E Magazine articles from March 2001

E Magazine archives from March 2001

Recycling's Great Leap Forward.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... During its three years in business, Denver's Technology Recycling (TR) has kept 100 tons of obsolete computers out of landfills, translating into almost 15 tons of lead that our ancestors won't have to deal with. Last October, the company...

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS.
March 1, 2001... HANGING IN THE BALANCE I've just read the excellent, factual, non-emotional cover story in your November/December 2000 issue ("Balancing Act: Can America Sustain a Population of 500 Million--or even a Billion--by 2100?"). There are few...

The Paper Project.(efforts to get periodical publishers to use recycled paper in the interest of the environment)
March 1, 2001... Environmentalists Team Up to Reform the Magazine Industry When it comes to promoting ecological destruction, toxic pollution and wastefulness on a large scale, it's hard to beat the magazine industry. According to Coop America, nearly 95...

Consider the Source.(for bottled water)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... How Clean is Your Bottled Water? There's no question about it, bottled water has become a hot commodity. Americans pay $4 billion a year for the privilege of drinking it. Sales of bottled water have grown nine-fold in the past 20 years,...

Open Season.(grizzly bear hunting in British Columbia)
March 1, 2001... Trophy Hunters are Wiping out British Columbia's Grizzlies Tourists jam Glendale Lodge in Knight Inlet, British Columbia, every fall to witness grizzlies feeding on pink salmon migrating upriver to spawn. They shoot the fearsome bears--with...

IN BRIEF.(news about various environmental topics)
March 1, 2001... PIG-FREE IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS The five islands in Channel Islands National Park, off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, are a state treasure: Despite such close proximity to heavily populated Southern California, they have remained...

Lunch Line.(improved nutrition of school lunches offered by Berkeley, California, Unified School District)
March 1, 2001... Teaching Good Nutrition and Sound Farming in the School Cafeteria For many students, the cafeteria bell produces visions of long lines, hair nets and perfectly molded, ice cream scoop servings of starchy, lackluster food. But as the nation...

The Write Stuff.(efforts of the Society of Environmental Journalists)
March 1, 2001... The Society of Environmental Journalists Plays an Important--and Controversial--Role The first time Deborah Schoch saw industrial-grade DDT it was a chunk the size of a walnut. Schoch was working for the Los Angeles Times, covering the...

BRINGING BAD THINGS TO LIFE.(General Electric responsible for cleaning up Hudson River pollution under Superfund act)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... If an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft plan is passed, the Hudson may finally be freed of 100,000 pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that have long been hanging round the river, and General Electric (GE)likewise parted from a...

FISHING FOR TROUBLE.(how ecotourism and fishing industry affect Galapagos Islands)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Galapagos Islands are a wonderful place for green journeys (see "Putting the `Eco' in Ecotourism," January/February 2000), but their tranquility is increasingly disturbed by oil spills and dramatic confrontation over sustainable fishing...

THE INSIDE SCOOP.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... After assuring activists that Unilever would not simply be a wolf in unbleached, paperboard clothing following the buy-out last April (see "Tofu, Inc.," Currents, July/August 2000), Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have expressed their own...

ZERO WASTE.
March 1, 2001... No Longer Content to Just Recycle Waste, Environmentalists Want Us to Reduce it to Nothing On October 18, the nation's most colorful governor, Jesse Venture of Minnesota, took the podium at the Riverfront Radisson in St. Paul and announced...

A Run on the Banks.
March 1, 2001... HOW FACTORY FISHING DECIMATED NEWFOUNDLAND COD FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THE EXPLORER JOHN CABOT RETURNED FROM THE WATERS AROUND WHAT IS NOW NEWFOUNDLAND AND REPORTED THAT CODFISH RAN SO THICK YOU COULD CATCH THEM BY HANGING WICKER BASKETS...

Inner Sanctum.
March 1, 2001... The Hidden Price of Feminine Hygiene Products The feminine hygiene industry has made revolutionary innovations since the original maxipad--which was nearly three feet long. And we have come a long way from secretly paying for purchases in a...

Kiddie Meals.
March 1, 2001... Organic Foods Aimed at Children are More Than Just a Pretty Package Environmental toxins are the stuff nightmares are made of--but there's no need to wake up in a cold sweat over packing your child's lunch. Rest assured that the voices of...

Collect Them All!(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... "Emissions Trading" Reaches the Home Investor Did you know that for $5--less than the price of a movie ticket--you could formally retire a ton of carbon dioxide [CO.sub.2] emissions, the main cause of global warming? Or, if you prefer, $60...

All Decked Out.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Everything You Need to Know to Build a Barbecue-Ready Eco-Deck As the thermometer creeps upward, there is a mass unfurling of deck umbrellas across the country. If the time has come to build a new deck or replace your worn one, you'll be...

Vegetarianism Hits the Road.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Finding Respite--and a Great Meatless Meal--While on Vacation For a growing number of travelers, the Sweet Onion Inn is a sweet site indeed. The white-shingled structure nestles along Route 100 in Hancock, Vermont, a rustic spot between...

A Sound idea.
March 1, 2001... Forest-Friendly Instruments Make Sweet Music Greg Gaylord, a self-employed drum maker, works with wood almost every day. The lone owner and operator of aptly named Drum Solo in Novato, California, Gaylord spends his waking hours laboring...

TOOLS FOR GREEN GIVING.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Resources for eco-awareness and action ALL IN THE FAMILY Three million diapers pour into U.S. landfills each year, where they will likely linger for over a century. Nature Boy and Girl offers an environmentally minded alternative. It...

An Inoordinate Fondness for Beetles.(Review)
March 1, 2001... An Inoordinate Fondness for Beetles (University of California Press, $40) BEETLE-MANIA According to Arthur Evans and Charles Bellamy, this is not the age of information, or even the computer age. It's the Age of Insects and, more...

Buzzwords.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Buzzwords (Joseph Henry Press, $24.95). For an entertaining look at the peculiar species dedicated to bringing insects their overdue glory, treat yourself to Buzzwords (Joseph Henry Press, $24.95). Rightly called the Dave Barry of...

Bitter Harvest: A Chef's Perspective on the Hidden Dangers in the Foods We Eat and What we Can Do About It.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Bitter Harvest: A Chef's Perspective on the Hidden Dangers in the Foods We Eat and What We Can Do about It (Routledge, $29.95) A SEAT AT THE TABLE Ann Cooper is a professional chef who does more than just prepare food for hungry...

The Resourceful Renovator: A Gallery of Ideas for Reusing Building Materials.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Resourceful Renovator: A Gallery of Ideas for Reusing Building Materials (Chelsea Green, $24.95) BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS The Resourceful Renovator: A Gallery of Ideas for Reusing Building Materials (Chelsea Green, $24.95) is a...

Allergy-Free Gardening: The Revolutionary Guide to Healthy Landscaping.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Allergy-Free Gardening: The Revolutionary Guide to Healthy Landscaping (Ten Speed Press, $19.95) ROOTING AROUND If your eyes tear up at the very thought of walking outdoors, Allergy-Free Gardening: The Revolutionary Guide to Healthy...

Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train by conservation biologist Brian Czech (University of California Press, $22.50) ECONOMY ON THE RUN For its carefully documented, well-reasoned debunking of the "growth at any costs" philosophy of the...

Saving Energy, Oil and Your Aching Feet.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Where can I go to find out how much energy my home uses annually? --Robin Palmer, Wageningen, Netherlands According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Annual Energy Outlook 2000 Report, American residential energy use will increase by...