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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Swimming With the Fishes Drew Weiner, reef-protection crusader, answers Grist's questions		29 May 2006	InterActivist
Drew Weiner. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm the director of Reef Protection International. What does your organization do? RPI contributes to coral-reef conservation by educating the public about the marine aquarium trade and helping consumers make responsible, "reef-safe" buying choices. Coral reefs are in crisis due to warming seas, pollution, and overfi ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (all these topics)

Docket Man John Suttles, Southern environmental lawyer, answers readers' questions		26 May 2006	InterActivist
John Suttles, Southern Environmental Law Center. Would you recommend entering the law profession with the intention of becoming a public-interest attorney? There already seem to be a flood of people with the exact same idea. Can someone realistically earn a living as a public-interest lawyer? -- Jesse Langdon, Seattle, Wash. The short answer is: "yeah, but it ain't necessarily easy." Of c ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics, South (all these topics)

The South Will Sue Again John Suttles, Southern environmental lawyer, answers Grist's questions		22 May 2006	InterActivist
John Suttles. What work do you do? I'm a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. How does it relate to the environment? For the past 20 years, the Southern Environmental Law Center -- the biggest environmental organization headquartered in the Southeast -- has used the full power of the law to conserve clean water, healthy air, wild lands, and livabl ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics, South (all these topics)

Woman on Top Melinda Kramer, advocate for grassroots women activists, answers readers' questions		15 May 2006	InterActivist
Melinda Kramer, Women's Global Green Action Network. What can/should we do to get more women at the helm of environmental decision-making? -- Kirstin Henninger, Palampur, India In villages and cities around the world, grassroots women are protecting their communities, stewarding their forests, rivers, and land, and transforming their local economies. The problem is many women leaders a ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Wonder Women Melinda Kramer, advocate for grassroots women activists, answers Grist's questions		15 May 2006	InterActivist
Melinda Kramer. Photo: Caitlin Sislin. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am cofounder and codirector of Women's Global Green Action Network, an international organization that unites and empowers grassroots women advocates, entrepreneurs, and community leaders around the world who are working in the areas of environmental, economic, and social justice. How does you ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Artful Roger Roger Mustalish, Amazon researcher and protector, answers readers' questions		05 May 2006	InterActivist
Roger Mustalish, head of ACEER. Can you describe an animal from the Amazon ecosystem and another animal from the Andes ecosystem whose status illustrates a particular environmental threat to those regions? -- Mark Stephen Caponigro, New York, N.Y. Globally, including in the tropics, we are losing amphibians at an alarming rate; many species are headed to extinction. Other than habitat los ...
Topics: Amazon, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, Peru, rainforests (all these topics)

Roger That Roger Mustalish, Amazon researcher and protector, answers Grist's questions		01 May 2006	InterActivist
Roger Mustalish. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm president of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit with offices in West Chester, Penn., and in Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado, Peru. What does your organization do? ACEER's mission is to promote environmental conservation by being a catalyst for awareness, understanding, act ...
Topics: Amazon, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, Peru, rainforests (all these topics)

A Class Act Terrain Johnson and Colleen Contrisciane of Earth Force answer readers' questions		21 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Is it fun to do Earth Force? How do you join the Earth Force project? -- Elisse Duvall, Manteo, N.C. Terrain Johnson. Johnson: Yes, Earth Force is a very fun project, and most kids get involved through their school and clubs that deal with the environment at their school. You can also call or go to the Earth Force website to get involved and learn more. Contrisciane: Yes, it's fun to do E ...
Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Youth the Force Terrain Johnson and Colleen Contrisciane of Earth Force answer Grist's questions		17 Apr 2006	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? Terrain Johnson. Johnson: I'm a 6th grade student at Masterman Middle School in Philadelphia, and I work with Earth Force. Colleen Contrisciane. Contrisciane: I am a program coordinator with Earth Force, a national organization that aims to engage young people as environmental citizens. What does your organization do? Contrisciane: ...
Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Tropic of Answer Charles Munn, a pioneer of South American ecotourism, answers readers' questions		14 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Charles Munn, Tropical Nature. Ecotourism is promoted as a sustainable alternative to industrial development; however, ecotourism does not generate the same immediate financial returns as industrial development. How can activists formulate their argument when aiming to save pristine areas from mining through promoting ecotourism? -- Jacqueline Obando, Pretoria, South Africa Well, yes, ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, South America, travel (all these topics)

A Tour for What Ails Ya Charles Munn, a pioneer of South American ecotourism, answers Grist's questions		10 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Charles Munn. What work do you do? I am chair of the board of Tropical Nature, a nonprofit conservation group specializing in conservation through ecotourism. What does your organization do? We run the world's largest network of eco-lodges in tropical rainforest -- in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil. We also consult for rainforest and tropical ecotourism companies and for gover ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, South America, travel (all these topics)

Henningsen-Picked Carsten Henningsen, green mutual-fund founder, answers readers' questions		07 Apr 2006	InterActivist
Carsten Henningsen, cofounder of Portfolio 21. How do you respond to Paul Hawken's claim that the standards for socially responsible investing portfolios have been loosened to the point where they are virtually indistinguishable from those managed without an environmental or social screen? Is Portfolio 21 any different? -- Seth Zuckerman Paul Hawken's study on socially and environmentally r ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

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)

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)

Eilon Encounters Eilon Schwartz, founder of The Heschel Center, answers readers' questions		16 Dec 2005	InterActivist
Eilon Schwartz, founder of The Heschel Center. How does the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians affect the work of environmentalists? -- Noah Efron, Tel Aviv, Israel As you must know, coming from the region, the "conflict" has traditionally dwarfed all other agendas. Interestingly, the environment has always been a central piece in efforts to build a dialogue and reconciliat ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, Israel, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Heschel Effects Eilon Schwartz, founder of The Heschel Center, answers Grist's questions		12 Dec 2005	InterActivist
Eilon Schwartz. What work do you do? I'm the founder and executive director of The Heschel Center, an environmental NGO in Israel. I am also an academic, teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. What does your organization do? Only in the last decade has environmentalism gotten on the map in Israel. For years, "The Situation" -- that is, the relationship between Israel and the Pa ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, Israel, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Down to EARTH José A. Zaglul, EARTH University prez, answers readers' questions		09 Dec 2005	InterActivist
José A. Zaglul, president of EARTH University. Can you give us some examples of how EARTH University graduates have promoted sustainability in their home countries? -- Tom Yuill, Madison, Wis. With nearly 1,000 graduates to date, the success stories are numerous and inspiring. Graduates are implementing innovative and sustainable agriculture techniques, founding companies, creating jobs, and improving ...
Topics: Costa Rica, education, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Learn It Up José A. Zaglul, EARTH University prez, answers Grist's questions		05 Dec 2005	InterActivist
José A. Zaglul. What work do you do? I am the president of EARTH University, a private, not-for-profit, international institution. What does your organization do? Our mission is to promote sustainable development in the tropics through the creation of professionals with strong values, solid technical and scientific skills, entrepreneurial spirit, and social and environmental consciousness. When EARTH opened ...
Topics: Costa Rica, education, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

That's a Rappaport Jamie Rappaport Clark of Defenders of Wildlife answers readers' questions		22 Jul 2005	InterActivist
Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife. I am an outdoor science teacher (and a fellow Towson University grad -- class of 1973!) for Baltimore County Public Schools, and I often have students ask me what I perceive to be the greatest threat to biodiversity in the U.S. today. What is your take on the subject? -- Carol Lancaster, Monkton, Md. Always nice to hear from a Towson alum! By f ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics)

Noah's Clark Jamie Rappaport Clark of Defenders of Wildlife answers Grist's questions		18 Jul 2005	InterActivist
Jamie Rappaport Clark. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm the executive vice president of Defenders of Wildlife. What does your organization do? We work to protect native plants and animals and their habitat. Our work takes us all across the U.S. -- from the halls of Capitol Hill to the mountains and plains of the West, as well as internationally, with a focus on Canada an ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics)

Legends of the Sprawl Al Norman, anti-Wal-Mart activist, answers readers' questions		24 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Al Norman, Sprawl-Busters. What's the best advice for small-business owners struggling against big-box retailers? -- Eric Schwaab, Hyannis, Mass. First, be honest about what the likely impact of a Wal-Mart will be. Don't hold the false impression that you will feel no difference, or that customer loyalty will see you through. My suggestion is that small businesses join with citizens' groups to enga ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

The Norman Conquest Al Norman, anti-Wal-Mart activist, answers Grist's questions		20 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Al Norman. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm founder of Sprawl-Busters. What does your organization do? We help community groups fight off big-box sprawl -- strategize their battles, understand key objectives, and develop a game plan. What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Getting people to stop shopping at these giant stores and invest the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

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