The Real Conservatives
Whatever Became of Fixing Things? A Noble Tradition is Dying, But Reuse Is Still Alive and Well
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Building Consensus
Henry Spira is a fighter who makes things happen for animals. He sees a natural connection between the fights and animal rights and environmental sanity, and wants to establish a dialogue.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Back in the winter of 1976, I happened to catch an evening TV news report which graphically depicted the killing of baby seals near Newfoundland. Outraged at what I was seeing, I hurried to the phone to chide the station for showing me this carnage. As I began dialing, though, I realized that I was about the blame the messenger rather than the actual perpetrators of these horrors that so offended my sensibilities.
Advice and Dissent
advice and dissent
Currents
The western environmental team boarded the Russian bus from the Hanoi airport, after cutting through rice paddies of every imaginable hue of green, tended by women in conical hats and watched over by teary-eyed water buffaloes. It was the Vietnam of every news report, every post-war film.
Whither Cape Cod
Despite the current Congress’ wholesale assault on land conservation, preservationists are still winning many of the local battles. Take the case of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a magnet for hundreds of thousands of summer tourists who come for the sandy beaches and New England charm. Environmentalists thre argued this year – successfully – that the much-loved 75-mile spit of mogratory dunes ought to be off limits.
Food and Pain
Food and Pain: Making the Connection
Energy-Efficent Big Appliances
Labor-saving big appliances-dishwashers, refridgerators, clothes washers/dryers and air conditioners – can drastically reduce the house holder’s workload and increase comfort levels. But traditional appliances are no friend to the environment. Their clean white facades hide the soul of polluters. They use countless megajoules of electricty and billions of gallons of gallons of water, accelerating fuel consumption, dam building and air pollution. How could appliances dedicated to making things clean be so dirty.
Our Dumb Animals
The early fighters for animals were crusaders whose commitment grew out of concerns about slavery and the exploitation of children.