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Headline	Author	Published	Section
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)

Lily Fessenden, Audubon Expedition Institute An ecological educator answers readers' questions		26 Mar 2004	InterActivist
Lily Fessenden, director of the Audubon Expedition Institute I would like to understand the YIIMBY project. Could you explain it to me in more detail? -- Noel Collins, Newington, Conn. I would love to! "Yes! It's in my backyard!" is a take-off on NIMBY (not in my backyard). It seems to me that if those of us with large ecological footprints are going to reduce our consumptio ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Lily Fessenden, Audubon Expedition Institute An ecological educator answers Grist's questions		22 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Audubon Expedition Institute at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. What does it do? AEI offers higher education that fosters ecological awareness and personal and societal transformation through immersion in a variety of environments and cultures, critical reflection, and experiential learning communities. As learners, we awaken to ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Thomas Patrick, WindStar Wildlife Institute A wildlife habitat enthusiast answers readers' questions		19 Mar 2004	InterActivist
Thomas Patrick, president and founder of WindStar Wildlife Institute. I am a teacher of math and science to students with learning disabilities in a large public high school. I also cosponsor the Newark High School Nature Society with a biology teacher and neighbor of mine. It's easy to engage our high-achieving students, particularly from the Advanced Placement environmental science ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Thomas Patrick, WindStar Wildlife Institute A wildlife habitat enthusiast answers Grist's questions		15 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What organization are you affiliated with? WindStar Wildlife Institute. What does it do? WindStar Wildlife Institute is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization that works to stem the loss of native plants, wildlife, and wildlife habitat by effectively teaching wildlife-habitat improvement practices through proven methods such as "neighbor helping neighbor" an ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Bryce Mathern, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network An eco-film booster answers readers' questions		12 Mar 2004	InterActivist
Bryce Mathern, of Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network. What was your favorite film from last year's festival? What was it about? Do you have any idea what to expect this year? Any likely faves? -- Brenda Jenson, Milwaukee, Wis. Well, there were so many good ones last year. There was a documentary on pesticides that affected children down in Mexico called Playing with Poison -- I ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, non-government organizations (all these topics)

Bryce Mathern, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network An eco-film booster answers Grist's questions		08 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I work with the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network. I have been on the board for three years now. Every year this organization puts on a film festival in Leavenworth, Wash. This year it is March 18-21. We are showing more than 50 films from around the world. Over the span of four days, people from all over get to come togeth ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, non-government organizations (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)

Michael North, Greenstar A solar entrepreneur answers readers' questions		27 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What is the most promising area for environmental entrepreneurship in the world today? -- James Shaffer-Bauck, Eastsound, Wash. Michael North of Greenstar. The most promising area depends on your skill set, of course. But if you're an engineer, I'd say find ways to work in developing countries installing, maintaining, and teaching people about green technologies. If you're in business, I'd say get involved ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Michael North, Greenstar A solar entrepreneur answers Grist's questions		23 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? Greenstar. We invest in solar-powered community centers for small villages in the developing world -- currently in the West Bank, Jamaica, India, Ghana, Brazil, and Tibet. The community center provides basic electricity and a connection to the world through the Internet, which enables the people to jump-start small businesses and improve ed ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

D. Rick Van Schoik, Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy SoCal environmental scientist answers your questions		20 Feb 2004	InterActivist
Rick Van Schoik of Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy Do you know of any studies that look at wildlife-friendly border infrastructure (or procedures) that still "keeps our border secure" while allowing jaguars, ocelots, mountain lions, and other wildlife free passage? We are working to keep wildlife linkages open across the bord ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (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)

D. Rick Van Schoik, Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy SoCal environmental scientist answers our questions		17 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) is a consortium of universities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border that cares about the environment, ecology, and people of that region. What's your job title? I am the managing director. What do you really do, on ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Radhika Sarin, Earthworks Mining watchdog Radhika Sarin answers your questions		13 Feb 2004	InterActivist
Radhika Sarin of Earthworks Is an "environmentally friendly gold mine" a complete oxymoron? Does such a thing exist? -- Janice Wormworth, Sydney, Australia Unfortunately, no large-scale gold mining operation today can be considered both socially and environmentally responsible. The No Dirty Gold campaign seeks to change that by calling upon the mining industry to provide retailers and consume ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Radhika Sarin, Earthworks Mining watchdog Radhika Sarin answers our questions		09 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I work for Earthworks, a new partnership designed by the Mineral Policy Center, which seeks to protect communities and the environment from irresponsible mining. We bring together activists, organizers, scientists, engineers, and community leaders in an effort to change mining policies and practices. What's your job title? Internation ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Hank Dittmar, Reconnecting America Transportation guru Hank Dittmar answers your questions		06 Feb 2004	InterActivist
Hank Dittmar of Reconnecting America Hank, I am intrigued by your response, "If we want to succeed, we need to frame our struggle in terms of a continuum from the most dense urban place to the least dense -- what Ian McHarg called designing with nature, and what Andres Duany calls a transect -- and acknowledge that all of it is becoming an environment designed by humans." Can you sugg ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Hank Dittmar, Reconnecting America Transportation guru Hank Dittmar answers our questions		02 Feb 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? What does it do? I work at Reconnecting America, a national organization focused on connecting transportation and communities to improve environmental and economic performance and create economic security for families and communities. We promote an interconnected national transport system, relying more on rail and bus for intercity travel; ...
Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Interior Design An interview with Interior's Lynn Scarlett, one of the architects of Bush's 'new environmentalism'	Amanda Griscom	12 Jan 2004	Main Dish
An interview with Interior's Lynn Scarlett, one of the architects of Bush's "new environmentalism" By Amanda Griscom 12 Jan 2004 The people who make policy don't always make headlines. The Bush administration boasts more than a few strong-minded, behind-the-scenes strategists with almost as much influence as cabinet members. Lynn Scarlett is one of them. As assistant secretary of the Department of Interior's Office of Policy, Management, and Budget, Scarlett helps deter ...
Topics: Department of Interior, interview, politics (all these topics)

Still the Sundance Kid Robert Redford gets heated up about the Bush environmental agenda, clean energy, and more	Amanda Griscom	13 Nov 2003	Main Dish
He played the Sundance Kid, the sharpshooter sidekick to Paul Newman's Butch Cassidy in the 1969 classic; he built the Sundance Village in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah; he founded the Sundance Institute for independent film and theater production and established the Sundance Film Festival. But all the while, Robert Redford has been doing an altogether mo ...
Topics: celebrity, green living, interview, politics, Robert Redford, water pollution (all these topics)

Meet Joe Green? A Grist interview with Democratic presidential contender Joe Lieberman	Amanda Griscom	15 Oct 2003	Main Dish
Joe cool. Photo: Lieberman for President Search through the recent archive of Democratic presidential candidate and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's press releases, and here's a sampling of what you'll see: "Lieberman Calls for [EPA Administrator Christie] Whitman to Resign in Protest." "Lieberman, McCain Offer Plan Harnessing Market Forces to Counter Global War ...
Topics: elections, interview, politics (all these topics)

Dennis the Menace A Grist interview with Democratic presidential contender Dennis Kucinich	Amanda Griscom	15 Oct 2003	Main Dish
Kucinich: rhymes with spinach. Photo: Kucinich for President. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has gone to great lengths to bill himself as the only true progressive among the Democratic presidential candidates -- vehemently opposed to war, NAFTA, and the World Trade Organization, and vehemently in support of universal health care, social security, and welfare. "I am running ...
Topics: Dennis Kucinich, elections, interview, politics (all these topics)

See How They Run Interviews with the 2004 Democratic presidential contenders		15 Oct 2003	Main Dish
There are enough of them to field a baseball team or fill the Supreme Court bench. With nine candidates vying to win the Democratic nomination for president, sometimes it can be tough to remember which one drives the SUV and which one's the vegan. To help you get a leg up on the environmental platforms of President Bush's would-be challengers for the presidency, Grist is conducting interviews with the cont ...
Topics: elections, interview, politics (all these topics)

See How They Run Interviews with the 2004 Democratic Presidential Contenders		15 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
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Kerry's Jubilee A Grist interview with Democratic presidential contender John Kerry	Amanda Griscom	23 Sep 2003	Main Dish
Kerry power. Photo: Kerry for President. He has the jaw and build of Paul Bunyan; he windsurfs, kite-boards, and snowboards; and he's married to Teresa Heinz, one of the most powerful environmental philanthropists in the country. He has his finger on every hot-button environmental issue in D.C., from helping to lead the Senate campaign against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife ...
Topics: elections, interview, politics (all these topics)

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