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RESULTS		Results 1 – 14 of 14
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Good As Gold -- No, Better Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine, activists for indigenous health in Suriname, answer readers' questions		11 May 2007	InterActivist
Could you say more about the indigenous people of Suriname with whom you have been working so closely? How many different groups or ethnicities are there? In what kinds of environments do they live? How do they relate to the plants and animals of their environment, which are as threatened as they are by the toxic pollution caused by the mining operations? ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview, mining, Suriname (all these topics)

Bien Suriname Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine, activists for indigenous health in Suriname, answer Grist's questions		07 May 2007	InterActivist
Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? We are co-directors of the Suriname Indigenous Health Fund. What does your organization do? Our organization supplies technology and support to indigenous communities that are impacted by gold mining. The communities we work with live in the rainforest deep in the interior of Surina ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview, mining, Suriname (all these topics)

IV League Karen Bowman, environmental-health nurse, answers readers' questions		23 Mar 2007	InterActivist
Karen Bowman, president of Karen Bowman & Associates Inc. I'm intrigued by environmental-health nursing as a career path -- I'd never heard of it until now! How did you become an environmental-health nurse, and how does the average person do so? -- Marta Lindsey, San Francisco, Calif. I am so glad you asked -- and if I can do it, you can do it too! As you learned from my initial bio, I've been in oc ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Hello, Nurse! Karen Bowman, environmental-health nurse, answers questions		19 Mar 2007	InterActivist
Karen Bowman. What work do you do? I have the best job in the world! I'm president of Karen Bowman & Associates Inc., a nurse-owned firm that provides occupational- and environmental-health services to the global community. How does it relate to the environment? The company designs and implements cost-effective, sustainable solutions that enhance health and safety in the workplace. Companies love nurses! We ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Femme Natal Anika Rahman, women's- and reproductive-rights advocate, answers readers' questions		16 Mar 2007	InterActivist
What are the implications of the Bush administration's denial of funds to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)? -- Name not provided Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA. In 1969, the U.S. was integral in the formation of UNFPA, recognizing the importance of providing women's health care. Since 2002, the U.S. has withheld $161 million from UNFPA. The denial of funds strips the moral, ...
Topics: green living, health, InterActivist, interview, United Nations, United States (all these topics)

Intent of a Woman Anika Rahman, women's- and reproductive-rights advocate, answers Grist's questions		12 Mar 2007	InterActivist
Anika Rahman. What work do you do? What's your job title? I'm the president of Americans for UNFPA. UNFPA, or the United Nations Population Fund, is essentially the United Nations' women's health agency. It provides women's health care and promotes the rights of women all over the world. Working in 140 countries, it is the largest international source of such assistance. Americans for ...
Topics: green living, health, InterActivist, interview, United Nations, United States (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)

Label Me Badd Eco-label watchdog Urvashi Rangan answers readers' questions		25 Mar 2005	InterActivist
Urvashi Rangan, Consumers Union. What do you think are the primary technical obstacles to a mandatory lifecycle eco-label system, and might you suggest any strategies to overcome the political roadblocks to developing such a system in the U.S.? -- Philip White, San Francisco, Calif. You bring up a few important issues along the continuum of good eco-labeling. Labels required by the government are certainly ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Label Dancing Eco-label watchdog Urvashi Rangan answers Grist's questions		21 Mar 2005	InterActivist
Urvashi Rangan. What work do you do? I'm an environmental-health scientist and policy analyst at Consumers Union. I also manage two public-education websites. Consumers Union also publishes Consumer Reports magazine, and I do dip into the testing and publishing side of the organization, but my work is mostly on the public service, technical policy, and advocacy side. I work on a broad range of sustainability ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers readers' questions		02 Apr 2004	InterActivist
When Monsanto (the big guy) took on Oakhurst Dairy (the smaller guy) here in Maine, Oakhurst did a bit of hedging on their label language. How could things have happened differently? What should dairies do? -- Steve Hoad, Windsor, Maine Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food. For those not familiar with this story, Monsanto sued Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, Maine, in Jul ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers Grist's questions		29 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Chapter. What does it do? PSR is a nonprofit educational organization committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes. PSR has programs on the health effe ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

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