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Ann-swer Me This
Ann Bancroft, pioneering polar explorer, answers readers' questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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From Pole to Shining Pole
Ann Bancroft, pioneering polar explorer, answers Grist's questions |
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30 Apr 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Ann Bancroft. What work do you do? I typically call myself an educator, explorer, and lecturer. I have been lucky in life to blend my passions for teaching and the outdoor world together. In 1986, I joined the Steger International Polar Expedition, a team of seven men and 49 male dogs. After reaching the North Pole as the first known woman to cross the ice, I was thrust into a new role and a ... |
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| Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Bill and David's Excellent Adventure
Bill Bradlee and David Kroodsma, climate-fightin' bike riders, answer readers' questions |
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20 Apr 2007 |
InterActivist |
| How do I get people to stop making excuses and start riding bicycles instead of driving? -- Ben Martin, Wallingford, Conn. Bill Bradlee and David Kroodsma, Ride for Climate USA. David: The best advice is probably to get involved with your local bicycle-advocacy group and push for infrastructure for bicycles. Small changes will make people feel much safer on ... |
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| Topics: bikes, climate, grassroots activism, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Be Like Bike
Bill Bradlee and David Kroodsma, climate-fightin' bike riders, answer Grist's questions |
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16 Apr 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Bill Bradlee and David Kroodsma. What work do you do? How does it relate to the environment? David: Over the past 17 months, I bicycled from California to the southern tip of Argentina to raise awareness of the international consequences of global warming. I gave talks, visited schools, got in the media, and posted information in my blog, with the hope that Americans would look outsid ... |
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| Topics: bikes, climate, grassroots activism, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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One Fine Day
Lisa Day of socially conscious film company Participant Productions answers readers' questions |
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09 Mar 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Do you think that An Inconvenient Truth should have considered another "inconvenient truth" -- that animal-based agriculture is a major contributor to the global climate-change crisis? -- Richard Schwartz, Staten Island, N.Y. Lisa Day, Participant Productions. The film itself focused on the two biggest contributors to the problem: fossil fuels and deforestation. Ho ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, movies (all these topics) |
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Something in the Way She Movies
Lisa Day of socially conscious film company Participant Productions answers Grist's questions |
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05 Mar 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Lisa Day. What work do you do? I am the vice president of social action and advocacy at Participant Productions. What does your company do? Participant is a film company with a twist -- we only make "issue" movies, and for each movie we create social-action campaigns. Our films have included An Inconvenient Truth and Syriana, as well as Good Night, a ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, movies (all these topics) |
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Devotion to the Ocean
Gary Lagerloef, earth, space, and ocean researcher, answers readers' questions |
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09 Feb 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Gary Lagerloef, Earth & Space Research. Are we seriously in danger of another mass extinction event from runaway global warming caused by the release of methane gas deposits beneath Canadian and Russian permafrost? -- Brooks Gracie, Miami, Fla. Release of methane trapped in the permafrost is a legitimate concern as a potentially intense positive feedback that could rapidly acce ... |
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| Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics) |
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ESR Said Than Done
Gary Lagerloef, earth, space, and ocean researcher, answers Grist's questions |
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05 Feb 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Gary Lagerloef. What work do you do? I work at a small nonprofit scientific research institution named Earth & Space Research, where I have several key roles. I cofounded ESR in 1995, I am the current president, I serve on the board of directors, and I am a senior research scientist. The last role occupies most of my time, and is the most fun and rewarding. This is where I engage in s ... |
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| Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics) |
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The Voyage of the Siegel
Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity answers readers' questions |
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19 Jan 2007 |
InterActivist |
| What happens legally when we declare a species threatened? What actions would the administration be promising to take if they concede that polar bears are, in fact, threatened? -- Adrienne LaBombard, West Lebanon, N.H. Kassie Siegel, Center for Biological Diversity. The protections of the Endangered Species Act work extremely well, making it our strongest and best law for the r ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, climate, InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Flock of Siegel
Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity answers Grist's questions |
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15 Jan 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Kassie Siegel. What's your job title? I work for the Center for Biological Diversity as director of the Climate, Air, and Energy Program. What does your organization do? The Center for Biological Diversity works to protect imperiled plants and animals, the wild places they depend on, and, by extension, our own well-being. We are probably best known for our legal work related to the Endanger ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, climate, InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Best Footprint Forward
Lesley Marcus Carlson, cofounder of Carbonfund, answers readers' questions |
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09 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Lesley Marcus Carlson, cofounder of Carbonfund. After reading the Carbonfund website, I feel an odd mixture of inspiration and disbelief. Can we possibly plant enough trees and capture enough methane from landfills to stabilize earth's climate? Can I really bring my carbon footprint down just by sending $30 to Carbonfund, and then continue my American lifestyle -- driving a car and jetti ... |
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| Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Carbonated Leverage
Lesley Marcus Carlson, cofounder of Carbonfund, answers Grist's questions |
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05 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Lesley Marcus Carlson. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the president of Carbonfund.org. What does your organization do? Very simply, we make it easy and affordable for individuals or businesses to reduce their climate footprints to zero. We help people understand their impact on the climate and mitigate it by supporting energy efficiency, renewable energy, and o ... |
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| Topics: climate, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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The Matt Came Back
Matt Petersen, CEO of Global Green USA, answers readers' questions |
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17 Jun 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Matt Petersen, Global Green USA. What communities have had the greatest success with adoption of sustainability indicators? What sustainability tactics are the most successful? My county is seven years into a morass of choosing what steps to take. -- Bill Lavery, Saline, Mich. Don't give up, Bill. Soon you'll get through the morass and into the promised land of viable sustainability indicators! I ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Going to the Matt
Matt Petersen, CEO of Global Green USA, answers Grist's questions |
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13 Jun 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Matt Petersen. What's your job title? President and CEO of Global Green USA, the U.S. affiliate of Green Cross International. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? When founding Green Cross International, Mikhail Gorbachev presented a challenge: We must foster a value shift that reconnects humankind to the environment. Planet Earth ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Way You Move
Brenda Way, artistic dance director, answers readers' questions |
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04 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Brenda Way, ODC. What do you think should be the role of artists and performers in the face of injustice, environmental and otherwise? Do you believe, as Paul Robeson said, that "The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery"? -- Name not provided I think the artist's role is to alert us to whatever that individual artist is passionate about. Being awake and responsive is the precond ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Nobody Puts Brenda in a Corner!
Brenda Way, artistic dance director, answers Grist's questions |
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28 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Brenda Way. What work do you do? I founded ODC (originally the Oberlin Dance Collective) 35 years ago as a multidimensional arts organization -- that is to say, not just for dance jocks. We moved to the Bay Area from Ohio and now own 33,000 square feet of dancing/teaching/performing space in San Francisco. My primary time is spent as artistic director of the 10-member resident contemporary ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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