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Friedman Fighter
An interview with New York Times columnist and 'geo-green' advocate Thomas Friedman |
Amanda Griscom Little |
05 Apr 2005 |
Main Dish |
| An interview with New York Times columnist and "geo-green" advocate Thomas Friedman By Amanda Griscom Little 05 Apr 2005 Thomas Friedman. Photo: Greg Martin. As the green movement fends off accusations of impotence, Thomas Friedman has hatched an idea that could make a man out of environmentalism. In January, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times debuted his "geo-green" strategy, a powerful proposal for reframing America's ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, interview, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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We're Lovin' It!
Norris McDonald, president of the African American Environmentalist Association, answers Grist's questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Greening You Out of House and Home
Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor of Natural Home & Garden magazine, answers readers' questions |
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01 Apr 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Natural Home & Garden magazine. I subscribed to Natural Home's first issue, and I continue to love the magazine, but I'm disappointed by the new name. First, it sounds too much like Better Homes & Gardens. I grew up with that magazine, and to me the name connotes frivolous suburban busywork. Second -- and related -- the ne ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, magazines (all these topics) |
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Natural Woman
Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor of Natural Home & Garden magazine, answers Grist's questions |
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28 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Robyn Griggs Lawrence. What's your job title? Editor in chief, Natural Home & Garden magazine. How does it relate to the environment? Working under the tagline "Living Green, Living Well," our magazine's mission is to show mainstream America that living lightly doesn't mean giving up a thing -- that they don't have to go live out in the hills in a yurt or a home ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, magazines (all these topics) |
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Label Me Badd
Eco-label watchdog Urvashi Rangan answers readers' questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: health, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Not Just Another Pretty Space
An interview with risk-taking park ranger Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Nature Noir |
Aaron Dalton |
23 Mar 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| Jordan Fisher Smith. If you had to guess which federal agents in the U.S. face the greater danger, who would you put your money on: the officers who wage the endless War on Drugs, or the rangers who patrol the green acres of the national parks? Well, it's the rangers. According to a 2001 study by the Bureau of Justice, nature's security guards are twice a ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, interview, National Park Service, national parks (all these topics) |
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Label Dancing
Eco-label watchdog Urvashi Rangan answers Grist's questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: health, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Rikipedia
Author and oil-spill expert Riki Ott answers readers' questions |
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18 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Riki Ott, author of Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$. We know that using oil is wasting our planet, ruining the atmosphere and oceans, and poisoning our water and children, but we still find using it a reasonable thing to do. Who is really at fault, Exxon or us? Are we destined to pollute earth to a point that destroys us all? -- Bruce Wright, Executive Director, Conservation Science Institute, Wasilla, Alask ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, business, energy, InterActivist, interview, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Riki-Tikki-Savvy
Author and oil-spill expert Riki Ott answers Grist's questions |
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14 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Riki Ott. What work do you do? What's your job title? For the past seven years -- 1998 to 2004 -- I researched and wrote a book, Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Now I'm an author/activist/scientist on book tour. Titles: Well, I have been bestowed numerous titles by others. For example, "pain in the ass" by Alyeska, the consortium that operates and (sup ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, business, energy, InterActivist, interview, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Lippman Smacking Good
Steve Lippman, green investment expert, answers readers' questions |
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11 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Lippman, Trillium Asset Management. What criteria do you use to make the ultimate yay or nay decision on what constitutes a socially responsible corporation? -- Maire McDermott, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada We're in a little different boat than SRI mutual funds, because as an asset manager we offer individual investment portfolios to our clients and thus can customize their accounts to ref ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Not Just Lippman Service
Steve Lippman, green investment expert, answers Grist's questions |
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07 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Lippman. What work do you do? I'm the senior analyst on the Social Research and Advocacy team at Trillium Asset Management, a Boston-based investment management company dedicated solely to socially responsible investing. The biggest part of my job is actively engaging with companies we hold to encourage them to improve their social and environmental performance. So for instance, we played ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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The Way You Move
Brenda Way, artistic dance director, answers readers' questions |
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04 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Brenda Way, ODC. What do you think should be the role of artists and performers in the face of injustice, environmental and otherwise? Do you believe, as Paul Robeson said, that "The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery"? -- Name not provided I think the artist's role is to alert us to whatever that individual artist is passionate about. Being awake and responsive is the precond ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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The Chuck Stops Here
An interview with Sen. Chuck Hagel, Republican from Nebraska, on his new climate bills |
Amanda Griscom Little |
01 Mar 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Sen. Chuck Hagel. A possible GOP presidential contender in 2008, Nebraskan Sen. Chuck Hagel has lately sprung to the public stage as one of the leading Republican voices on climate change. In mid-February, he introduced three bills designed to be economic jumper cables that would boost the development of clean-energy technologies -- one focusing on inte ... |
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| Topics: climate, interview, legislation, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Nobody Puts Brenda in a Corner!
Brenda Way, artistic dance director, answers Grist's questions |
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28 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Brenda Way. What work do you do? I founded ODC (originally the Oberlin Dance Collective) 35 years ago as a multidimensional arts organization -- that is to say, not just for dance jocks. We moved to the Bay Area from Ohio and now own 33,000 square feet of dancing/teaching/performing space in San Francisco. My primary time is spent as artistic director of the 10-member resident contemporary ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Greenwalshing
Bill Walsh, founder of the Healthy Building Network, answers readers' questions |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics) |
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It All Comes Out in the Walsh
Bill Walsh, founder of the Healthy Building Network, answers Grist's questions |
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21 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Bill Walsh. What work do you do? I'm the founder and national coordinator of the Healthy Building Network. How does it relate to the environment? The Healthy Building Network is the only organization dedicated to linking green building strategies to the specific goals of the environmental-health movement. Our goal is to shift market demand in the building and construction indu ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics) |
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A-Hundting We Will Go
Karen Hundt, Chattanooga urban planner, answers readers' questions |
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18 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Karen Hundt, Chattanooga urban planner. In your experience, what is the greatest obstacle to smart urban development? In other words, what is the biggest reason it's not being done in more places? -- Tommi Makila, Des Moines, Iowa Public policy and regulations -- national, state, and local. At all levels, the funding of roads and highways fuels sprawl. At the local level (and this is true fo ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Tennessee (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: heroes, interview, Kenya (all these topics) |
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Hundting Season
Karen Hundt, Chattanooga urban planner, answers Grist's questions |
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14 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Karen Hundt. What work do you do? I am the director of the Planning & Design Studio in Chattanooga, Tenn. We are a division of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, but the design studio focuses on downtown and riverfront redevelopment. How does it relate to the environment? The biggest environmental issue facing this country is the way we're building our cities -- suburban spr ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, placemaking, Tennessee (all these topics) |
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Babbling Brooks
Richard Brooks, Greenpeace campaigner, answers readers' questions |
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04 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Richard Brooks, Greenpeace Canada. Are there alternatives to Kleenex that a corporation could switch to in volume? -- Auden Schendler, Aspen, Colo. There are many alternatives to Kleenex and other tissue products that come from ancient forests, including products by Cascades, Wood Wyant, and Marcal. These products are available across the U.S. and Canada (and many other countries as well), and are ma ... |
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| Topics: Canada, Greenpeace, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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By Hook or By Brooks
Richard Brooks, Greenpeace campaigner, answers Grist's questions |
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31 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Richard Brooks. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am a forest campaigner with Greenpeace Canada. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Greenpeace campaigns in 35 different countries using lobbying, science, public education, markets mobilization, and peaceful protest to bring about increased environmenta ... |
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| Topics: Canada, Greenpeace, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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A Bouquet of Honey-Rosés
Butterfly protector Jordi Honey-Rosés answers readers' questions |
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28 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jordi Honey-Rosés, WWF Mexico Program. What do you feel are some of the key elements that individuals and organizations must consider when developing strategies that will both preserve and protect the monarch butterfly, the forests and benefit the landowners and citizens of Mexico? -- Don Davis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada This is a very good question that gets at the heart of the challenge face ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, Mexico, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Days of Wine and Honey-Rosés
Butterfly protector Jordi Honey-Rosés answers Grist's questions |
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24 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jordi Honey-Rosés. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? Currently I serve as program officer in the Mexican Forest Program for World Wildlife Fund, working to protect the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico. The pine and fir forest region where I work is the winter habitat for the migratory North American monarch butterfly. These butterflies travel all th ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, Mexico, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Heavens to Betsy -- Come in, Betsy
Betsy Rosenberg, green radio-show host, answers readers' questions |
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21 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Betsy Rosenberg, host of EcoTalk. How can you, and others in the media, break down the myths perpetuated about climate change and inform the general public, our decision makers, and other journalists about the threat of global warming? -- Nadia Malley, Arlington, Va. Great question and of course one of our most pressing challenges at the moment from both a human and a media perspe ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, parenting (all these topics) |
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Radioactivist
Betsy Rosenberg, green radio-show host, answers Grist's questions |
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18 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Betsy Rosenberg. What work do you do? I've gone from 20 years of general news reporting and anchoring for the CBS Radio network to creating an environmental radio minute to hosting and producing a one-hour nationally syndicated eco-awareness program called EcoTalk. I transitioned from journalist to activist a few years ago when, in the wake of 9/11, I decided that "saving the planet one sound bite at ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, parenting (all these topics) |
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