Making the Polluters Pay
Following his father’s footsteps as a social activist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is dedicated to protecting the Hudson River from the abuses of chemical companies and dumpers.
A Return to Direct Action
In Mid-August, a small but determined band of Greenpeacers stood in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and unfurled a banner denouncing Chinese nuclear testing. The demonstrators were immediately arrested and later deported. Even the journalists who were covering the action were detained, searched, and had their film taken away. As an educational tool for awakening Beijing’s population about continuing Chinese nuclear tests, the banner failed miserably, but as an eye-opener to the world, it was a smashing success, achieving coverage everywhere from Agence France Presse in Europe to "All Things Considered" here.
Letters from our Readers
The Four families featured in "Seriously Green" (July/August 1995) sounded like my kind of people. I recycle, compost and chop up my yard waste for mulch – and I repair, reuse, donate, <I>pre</I>cycle-that is, buy things with their reusability or recyclability in mind – and most important, resuse. I was born during the Depression, when doing things was second nature, due to limited budgets. In the days before we could recycle most of our waste, our camping club started a reuse project. I now have over 2,000 idea’s for reusing paper, plastic, tin and aluminum, wood, metal, wire, scrap paint, yarn, string, and cloth. We’ve even decorated Christmas trees with ornaments made of plastic bags and other trash. If enough people reuse, we <I>can make a difference in the landfills!
Some Like It Hot
Global warming is more than just a scientific prediction. Despite a new report from a UN consortium of 2,500 climate experts saying that the greenhouse effect imminent, a small group of naysayers continues to grab headlines.
The Great Divide
In the third and final installment of our series "Our Agony Over Animals," a panel of 12 environmental and animal rights leaders talk about what seperates them – and what can bring them together.
Ed Begley, JR
When this screen veteran talks about his commitment to the environmenet, he isn’t acting-he’s revealing a lifelong passion that extends right down to his energy-efficient home and his electric car.
Is Organic Meat Earth Friendly Fresh?
For humane, health and environmental reasons, natural meat producers believe their proud of flesh is better than typical supermarket and restaurant fare. "We’re talking about sustainable food production and using a lot fewer chemicals," says Mel Coleman, the flamboyant president of the Denver, Colorado based Coleman Natural Meats, which is a major supplier to natural food outlets.
The Big Heat
The numbers tell it all. In 1995, according to the Nexis data base, there were 24,142 U.S. newspaper stories about O.J. Simpson, and 1,592 about what is arguably a bigger threat to mankind-global warming.
Alligator Sex
Alligators with undersized testicles may seem like a problem only for other alligators, but scientists at the University of Florida (UF) argue that what happens to gators today may well happen to humans tomorrow.In Fact, the alarming reproductive problems of Florida’s alligators may be surfacing in largemouth bass, a sign of widespread lake pollution
Eyes in The Sky
Pilots have long soared the firmament for respite from life’s little problems.<P>Still , distance improves perspective-both good and bad. So, though littered streets fade, bigger problems, like clear cutting, strip mining and air pollution become more dramatic aloft. The result: Aviators are trading pleasure flights for environmental missions.