Paradise in Punta Cana
Finding Paradise in the Dominican Republic – As the plane skids to a stop on the tarmac of Punta Cana International Airport, the first impression of the Dominican Republic is of open-air breezeways and thatched roofs.
Throw it Out at the Old Ballgame
A single hot dog wrapper might not seem like much, but multiply it by the 26 million frankfurters consumed at major league baseball stadiums in 2002, add all the other junk generated by 68 million or so fans, and you get enough trash—about 34 million tons—to, well
fill a stadium.
Spilt Ink
Printer manufacturers realize that while the printer is a one-time purchase, profits from ink cartridges last a lifetime.
Seeds of Doubt
Did Canadian canola farmer Percy Schmeiser intentionally plant patented, genetically engineered (GE) seed on his Saskatchewan farm in 1997 and 1998? Chemical giant Monsanto says he did; he says he didn"t. The question is important, because Schmeiser has become a major figure in the anti-GE movement, lecturing widely on the wrongs done him by Monsanto.
Sustainable Islands
Institute for Environmental Research and Education will ask residents to decide how they should combine energy from the sun, wind, composting and tides to wean themselves from fossil fuels. Someday soon, cars will run on island-produced power stored in the form of hydrogen.
Sea Our Point
I wanted to congratulate you for publishing such an important story on the global fisheries crisis. Your cover story by Dick Russell, "Vacuuming the Seas," July/August 1996, was clearly well-researched and well-written. In fact, the Network used it as an informational "drop" in the U.S. Senate, where we fought a difficult battle to reform federal fisheries laws through the successful reauthorization of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Anne and Paul Ehrlich
Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Stanford University professors and population control advocates, don’t suffer fools gladly, as this frank discussion with them makes clear. As in their new Island Press book, Betrayal of Science and Reason, the Ehrlichs rely on hard scientific data, not rosy speculation and optimistic fantasy. They have been the country’s best-known population authorities for 30 years, since Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which argued forcefully that the planet was positioning itself for catastrophic human overcrowding, food shortages and mass starvation.
The Fish Harvesters
As yet another snowstorm was burying Minnesota and the rest of the Midwest last winter, traders in the "futures pit" of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange were shouting and signaling bids and offers for spring wheat, white wheat, white shrimp and black tiger shrimp. The trading in shrimp was closely followed by the staff of the local Thai Trade Office.
Our Crowded Planet
The U.S. has long been the world leader in supplying financial assistance to fledgling birth control programs in the Third World. Until recently, that policy had broad bipartisan support in Congress. But now a small ideological alliance, led by Republican Congressmen Christopher Smith and Henry Hyde, has introduced a powerful divisive force: abortion.
Contents Under Pressure
Political Attacks Threaten the Hard-Won International Consensus On Stabilizing World Population.