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Hits You Like a Britton of Bricks
Eric Britton, sustainable-development booster, answers readers' questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Department of Defense, energy, heroes, interview, national security, politics (all these topics) |
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The Commons Man
Eric Britton, sustainable-development booster, answers Grist's questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Are You There Cod? It's Me, Niaz
Niaz Dorry, oceans campaigner, answers readers' questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (all these topics) |
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Hope and Dorry
Niaz Dorry, oceans campaigner, answers Grist's questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (all these topics) |
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Cash Landing
David Cash, Massachusetts air-policy director, answers readers' questions |
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27 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| David Cash, Massachusetts air-policy director. What can be done to better educate environmentalists and the public at large that windmills are beautiful? -- Ken Kukovich, Arlington, Va. For some people, windmills will never be beautiful. For others, their beauty is inexorably linked to the environmental benefits they provide. But for the vast majority of people, they are an unknown, and the more ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, InterActivist, interview, Massachusetts (all these topics) |
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
An interview with doomsaying author James Howard Kunstler |
Amanda Griscom Little |
25 May 2005 |
Main Dish |
| James Howard Kunstler. "Check all of your assumptions at the door," James Howard Kunstler advises reporters before he commences an interview. "Don't assume that anything you think about the way we live today is going to be the same 10, five, even three years from now." The author of the new book The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastroph ... |
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| Topics: health, interview (all these topics) |
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Cash Flow
David Cash, Massachusetts air-policy director, answers Grist's questions |
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23 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| David Cash. What work do you do? How does it relate to the environment? I'm the director of air policy for the state of Massachusetts in the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. EOEA is an umbrella agency that oversees and coordinates the activities of numerous other environment-related agencies such as the Department of Environmental Protection (the state analog of federal EPA), Coastal Zone Man ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, InterActivist, interview, Massachusetts (all these topics) |
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In Goodwin Company
Neva Goodwin, ecological economist, answers readers' questions |
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20 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Neva Goodwin, Tufts University ecological economist. Would an effective movement to get people to consume less really cause our economy to go into a tailspin? If it wouldn't, how do we convince those who are so concerned about stimulating the economy? If it would, what's the sustainable answer? -- Cathy Turner, Portland, Ore. This is a key issue. Right now, our economy is, indeed, dependent on what w ... |
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| Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Neva Say Neva
Neva Goodwin, ecological economist, answers Grist's questions |
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16 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Neva Goodwin. What work do you do? I'm an economist, and codirector of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University. How does it relate to the environment? My overall goal is to affect what people are taught when they take economics courses, and to change the kind of economics that's subsequently in people's heads when they make policy, or vote as citizens. The kind of economics that I ... |
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| Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Oh My God, You Thrilled Kenny!
Kenn Kaufman, birding guru, answers readers' questions |
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13 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Expert birder Kenn Kaufman. In Kingbird Highway, your memoir of your crazy year of birding as a teenager in the 1970s, you describe an extraordinary experience that probably wouldn't be possible to have today. What has changed, and what would you tell young birders who wish to follow in your footsteps? -- Lauren Braden, Seattle, Wash. Tons of things have changed since the '70s in American culture ... |
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| Topics: Audubon Society, InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Ped Dispenser
John Francis, a 'planetwalker' who lived car-free and silent for 17 years, chats with Grist |
Mark Hertsgaard |
10 May 2005 |
Main Dish |
| How long could you survive without your car? For the many Americans who think nothing of driving 10 blocks to buy a gallon of milk, the answer is obvious. But before any of you dedicated pedestrians and die-hard cyclists start feeling smug, try this question: How long could you survive without talking? John Francis. Photo: Courtesy of Planetwalk. Chances are, n ... |
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| Topics: green living, interview (all these topics) |
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A Man of His Bird
Kenn Kaufman, birding guru, answers Grist's questions |
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09 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Kenn Kaufman. What work do you do? I'm associated with National Audubon Society (currently as field editor for Audubon magazine), and I cooperate with other groups, but 90 percent of my work is freelance. All of my focus is on getting more people interested in nature: not just nature as an abstract idea, not just nature as scenery, but nature as a complex of distinct species interacting in healthy ecosystems. If ... |
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| Topics: Audubon Society, InterActivist, interview, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Land of Millikin Honey
Green-car blogger Mike Millikin answers readers' questions |
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06 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: bikes, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, InterActivist, interview, politics, Prius, public transportation (all these topics) |
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Land of Millikin Honey
Mike Millikin, publisher of green-car blog, answers readers' questions |
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06 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Mike Millikin of Green Car Congress. In your opinion, what's the most promising path for future cars? Fuel cells? Biodiesel? Electric? What's the most important thing the average person can do to reduce the impact of their motoring? -- Matt Weiser, Sacramento, Calif. Short- to medium-term: Plug-in hybrids with a downsized diesel or alternative/biofuels fuel-combustion engine component. Lo ... |
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| Topics: bikes, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, InterActivist, interview, politics, Prius, public transportation (all these topics) |
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No Nukes Is Good Nukes
An interview with longtime anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott |
Gregory Dicum |
03 May 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Helen Caldicott. Photo: Greg Barrett. In 1971, Helen Caldicott had an epiphany: all life on earth could end at any moment, simply because a few pig-headed people imagined they could "win" a nuclear war. A decade later, she had given up her promising medical career to devote her life to nothing short of saving the world. Her urgent Australian twang became a sane voice ... |
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| Topics: energy, interview, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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Got Millikin?
Mike Millikin, publisher of green-car blog, answers Grist's questions |
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02 May 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Mike Millikin. What work do you do? I am the publisher/writer of Green Car Congress, a site covering technologies, issues, and policies for sustainable mobility. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? My mission is to build a company that offers a portfolio of media products providing detailed technical, practical business and produ ... |
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| Topics: bikes, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, InterActivist, interview, politics, Prius, public transportation (all these topics) |
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Spies Like Him
Allan Thornton, environmental investigator, answers readers' questions |
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29 Apr 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Allan Thornton, Environmental Investigation Agency. Is the investigation of environmental crime as cool as it sounds? I'm picturing a foggy night in a dimly lit warehouse meeting a suited man smoking a cigarette. Do you ever encounter such nefarious characters and situations? -- Thad Miller, New York, N.Y. It's less of a film-noir scene, but painstaking research and extensive long-range targeting ... |
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| Topics: Environmental Investigation Agency, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, logging, politics (all these topics) |
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Higher Ed
An interview with actor and solar advocate Edward Norton |
Amanda Griscom Little |
27 Apr 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Edward Norton. Photo: WGBH. The world has known Edward Norton as a neo-Nazi skinhead, a lusty priest, a warbling romantic, Larry Flynt's attorney, and Nelson Rockefeller. There is also a far less publicized role that Norton plays every day: a dyed-in-the-wool eco-devotee on the front lines of the renewable-energy movement. In 2003, Norton teamed up with oil giant and leading solar-panel pro ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy, green living, interview, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Thornton. Allan Thornton.
Allan Thornton, environmental investigator, answers Grist's questions |
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25 Apr 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Thornton. Allan Thornton. Allan Thornton, environmental investigator, answers Grist's questions 25 Apr 2005 Allan Thornton. What work do you do? I run the Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit environmental group with offices in Washington, D.C., and London. I generally oversee the strategic development of the organization, which includes targeting research, deploying investigative teams to obtain documentary evidence, and exposing environmental crimes; I work in close cooperation wit ... |
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| Topics: Environmental Investigation Agency, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, logging, politics (all these topics) |
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Making His Mark
Mark Shelley, environmental film producer, answers readers' questions |
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22 Apr 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Have you ever considered taking your talents to a feature-length studio-released film? Do you think that environmentalism and oceanography might gain more adherents if we had a live-action Finding Nemo? -- Eric Wagner, Royersford, Penn. We have really only toyed with the idea of making theatrical release films. It is very inviting, but also a very different end of our business. Being successful i ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Strange Brew
Mark Shelley, environmental film producer, answers Grist's questions |
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18 Apr 2005 |
InterActivist |
| What work do you do? I produce films and other media about the environment. In the film world, I am executive producer of Sea Studios Foundation and a senior series producer for National Geographic Television and Film. In the foundation world, I am the executive director and cofounder of Sea Studios Foundation, and last but not least, I am president of Sea Studios, Inc. How does it relate to the environ ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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No More Mr. Ice Guy
Arni Finnsson of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association answers readers' questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Iceland, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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The Iceman InterActivateth
Arni Finnsson of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association answers Grist's questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Iceland, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Black and Green and Read All Over
Norris McDonald, president of the African American Environmentalist Association, answers readers' questions |
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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. ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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