E Magazine articles from July 2004

E Magazine archives from July 2004

Operation prairie storm.(E Word)(hunting)
July 1, 2004... Like the Bush administration's reaction following revelations of Iraqi prisoner abuse, some in the hunting community will undoubtedly dismiss the prairie dog "hunts" described in our cover story this issue as the work of "a few bad apples."...

Just say no to investing.(Letters from our Readers)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I find your rather single-minded focus on "enlightened" corporate investing irritating ("Investing for the Earth," cover story, March/April 2004). The corporate system that exists at this point in time is having such a devastating effect on so...

The real opiate to the masses.(Letters from our Readers)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I recently read the article "A Spoon Full of Sugar: What Drug Companies Don't Want You to Know" (Your Health, March/April 2004), and I want to applaud the author for bringing such interesting and important issues to the eyes of consumers. The...

Just what the naturopath ordered.(Letters from our Readers)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I read your March/April 2004 issue with great interest and pleasure. In the article "A Spoon Full of Sugar," the author implied that information on herbal supplements can be difficult to get, and that readers should do research themselves. ...

Don't say cheese.(Letters from our Readers)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I enjoyed "Just Like Cheese?," Starre Vartan's excellent piece on cheese addiction (Eating Right, March/April 2004). When I became vegan 10 years ago, the only thing I missed was cheese. The non-dairy alternatives at the time were virtually...

Buying Nemo.
July 1, 2004... The popular animated movie Finding Nemo, a favorite in kids' video collections, traces the exploits of the young clownfish Nemo, who is captured by divers and plopped into a dentist office aquarium. But Nemo longs to return to the ocean and his...

Greening the conventions.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The monthly meeting started precisely at 9:45 a.m. The agenda included five minutes on the press conference with the mayor, five minutes for waste management, 10 minutes on outreach. Was this a meeting for a government agency, or a community...

Green partying.(environment friendly drinks)
July 1, 2004... In 1989, at a pub called the Slug and Lettuce in Northern London, Edwin Datschefski was sitting with several of his green design colleagues when he noticed an enviro-minded acquaintance at a nearby table. As it turned out, the friend was...

Clean energy goes to college.
July 1, 2004... There is a new wave of activism sweeping across college campuses. Student groups are coordinating efforts to reduce fossil-fuel dependency by pushing for more renewable alternatives, and putting forth specific goals for their colleges. ...

Green menus: college campuses opt for sustainable dining.(Currents)
July 1, 2004... It took only a few weeks for the news to spread last fall: The food served at Yale University's Berkeley College dining hall was the best on campus. Students assigned to eat in the 11 other residential colleges (Yale's version of dorms) wanted...

Protecting Thailand's forests: exploring the village to ministry connection.(Currents)
July 1, 2004... More than a half million hill tribe members, nomadic for centuries, live without regard to modern political boundaries in scattered villages throughout the broadleaf forest mountains of northern Thailand, Myanmar, and the famous Golden Triangle...

Wasting the West: how welfare ranchers and their livestock are damaging public land.(Currents)
July 1, 2004... Twenty years ago, much of the public land around the San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona resembled the barren and desolate landscape found in a Sub-Saharan desert. For years, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had granted grazing...

Blackening the skies: the Bush administration pushes dirty coal plants.(Currents)
July 1, 2004... Why was the Lake Michigan coastal city of Manistee, population 6,600, targeted for a $700 million, 425 megawatt coal-powered electric power plant, the largest proposed in Michigan in two decades? And why, in the face of an abundance of electric...

Countdown for cod.(Updates)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Once thought of as a resource without end, fishermen are finally bumping up against limits in the world's cod stocks (see "A Run on the Banks," feature, March/April 2001). In North America, the catch has declined by 90 percent since the early...

Green restaurants gain momentum.(Updates)(Greening Ethnic Restaurants program)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Ethnic restaurants in California continue to reap environmental and economic benefits thanks to Ritu Primlani's Greening Ethnic Restaurants (GER) program (see "Redesigning Restaurants," In Brief, July/August 2003). Primlani is currently...

Toxins for tots.(Updates)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... As reported in E's September 2001 cover story "Childhood at Risk," human beings under 12 are most vulnerable to toxins in the environment, given that relative to their weight and size, they consume more food, water and air than adults and spend...

Open season on "varmints": for saving endangered prairie dogs, it's the eleventh hour.(hunting)
July 1, 2004... "This is really what it's all about," Dan said. "I love being out here. Open, wild country. Fresh, clean air." So what was Dan doing? Hiking in the Sierras? Following the Appalachian Trail through Maine? Hell no, he was shooting prairie...

Prairie bandits: on the trail of the black-footed ferret.
July 1, 2004... While domestic ferrets are common pets, black-footed ferrets, (Mustela nigripes) are one of North America's most endangered mammals. Sometimes called "prairie bandits," nocturnal ferrets spend 70 to 80 percent of their time underground. Federal...

Shooting "varmints" decimates a prairie dog colony.(Small Game Hunting)
July 1, 2004... "There's shooters over there," Kim says suddenly. Immediately, the rest of us look east, where she is pointing, across the flat open land of the Montana prairie, dotted with sage brush and cacti, toward rolling hills and a stand of cottonwood...

Caught in a net: fifteen years after Exxon Valdez, Alaskan fishermen are still waiting for a settlement.
July 1, 2004... In a tiny bakery just across the street from the Fisherman's Memorial in Cordova, Alaska, Brian O'Neill is using a tablecloth--a laminated nautical chart of Prince William Sound--to diagram the worst environmental disaster in North American...

Everybody hurts: the natural alternative to prescription pain relief.(Your Health)
July 1, 2004... Severe pain--caused by everything from lower back problems and migraines to a common toothache--sends most of us running to the doctor for a quick fix. Often, that relief comes in the form of a potent pain pill, such as OxyContin or Percocet....

Que se-raw, se-raw: is uncooked food the next big thing?(Eating Right)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... The smell of fresh-baked bread or sizzling onions may soon go the way of the dodo in some American kitchens. Will the oven itself become a passe appliance as increasing numbers of health-conscious individuals decide to eat most of their food...

Easy water filtering: how to choose an optimal system.(House & Home)
July 1, 2004... While it may be Earth's most precious resource, water certainly isn't treated as such. Americas drinking water is often exposed to chemical additives, sewage, pesticides, herbicides and sometimes toxic waste, leaving many consumers distrustful...

Overseas mutual: investing in sustainability abroad.(Money Matters)
July 1, 2004... For socially and environmentally responsible investors leery of putting more money into a still-lagging American economy, international mutual funds focusing on investments in green companies abroad are good options to help minimize risk while...

The quiet paradise: getting away from it all in the Cook Islands.(Going Green)
July 1, 2004... Imagine a South Pacific paradise, steeped in the 18th century history of Captain James Cook and William Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. You can almost smell fragrant frangipani blossoms, taste sweet papayas and feel cool breezes. Now add to...

Getting there: a guide to planet-friendly cars.(Consumer News)(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 2004... As a nation, we love our cars. America invented the drive-in restaurant and the drive-in bank. NASCAR racing is one of the fastest-growing spectator sports in the U.S., and car magazines have millions of subscribers. We love our cars so much,...

No flies on me.(Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action)(Way Out Wax, Waxes industry)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Handcrafted in Vermont using a GMO-free vegetable wax, Way Out Wax's Bug Out! ($6.49 for a 12-ounce tin) provides a natural approach to keeping your outdoor activities free from pesky insects. Made with plant-based oils of lavender, tea tree...

Refreshing products from a refreshing family.(Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A good skin-care company boasts that its products are never tested on animals, but a great company can boast that its products are "thoroughly tested on my family." That is why Kathy's Family personal care products are a step above the rest....

Save while you surf.(Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action)(Red Jellyfish, Internet services)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Surfing the web has never been this easy... or beneficial. With Red Jellyfish online services, you can obtain quality access to the Internet while saving precious rainforest acreage all at once. Users of the company's dial-up service...

Hot fun in the summertime.(Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Give those backyard barbecues a kick this year with salsas sure to spice up any event. Drew's line of certified organic salsa ($3.79) combines ripe tomatoes, jalapeno peppers and onions with a number of fresh seasonings for a truly homemade...

Potato paradise.(Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Enjoy a tasty treat this summer from a company doing its part to give back to the environment. Kettle Foods offers a variety of organic potato chips with a crunch that doesn't quit and flavors sure to satisfy even the most finicky of eaters....

Water for life ... or profit?(Tools for green living: resources for eco-awareness and action)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... "Be prepared to pay gas prices for water," warns a concerned Stockton, California citizen fighting against the possible privatization of his local tap water. The film Thirst, produced and directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, is a...

Global warning.(Books)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... James Gustave Speth takes a long view of the environmental movement. He was on board at its dawn, co-founding the Natural Resources Defense Council right out of law school in 1970, then serving as President Carter's environmental advisor, and,...

Back to the good life.(Books)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Are you tired of living in polluted, over-crowded cities? Do you wish you could get back to the simple life, the so-called good life? That is just what authors John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist wanted when they moved from downtown Chicago to a...

A forgotten frontier.(Books)(The Lobster Coast, Book)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... In his new book The Lobster Coast (Viking Press, $24.95), veteran journalist and frequent E contributor Colin Woodard transports his readers back to a forgotten way of life that still exists in the rural fishing communities of coastal Maine....

The nature of the wild.(Books)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... "People need to learn to feel more about the world, not less... life is death, too, so why cover your eyes?" explains Seth Kantner about his raw and candid tale of survival in the tough arctic landscape. In his debut novel, Ordinary Wolves...

Northern exposure.(Books)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... The Heart of the Sound (University of Utah Press, $21.95) is one of those rare books that calls to mind a true sense of place--in this case the glacier-bound shores of Alaska's Prince William Sound. As the reader follows author Marybeth...

The toxic compound with a polished image.(Books)(Fuoride everywhere)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Searching the aisles for toothpaste enhanced with fluoride? There may be no need. Americans are exposed to the fluorine compound fluoride from hundreds of different "enhanced" sources: processed food, tap water, food packaging, the air and so...

Recycling article incomplete.(Letters from our Readers)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I have the greatest respect for what you are doing with your magazine and what Neil Seldman, president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, has done and continues to do for waste reduction and ecology (see "Growing Pains," Currents,...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2004... On page 29 of the May/June 2004 issue, the photo caption of a paper mill contained outdated information. Boise-Cascade actually sold the mill to different owners in 1996.

Frogs in peril, bug zapper mayhem, and the artificial reef debate.(Ask E)(Column)
July 1, 2004... I remember hearing that the world's frogs were in peril. How are they doing today?--Omar Khan, Columbus, IN According to Harvard biology professor Jim Hanken, "Overall, the status of frogs has definitely gotten worse. The problem is more...