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Planning for the long term
An interview on planning for climate change |
Andrew Dessler |
28 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| An interview I recently did has been published in the newsletter of Caisse des Depots, a state-owned financial institution that performs public-interest missions on behalf of the French government. Also quoted in the interview is Patrick Criqui, Director of the Energy and Environmental Policy Department of the Grenoble LEPII. You can get the full newsletter here (PDF). It's all about the problems posed by the long timescale climate change operates on, and is definite ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, interview (all these topics) |
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A Healthy Appétit
Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers readers' questions |
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27 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| I know about local-food initiatives in different places throughout the country and I am skeptical. In the summer it is great, but the culinary arts are so focused on taste. Do you think that people will ever have the opinion that eating locally is more important than eating the things that taste amazing? If not, what do you think could inspire them? -- John Pepper, Middlebury, Vt. Mais ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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C'est Bon
Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers Grist's questions |
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23 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Maisie Ganzler. What work do you do? I'm director of communications and strategic initiatives for Bon Appétit Management Company. How does it relate to the environment? Bon Appétit is an onsite restaurant company committed to socially responsible practices. Our café and catering services feed about 200,000 people every day in corporations, colleges and universities, and museums. What sets us apart ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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That's What Friends Are For
Cheri Sugal, defender of a Mexican rainforest, answers readers' questions |
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20 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Protecting vast reaches of contiguous habitat is a major issue in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana for grizzly and wolf populations. Is it as critical for protecting jaguars? What's your strategy for securing intact or contiguous habitat? -- Toni Rubin, Portland, Ore. Cheri Sugal, Friends of Calakmul. Right now, Friends of Calakmul is focused entirely on securing large blocks of conti ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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EOphilia
E.O. Wilson chats about his new book on the intersection of science and religion |
David Roberts |
17 Oct 2006 |
Main Dish |
| E.O. Wilson. Photo: Jim Harrison In 1967, E.O. Wilson coauthored the book that founded island biogeography, a new field of scientific study. He could have retired then with a distinguished record. Instead, in the ensuing four decades, he's gone on to discover hundreds of new species, generate major advances in entomology, win the National Medal of Science and two Pulitzers, f ... |
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| Topics: books, God and the Environment, interview, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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The Soul of DeWitt
An interview with environmental scientist and evangelical leader Calvin DeWitt |
David Roberts |
17 Oct 2006 |
Main Dish |
| No one has worked longer at the intersection of environmental science, evangelical ethics, and practical activism than Calvin DeWitt. Calvin DeWitt. A respected scientist with advanced degrees in biology and zoology, DeWitt spent over 25 years as director of the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, where he worked to help college students learn the principles of ... |
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| Topics: God and the Environment, interview, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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A Spoonful of Sugal
Cheri Sugal, defender of a Mexican rainforest, answers questions |
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16 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Cheri Sugal. What work do you do? I am the executive director of Friends of Calakmul. What does your organization do? Our organization protects land in the threatened rainforest of southern Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. We sign lease agreements with local landowner groups, called ejidos. In exchange for an annual payment, these ejidos agree to give up their logging ri ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Oké-Dokey
Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers readers' questions |
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13 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Don't you think it is strange that people will cheer your environmental efforts when you transport fruit a thousand miles? -- Brandon Fedor, Plano, Texas Jonathan Rosenthal, top banana at fair-trade fruit company Oké USA. Yes, I do. One of the interesting things about fair trade is that for many it becomes the solution. For me, fair trade is an opening -- a window into reassessing choices we make a ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Tricks of the Fair Trade
Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers Grist's questions |
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09 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Jonathan Rosenthal. What work do you do? I am the top banana at Oké USA, a new fair-trade fruit company owned by farmers, fair-trade organizations, and nonprofits. What does your organization do? Oké USA is a new model of fair trade that links farmers, fair-trade organizations, and eaters. Farmers get a fair price, a fair share, and a fair say; eaters get a delicious banana at a fair pri ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Johnson in Law
Bern Johnson, environmental lawyer, answers readers' questions |
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06 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Bern Johnson, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide. What can be done to prevent the polluting of poor countries by richer ones, such as the recent toxic scandal in Ivory Coast? -- Juliette Hauville, Bologna, Italy The key is to empower people to protect themselves and their environment. ELAW gives partners in less-industrialized countries the legal and scientific tools they need to challenge polluters. W ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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The Gospel of J. Matthew
An interview with J. Matthew Sleeth, evangelical environmentalist and author |
David Roberts |
05 Oct 2006 |
Main Dish |
| In 2000, a wealthy hospital chief of staff and evangelical Christian named J. Matthew Sleeth looked around at the life he'd built -- suburban neighborhood, huge house, two cars, lots and lots of stuff -- and decided it failed to properly honor God. J. Matthew Sleeth: listen to the heart. In what he describes as a religious awakening, he, his wife, and their two teena ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, energy efficiency, God and the Environment, green living, health, interview, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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A chat with climatologist Bill Patzert on global warming, super El Ninos, and ultra La Ninas
Plain speaking from an expert |
Kit Stolz |
02 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| To a layperson, the world of climatology can be an intimidatingly foreign land. Denizens of this world -- scientists -- speak a daunting, often-impenetrable blend of acronyms (AGW, IPCC, WPAC, ENSO), Latinisms (anomalies, coterminous, precipitation deficits), and math (confidence limits, regression-based, boundary knots). Besides the sheer complexity of global climate systems, the dreariness of this jargon may be one of the big reasons the general public has been slow to ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, interview (all these topics) |
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A Bern Talking-To
Bern Johnson, head of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, answers Grist's questions |
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02 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| What work do you do? I'm executive director of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide. What does your organization do? ELAW helps grassroots lawyers around the world protect human rights and the environment. We're working with partners in 70 countries and helping them challenge environmental abuses, enforce environmental laws, give communities a voice about the environment, a ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Orrin Relations
Orrin H. Pilkey, shoreline expert, answers readers' questions |
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29 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Orrin Pilkey, North Carolina Coastal Federation. You stated that you did not want to be "written off as an environmentalist." Is that such a bad thing? -- Charles Cope, Arlington, Va. In some conservative circles, environmentalism is a dirty word and an opinion can be dismissed by simply claiming it comes from "radical environmentalists." I found myself so labeled by the media. When I ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, grassroots activism, health, heroes, interview, New York (all these topics) |
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The Coast Isn't Clear
Orrin H. Pilkey, shoreline expert, answers Grist's questions |
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25 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Orrin Pilkey. What work do you do? I am a retired professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke and am still actively engaged in research and writing. The North Carolina Coastal Federation is the only environmental organization I belong to because I want to make sure my views bear the stamp of science; I don't want to be written off as an environmentalist. What are you working on at the m ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics) |
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Force of Gravitz
Alisa Gravitz, director of Co-op America, answers readers' questions |
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22 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Alisa Gravitz, Co-op America. What is the most effective method you've found to show others that living "green" and sustainably is not only good for the world and its inhabitants, but economically feasible as well? -- Chris Rizzuto, Altamont, N.Y. The secret to saving money by going green is to think in categories, not in pieces. Piece thinking would be, "This organic-cotton, made- ... |
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| Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Flying the Co-op
Alisa Gravitz, director of Co-op America, answers Grist's questions |
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18 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Alisa Gravitz. What work do you do? I have the great pleasure of serving as Co-op America's executive director. What does your organization do? Co-op America uses the power of the marketplace to solve social and environmental problems. Our name itself stands for the idea of people in their economic roles (as consumers, workers, investors, and business leaders) cooperating to create a better world. Co ... |
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| Topics: business, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Eubank on It
Huston Eubank, director of the World Green Building Council, answers readers' questions |
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15 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Huston Eubank, World Green Building Council. What is the No. 1 recommendation you would give to somebody building new construction to make the biggest "green" impact on the environment? Also, what can current homeowners do to help? -- Alicia Bequette, Nashville, Tenn. There are many very important issues like transportation requirements, water, toxins, and preservation of ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics) |
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The Big Buildup
Huston Eubank, director of the World Green Building Council, answers Grist's questions |
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11 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Huston Eubank. What work do you do? I'm executive director of the World Green Building Council. What does your organization do? The World Green Building Council is a union of green building councils from around the world who are working to encourage development of green-building rating systems and accelerate the transformation of the global property industry toward sustainability. O ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Climatologist Kelly Redmond on climate changes in the Western U.S.
A Q&A |
Kit Stolz |
10 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The best guide I know to the climatological consensus is soft-spoken Kelly Redmond, who helps lead the influential and wide-ranging Western Regional Climate Center. The WRCC has done a great deal of work for the US Global Change Research Program on climate change issues, such as investigating the possibility that global warming could seriously degrade the Sierra snow pack on which much of California depends for water. But don't let all that brainpower discourage you! Alt ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, interview (all these topics) |
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Alaska Man Standing
David Benton, head of the Marine Conservation Alliance, answers readers' questions |
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01 Sep 2006 |
InterActivist |
| David Benton, Marine Conservation Alliance. What have you found to be the best incentives to alleviate large numbers of bycatch in ocean fishing? Do large fishing boats wind up with a higher percentage of bycatch than smaller-scale fishing operations? -- Angela Mallard, Telluride, Colo. Bycatch control and reduction is an important conservation goal. In Alaska we have employed se ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life (all these topics) |
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A Little More Conservation
David Benton, head of the Marine Conservation Alliance, answers Grist's questions |
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28 Aug 2006 |
InterActivist |
| David Benton. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm executive director of the Marine Conservation Alliance, based in Juneau, Alaska. What does your organization do? MCA is a nonprofit organization established by the Alaska seafood industry that promotes sustainable fishing. America has an increasing appetite for healthy seafood, but we must be sure that ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life (all these topics) |
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Small Talk
Gregg Small, director of the Washington Toxics Coalition, answers readers' questions |
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25 Aug 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Gregg Small, Washington Toxics Coalition. What can be done to start the process of weaning our dependence on chemicals, therefore leading to reduced levels in our environment and us? -- Kristina Logsdon, Seattle, Wash. Our top priority in Washington is passing a bill to phase out the use of toxic flame retardants called PBDEs that are rapidly building up in breast milk, our bodies, and ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, toxics, Washington (all these topics) |
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The Toxics Avenger
Gregg Small, director of the Washington Toxics Coalition, answers Grist's questions |
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21 Aug 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Gregg Small. What's your job title? Executive director of the Washington Toxics Coalition. What does your organization do? WTC works to protect human health and the environment from the impacts of toxic pollution. What are you working on at the moment? Photo: iStockphoto A top priority right now is our Pollution in People Project. For many years, the environmental movement has been ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, toxics, Washington (all these topics) |
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