to make it worthwhile. We u ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, green living, InterActivist, interview, Japan, Minnesota, Poverty and the Environment, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Garden of Edens Jason Edens, rural solar advocate, answers Grist's questions		27 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Jason Edens. Where do you work? I work at the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to make solar power accessible to people of all income levels. What does your organization do? At RREAL, we install solar heating systems onto the homes of low-income families qualifying for energy assistance. In Minnesota, and indeed across the country, hundreds of thousands of ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, green living, InterActivist, interview, Japan, Minnesota, Poverty and the Environment, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Give Him a Farmhand Tirso Moreno, farmworker organizer, answers readers' questions		24 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Tirso Moreno, Farmworker Association of Florida. A note from Moreno: This interview is especially timely as next week (March 27 - April 2) is national Farmworker Awareness Week. I hope you will all take a few minutes to find out more about the actions, activities, and campaigns going on around the country and see what you can do to help make a difference for farmworkers in the U.S. Do you support bans ...
Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, Florida, health, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment, toxics (all these topics)

The Not-So-Funny Farm Tirso Moreno, farmworker organizer, answers Grist's questions		20 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Tirso Moreno. What's your job title? General coordinator for the Farmworker Association of Florida. What does your organization do? We work to empower communities of farmworkers and the rural poor, focusing on a wide range of issues, from workplace and community organizing to disaster preparedness and response, from vocational rehabilitation to immigrants' rights advocacy for farmworkers and students. ...
Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, Florida, health, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment, toxics (all these topics)

Fit to Be Ride Francisca Porchas, clean-bus campaigner, answers readers' questions		17 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Francisca Porchas of the Bus Riders Union. How is your organization working with the state of California and the feds to bring cleaner transportation options to your communities? I noted that you mentioned gas-powered buses -- how many? -- Bill Turner, Dillsburg, Pa. Our main focus to this day has been working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, an agency with an annual budget of $3 bill ...
Topics: air pollution, California, environmental justice, grassroots activism, health, InterActivist, interview, Mexico, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

The Bus Stops Here Francisca Porchas, clean-bus campaigner, answers Grist's questions		13 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Francisca Porchas. What work do you do? I am a lead organizer with the Labor/Community Strategy Center and the Bus Riders Union's Clean Air, Clean Lungs, Clean Buses Campaign, based in Los Angeles. How does it relate to the environment? The Strategy Center has engaged in environmental-justice and civil-rights campaigns for the last 17 years, combining grassroots organizing and policy work with a str ...
Topics: air pollution, California, environmental justice, grassroots activism, health, InterActivist, interview, Mexico, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

SWOP and Go Tomasita González, environmental-justice organizer, answers readers' questions		10 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Tomasita González, of SouthWest Organizing Project. Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and probably other cities and towns in New Mexico, are seeing lots of development of housing for new residents. What are the environmental implications? How seriously is the water supply strained? Are underprivileged or minority communities affected? -- Mark Stephen Caponigro, New York, N.Y. Thanks for the question ...
Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, New Mexico, politics, Poverty and the Environment, waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

González in 60 Seconds Tomasita González, environmental-justice organizer, answers Grist's questions		06 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Tomasita González. What work do you do? I work as a community organizer at SouthWest Organizing Project, based in Albuquerque, N.M. What does your organization do? For over a quarter century, SWOP has worked to build an environmental-justice movement in disenfranchised, working, and people-of-color communities. In the '90s, we sought to challenge the mainstream "Group of Ten" ...
Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, New Mexico, politics, Poverty and the Environment, waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

Nursery Time Alan Hipólito, creator of green jobs for low-income people, answers readers' questions		03 Mar 2006	InterActivist
How can I and others help low-income people of color? -- Corey Paradis, Burlington, Vt. Well, that's a big question. Not to be too short, but I would ask them, the ones in your area. To me, and in my experience, and what I tell my students, the most important thing is to truly place yourself at the service of these communities. Seek out organizations serving or from these communitie ...
Topics: environmental justice, gardening, green jobs, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Work in Progress Alan Hipólito, creator of green jobs for low-income people, answers Grist's questions		27 Feb 2006	InterActivist
What work do you do? I run a very small, very new nonprofit organization called Verde. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Verde offers a helping hand in the form of green jobs for low-income folks. Photo: iStockphoto. The mission of Verde is to increase the economic health of low-income and people-of-color com ...
Topics: environmental justice, gardening, green jobs, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

All About Steve Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers readers' questions		17 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Steve Frillmann, executive director of Green Guerillas. I'd love to hear a juicy story of how community gardening is a tool for community development. Would you share one? -- Lisa Gelczis, Flagstaff, Ariz. Just this past summer, Green Guerillas cut the lock off the fence of a once-vibrant community garden that had fallen into disrepair. We put up fliers, knocked on doors, and went to community meeti ...
Topics: environmental justice, food, gardening, InterActivist, interview, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Guerillas in the Midst Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers Grist's questions		13 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Steve Frillmann. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Green Guerillas, New York City's oldest community-gardening group. What does your organization do? At Green Guerillas, we help people carry out their visions for what community gardens can be in a dense, vibrant urban area -- urban farms, botanic gardens, performance spaces, community centers, ...
Topics: environmental justice, food, gardening, InterActivist, interview, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Return of the Native Movement Evon Peter, director of Native Movement, answers readers' questions		10 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Evon Peter, director of Native Movement. I've heard that some Indigenous peoples in Alaska support drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while some sturdily oppose it. How do you feel about the proposal to drill? And what do you think the division is doing to the communities there? -- Joshua Moro, Laramie, Wyo. There is no simple answer to this question. The history of unju ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, heroes, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Getting Evon Evon Peter, director of Native Movement, answers Grist's questions		06 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Evon Peter. What work do you do? I am the executive director of Native Movement. What does your organization do? Native Movement is a collective of around 15 organizers who work on a myriad of projects focusing on youth leadership development, sustainability, protection of sacred sites, and social, political, economic, and environmental justice. We work mostly with Indigenous peoples in the Southwest and ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, heroes, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

What Goes Sup Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers readers' questions		03 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch. If city tap water is full of chemicals and bottling spring water damages ecosystems, what on earth is a health-conscious environmentalist supposed to drink? -- Molly Miller, Denver, Colo. In many places, healthy people can drink the water out of the tap. You can request testing results from your utility. If you are concerned and don't want to ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, water pollution (all these topics)

Some Like It Hauter Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers Grist's questions		30 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Wenonah Hauter. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Food and Water Watch, a brand-new consumer advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. What does your organization do? We're focused on protecting two critical essentials: food and water. Our mission is to challenge the economic and political forces that are promoting industrialized food p ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, water pollution (all these topics)

Madame Butterfly Julia Butterfly Hill, activist and onetime tree-sitter, answers readers' questions		27 Jan 2006	InterActivist
How do you feel about your experiences surrounding Luna being turned into a film? What is your involvement with the project? -- Chris Schults, Seattle, Wash. Over the last seven years, various individuals, producers, and studios have approached me, wanting to turn my story into a film. Even when there were financially lucrative opportunities at the table, I ended up walking away fro ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Float Like a Butterfly Julia Butterfly Hill, activist and onetime tree-sitter, answers Grist's questions		23 Jan 2006	InterActivist
What work do you do? I founded Circle of Life in 1999 while living in the branches of an over-1,000-year-old redwood to keep it from being cut down by MAXXAM-owned Pacific Lumber Company. What does your organization do? Circle of Life activates people through education, inspiration, and connection to live in a way that honors the diversity and interdependence of all life. We beli ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Eager Beaver Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna, answers readers' questions		20 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna. On the prAna website, only a small minority of items are listed as organic. Is there a practical barrier to going all-organic with your cotton apparel? -- Shawn Severance, Ann Arbor, Mich. Many of our products are not cotton. Because our business is grounded in outdoor activities and yoga, technical attributes -- like moisture management -- are a must in many cases, ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Leave It to Beaver Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna, answers Grist's questions		17 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Beaver Theodosakis. What work do you do? I'm founder and president of prAna. What does your business do? prAna's core business is men's and women's lifestyle apparel and accessories. The brand -- grown from deep roots in rock climbing and yoga -- has always strived for positive change and is grounded in the ideas of sustainability, in terms of the materials we use and the energy consumed to produce the ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Keepin' It Wheel Kipchoge Spencer of Xtracycle and Worldbike answers readers' questions		13 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Kipchoge Spencer, president of Xtracycle. As a bicycle commuter, how do you balance the joy and euphoria of an excellent ride with the inevitable rage from being abused by idiot drivers? -- Todd Holland, Amherst, Mass. First of all, I'm lucky to have an off-road commute that doesn't involve direct contact with motor-vehicle operators. Second, there aren't nearly enough mean idiot drivers to eve ...
Topics: bikes, environmental justice, green living, heroes, innovation, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics)

Spencer for Tire Kipchoge Spencer of Xtracycle and Worldbike answers Grist's questions		09 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Kipchoge Spencer. What work do you do? I'm president of Xtracycle Inc. and cofounder of Worldbike. I'm also lead singer of the Ginger Ninjas. What does your organization do? Xtracycle invented and makes car-trip-replacing, life-enhancing, sport-utility bicycles, long bikes, and the FreeRadical Hitchless Trailer -- for toting your kids to school, loading up with groceries, or making an off-road camp ...
Topics: bikes, environmental justice, green living, heroes, innovation, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics)

Mama Said There'd Be Daisies Like This Gerald Prolman, CEO of Organic Bouquet, answers readers' questions		06 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Gerald Prolman, CEO of Organic Bouquet. Are all of your flowers produced by U.S. growers, or are some imported? -- Judith Galla, Vienna, Austria At this time, we source flowers in California, Oregon, Holland, Ecuador, and Colombia, with a new major organic development in Mexico. The majority of your cultivars sold actually aren't produced to organic but instead "green lab ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics)

Flower Power Gerald Prolman, CEO of Organic Bouquet, answers Grist's questions		02 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Gerald Prolman. What work do you do? I'm CEO of Organic Bouquet. How does it relate to the environment? Organic Bouquet is the world's first online organic florist. All the flowers we sell are grown in a manner that is gentle on the earth and safe for the farmworkers, wildlife, and the environment. Non-organic flowers are grown with a variety of fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, nematocides, and plant ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics)

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