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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)

Come Back, J. Edgar Hoover, All Is Forgiven FBI's been monitoring green groups, using secret informants		03 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Come Back, J. Edgar Hoover, All Is Forgiven FBI's been monitoring green groups, using secret informants Ever get the creepy feeling somebody's watching you? Well, it's not the weed: The FBI has been spying on U.S. environmental, animal-liberation, and other activist groups -- though the feds insist it's the innocuous, totally legal kind of spying. Greenpeace and ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Greenpeace, news (all these topics)

Polar Distress Enviro groups sue to get species-act protection for polar bears		16 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Polar Distress Enviro groups sue to get species-act protection for polar bears This week's news about drowning polar bears got you all riled up? You're not the only one. Yesterday, three green groups sued in federal court to force the Bush administration to consider listing the bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Greenpeace, the Center for Biological Diversity ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Greenpeace, news, NRDC, wildlife (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)

Turn the Meat Around Conservationists pay to end hunting in western Canada wilderness		15 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Turn the Meat Around Conservationists pay to end hunting in western Canada wilderness The Raincoast Conservation Foundation opposes sport hunting, and it's putting its money where its mouth is: It purchased key hunting rights to a prime wilderness area along the coast of British Columbia, and plans to end sport hunting there for good. In late November, the group bought out the g ...
Topics: Canada, environmental non-government organizations, news, outdoor recreation (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)

Storm Riders A roundup of green plans and brown bills proposed post-Katrina	Sarah van Schagen	11 Nov 2005	Main Dish
Resourceful environmental leaders have unearthed opportunity amidst the wreckage left behind by this year's record hurricane season and the battering of the Gulf Coast. They've crafted plans for everything from the building of new, green, affordable housing to the tightening of auto fuel-economy standards. Of course, powerful people with less eco-friendly agendas have seen opportunity too ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, environmental planning, politics (all these topics)

You've Got Nail On rebuilding the Gulf Coast	Umbra Fisk	10 Oct 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, There seem to be plenty of good organizations accepting dollars to help the people of the Gulf Coast. But as The Nature Conservancy has said, "While current attention is rightfully focused on the immediate human toll and suffering of this tragedy, the ecological damage has yet to be assessed." The rebuilding effort, it seems, ought to occur in an environmentally sustainable way. Where can we direct our d ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, environmental non-government organizations, environmental planning, Louisiana (all these topics)

Brown vs. Sword of Education Law students help eco-groups for free and get educated in the process		27 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Brown vs. Sword of Education Law students help eco-groups for free and get educated in the process When a nonprofit environmental group with a shoestring budget seeks to confront big government or corporate foes in court, where can it turn? Increasingly, the answer is: law students. Some 30 law schools around the country now host environmental law clinics (nearly half found ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, news, politics (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)

Hits You Like a Britton of Bricks Eric Britton, sustainable-development booster, answers readers' questions		10 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Eric Britton, The Commons. If you could pick your favorite sustainable initiatives in Europe (top five), which would they be? I'm curious about public or private projects, at a county or municipal level. Ideally, could these projects serve as a blueprint for cities or companies in America to adopt? -- Piper Foster, Aspen, Colo. That's an excellent question, and an important ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics)

The Commons Man Eric Britton, sustainable-development booster, answers Grist's questions		06 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Eric Britton. What work do you do? I earn my living and pay the rent as an international adviser, consultant, and team builder for public- and private-sector organizations that have accepted that they need new thinking in the face of this uncomfortable concept that some call "sustainable development." That takes about half my time. For the rest, I have since the mid-'70s been involved i ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics)

Are You There Cod? It's Me, Niaz Niaz Dorry, oceans campaigner, answers readers' questions		03 Jun 2005	InterActivist
Niaz Dorry, Clean Catch. What are three things that consumers can do to help promote healthy oceans? -- Kristin Deason, Arlington, Va. 1. Think globally, but eat fish locally. 2. Don't expect the same seafood item year-round. 3. Advocate for policy changes that take into account the entire marine ecosystem and give preference to small-scale fishing operations over industrial/factory-scale ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (all these topics)

Hope and Dorry Niaz Dorry, oceans campaigner, answers Grist's questions		31 May 2005	InterActivist
Niaz Dorry. What work do you do? I'm the cofounder of Clean Catch, a new project aimed at promoting diverse, healthy oceans by supporting the people who have historically shown themselves to be responsible stewards of the ocean -- small-scale fishing communities. What does your organization do? Clean Catch works with and supports small-scale fishing communities that are actively advocating for and/or practicing ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (all these topics)

Waste Lines As Freecycle grows, idealism and reality collide	Matt Weiser	19 May 2005	Main Dish
Got a garage full of stuff you don't need? Try posting it on Freecycle. No Freecycle group in your area? Start your own. A new deal has some Freecyclers down in the dumps. This has been the happy mantra of Freecyclers since the grassroots online exchange started up in 2003. More than a million people all over the world have become members, via some 2,600 local groups. Thousands of tons of useful goods have be ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations (all these topics)

No More Mr. Ice Guy Arni Finnsson of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association answers readers' questions		15 Apr 2005	InterActivist
Arni Finnsson, Iceland Nature Conservation Association. How badly does hydroelectric power affect the environment? I thought it was a good alternative to burning fossil fuels for energy. -- Corey Bonasso, Morgantown, W.Va. In Iceland, valleys or lower-lying areas in the highlands, which the power industry would like to use for reservoirs, are usually the most vegetated and b ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Iceland, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Iceman InterActivateth Arni Finnsson of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association answers Grist's questions		11 Apr 2005	InterActivist
Arni Finnsson. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? Iceland Nature Conservation Association. We are the biggest member-based NGO in Iceland with 1,300 members. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? The powerful glacial river in the Karahnjukar area. Photo: Johann Isberg. INCA was es ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Iceland, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Black and Green and Read All Over Norris McDonald, president of the African American Environmentalist Association, answers readers' questions		08 Apr 2005	InterActivist
Norris McDonald, African American Environmentalist Association. Where do funds to operate the AAEA come from? -- Frank Fox, Mechanicsville, Md. The African American Environmentalist Association is a volunteer organization. I build and run web sites to make a living. I also share a house with my brother and that helps with the monthly bills. ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

We're Lovin' It! Norris McDonald, president of the African American Environmentalist Association, answers Grist's questions		04 Apr 2005	InterActivist
Norris McDonald. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm president of the African American Environmentalist Association. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? The African American Environmentalist Association, founded in 1985, is one of the nation's oldest African America ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Greenwalshing Bill Walsh, founder of the Healthy Building Network, answers readers' questions		25 Feb 2005	InterActivist
Bill Walsh, Healthy Building Network. How do you determine what should be classified as a "worst in class" building material? -- Name not provided A three-pronged analysis: First, is there a serious environmental problem associated with the material? Second, by focusing on that material, would we contribute to achieving the goals of the larger environmental-health movement? Thi ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics)

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