Vinyl siding may not pose identifiable risks once installed properly on your home, but its production and disposal contribute to a wide range of health and environmental problems. In producing Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), the basic element in all vinyl products, workers are exposed to a multitude of hazardous chemicals
We have become alienated from the animal world, and we feel that loss in the deepest parts of our consciousness. Animals, once considered to be partners of the natural world, are now merely exploited.
Human slavery and animal abuse have a great deal in common. In both cases, the uglier aspects are hidden from view.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
