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One Giant Step for Greenkind Photos and voices from Step It Up 2007 rallies across the U.S.		19 Apr 2007	Main Dish
Click image to view audio slideshow. Photo: Tom Twigg On April 14, 2007, gaggles of enthusiastic Americans gathered at more than 1,400 spots around the U.S. to demand action against climate change, part of a coordinated Step It Up campaign launched by author Bill McKibben. At all the rallies, marches, parties, and other hullabaloos, the message was the same: Step it up, Congress! Enact immedia ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, environmental movement, grassroots activism, heroes (all these topics)

A green superhero? And I'm not talking about the Green Lantern or Green Arrow	Chris Schults	08 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: heroes (all these topics)

Duck, Hunter Rev. Joel Hunter speaks out on broadening the evangelical agenda	David Roberts	20 Dec 2006	Main Dish
In July, Rev. Joel Hunter was named president-elect of the Christian Coalition of America, the legendary political advocacy organization founded by Pat Robertson. Rev. Joel Hunter. Last month, just before he was to formally take office, he abruptly stepped down after a meeting with the coalition's board of directors. According to Hunter, it became clear that the organization was not ready t ...
Topics: God and the Environment, heroes, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Majora League An interview with Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx	Amanda Griscom Little	28 Sep 2006	Main Dish
Majora Carter is no ordinary environmental leader. For starters: She's a woman, she's black, and she's not afraid to publicly challenge Al Gore. Majora Carter. Photos: Sustainable South Bronx In 2005, she was honored with a MacArthur "genius grant" for her work with Sustainable South Bronx, a group she founded to mobilize grassroots environmental activism among New Yo ...
Topics: environmental justice, grassroots activism, health, heroes, interview, New York (all these topics)

Lend Me Your Gears Blake Mycoskie, founder of eco-friendly driving school, answers readers' questions		14 Jul 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: cars, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids (all these topics)

Movement Shakers Two eco-leaders -- one mainstream, one radical -- debate the movement's past and future	Kathryn Schulz	29 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Eric Mann. When Eric Mann first encountered environmentalists, he saw them as a bunch of "arrogant, racist airheads." When Frances Beinecke first encountered environmentalists, she felt she'd found her cause. Frances Beinecke. Nearly four decades later, both are tireless proponents of environmental sanity, but they work in very different ways. Mann is ...
Topics: environmental justice, heroes, interview, NRDC, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Integrate Expectations An interview with integration advocate Sheryll Cashin	Jon Christensen	21 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Space is the place where race, poverty, and the environment get sorted out, for better or worse. And the spaces where we live, work, learn, and play are the places where integration succeeds or fails, argues Sheryll Cashin. The Georgetown University law professor wrote 2004's The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream, one of the most important and p ...
Topics: education, environmental justice, heroes, interview, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Barack Obama on energy independence That man's got a pair, you gotta give him that	David Roberts	28 Feb 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Barack Obama, Big Oil, heroes, politics (all these topics)

Rumblings in the Bronx A virtual walking tour of the South Bronx with Omar Freilla of Green Worker Cooperatives	Mary Wiltenburg	27 Feb 2006	Main Dish
Click image to take the tour. �� Photo by Mary Wiltenburg. New York's South Bronx was once a getaway for the rich; now the defining landmarks of the community are power plants, landfills, and parking lots. Where some might see hopelessness, though, resident Omar Freilla sees opportunity. Freilla founded Green Work ...
Topics: consumerism, environmental justice, grassroots activism, heroes, New York, Poverty and the Environment, toxics, waste (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)

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)

Cizik Matters An interview with green evangelical leader Richard Cizik	Amanda Griscom Little	05 Oct 2005	Main Dish
Richard Cizik. Photo: National Association of Evangelicals. Polluters will have to answer to God, not just government, according to Richard Cizik. Vice president of governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, Cizik is a pro-Bush Bible-brandishing reverend zealously opposed to abortion, gay marriage, and embryonic stem-cell research. He is also on a mission to convert ...
Topics: climate, God and the Environment, heroes, interview, politics, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Woolsey? An interview with geo-green James Woolsey, former head of CIA	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Jun 2005	Main Dish
James Woolsey. Former Pentagon heavies are not known for their breezy candor, so it's a rare treat to come across one who voluntarily describes himself as a tree-hugger, do-gooder, sodbuster, and cheap hawk, all rolled into one. There you have R. James "call me Jim" Woolsey, in a nutshell. Sort of. Over the course of a dozen years, Woolsey held pr ...
Topics: Department of Defense, energy, heroes, interview, national security, politics (all these topics)

Maathai on the Prize An interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai	Amanda Griscom Little	15 Feb 2005	Main Dish
If the leaders of America's environmental movement need a shot of adrenaline, they would do well to sit down with Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai is the now-legendary mother of the Green Belt Movement, responsible for mobilizing tens of thousands of women to plant a staggering 30 million trees across Kenya over the last three decades. Her grassroots ...
Topics: heroes, interview, Kenya (all these topics)

Bill Moyers hearts us, and we him	Grist	03 Dec 2004	Gristmill

Topics: Bill McKibben, heroes, Massachusetts (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers readers' questions		04 Jun 2004	InterActivist
We all know that logging and grazing are not inherently destructive practices. Do you work for, or know of, groups that are actively trying to remake the way grazing and logging are done on our federal lands, as opposed to merely campaigning against them altogether?��-- John Hintz, Lexington, Ky. Andy Kerr, director of the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign. We all don ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers Grist's questions		01 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I currently spend 30 hours a week directing the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign (NPLGC), 5 hours a week advising Alternatives to Growth Oregon (AGO), and 15 hours as senior counselor for the Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC). I fill the remaining 10 hours of my 60-hour workweek (I'm a well-adjusted workaholi ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

James Gustave Speth, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies A veteran enviro leader answers readers' questions		05 Mar 2004	InterActivist
James Gustave Speth, dean of Yale's environment school. What should be the role of academics in supporting environmental causes and policies? Do you think that just doing the research is enough, or should they advocate from their conscience? �� -- Roger Smith, West Hartford, Conn. Scientists have got to become more outspoken. Today's issues demand leadership fr ...
Topics: education, heroes, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics)

James Gustave Speth, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies A veteran enviro leader answers Grist's questions		01 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I'm the dean at the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The school is working to become "a truly global school of the environment." We have around 235 students in our professional master's degree programs in environmental management, forestry, and environmental scien ...
Topics: education, heroes, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics)

Pauling Around A wide-ranging interview with environmental visionary Paul Hawken	Amanda Griscom	18 Feb 2004	Main Dish
Paul Hawken. It's hard to believe it was only a month ago that environmental hotshots Paul Hawken, Bruce Babbitt, Bill McKibben, and Terry Tempest Williams published a joint endorsement of Howard Dean in Grist. "We've concluded that the blast of clean air coming from the millions of Americans that constitute the Dean campaign is the best chance for [positive environmental] change,& ...
Topics: business, elections, heroes, interview, politics (all these topics)

Prize Fighters Interviews with the 2003 winners of environmentalism's greatest honor	Michelle Nijhuis	14 Apr 2003	Main Dish
These are dark times for grassroots activists. Just weeks ago, President Bush dismissed millions of anti-war protesters as little more than a "focus group" -- a group whose opinions he was determined to ignore, and did. But the indifference of the world's sole superpower is only one of the obstacles facing activists. Today's problems are often international in scale and ...
Topics: grassroots activism, heroes, interview (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		03 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 03 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. I'm about to get on a plane to head to Boston, where I'll attend a meeting at the University of Massachusetts on global climate change and biodiversity. I've been invited to give a talk on research, recently published in the journal Oecologia, concerning experimental work we've done in Costa Rica on the effects of climate ch ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

Nalini Nadkarni, Evergreen State College		02 May 2002	Dispatches
Nalini Nadkarni is an ecosystem biologist at Evergreen State College. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 02 May 2002 OLYMPIA, Wash. My Standard Breakfast Boiled Egg was pretty near perfect this morning. Unfortunately, I burned the toast. You win some, you lose some. Happily, the morning was bright and clear with a kiss of warmth in the air, which bodes well for the peas and beans and strawberry plants sprouting in my garden. I'm afraid I've lost th ...
Topics: art, Dispatches, education, grassroots activism, heroes, hybrids, Prius, travel (all these topics)

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