In and around the Kiunga National Marine Reserve on Kenya’s northern coast, basic services such as running water, electricity and health care are hard to come by. Post-primary education, especially for girls, is scarce. Pushed by poverty and the decline of marine ecosystems further down the coast, local residents and migrants are intensifying their use of resources. Fish, crustaceans, ocean-dwelling coral and turtles are showing signs of stress.
In the 2002 elections, "clean and green" New Zealand elected eight Green Party members as MPs, and they now enjoy the legitimacy of a Parliamentary office in Wellington. Their ranks include longtime activists such as Sue Kedgley, author of Eating Safely in a Toxic World, who campaigns for animal welfare, clean energy and public transit; and Ian Ewen-Street, an organic sheep and cattle farmer.
Utter wilderness is what lucky visitors seek—and get—from the western reaches of labyrinthine fjords of Prince William Sound. But the feeling that you’re traveling through a series of beautiful landscape paintings may erode now that the remote area expects its first marine gas station. To backcountry enthusiasts, the idea is as incongruous as finding a Starbucks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Scrapping or breaking up ships is a labor-intensive business that for cost reasons is often carried out in Asia with little or no regard for the environment or worker safety. But that will change if the growing field of "green shipbreaking" bears fruit.
I was in shock (but not awe) watching President Bush announce on TV, during the first wave of large peace demonstrations, that we were going to war in Iraq despite all the oppositionbut that the protests in the streets demonstrated the kind of "freedom" that America stands for. It appears to be lost on Mr. […]
Elections 2003 Green electoral strategy is gaining traction for non profit organizations. Environmental candidates need all the help they can get from green groups.
Day of Judgment, Religious Right A higher power informs the Republican assault on the environment. The religious right, deep into the Congressional leadership, is convinced that polluting the planet is not only Gods will, but a welcome sign of Jesus return.
About 60 percent of Americans (average age, 28) are playing video or computer games, and two fifths of them are women.
The Natural Egg-In the past 10 years, the egg has undergone a remarkable transformation, from a humble provider of protein, vitamins and minerals to an all-purpose edible conduit through which beneficial nutrients or potentially harmful chemicals can pass into the human body. As Americans become more critical of what they eat, small farmers and large-scale agribusiness have responded with a bewildering array of choices. And with the increasing variety of food products, even basics like eggs can confuse consumers.
Debates continue to rage on about whether vaccines are effective and if they cause other health problems that are worse than what we are trying to prevent.
