E Magazine articles from September 1997

E Magazine archives from September 1997

Adam Werbach: the youngest Sierra Club president is aiming for the Grassroots and MTV. (Sierra Club, environmentalist group)(Cover Story)(Interview)
September 1, 1997... At age eight, when most of his friends were collecting baseball cards and comic books, Adam Werbach was campaigning for the Sierra Club. He gathered more than 200 signatures from his second grade classmates on petitions calling for the ousting of...

The open-door policy. (US immigration)
September 1, 1997... Are High Immigration Levels Hurting the U.S. Economy - And the Environment? For immigration advocates, the release last May of a long-awaited National Research Council (NRC) study on the economic effects of our open door policy (around 800,000...

Learning from the earth: the Student Conservation Association builds lifelong environmentalists.
September 1, 1997... The Student Conservation Association Builds Lifelong Environmentalists In 1955,Vassar College student Elizabeth Putnam had an innovative idea for her senior thesis proposal. Her project, modeled after the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation...

Jacques Yves Cousteau, 1910-1997. (founder of Cousteau Society, Virginia)(Obituary)
September 1, 1997... "The monumental problem for the future is overpopulation," an ebullient but angry Jacques Cousteau told E last year in an interview at the New York headquarters of the oceanic society that bears his name. Cousteau, who died in June at 87,...

Remnants of things past. (trade-in program for old Trabant cars)
September 1, 1997... Taking inspiration from Hungary's constitution, which stresses the right to a healthy environment, the Budapest city council recently urged owners of the communist-era Trabant to turn in their seriously polluting cars to be recycled. Getting the...

Mitsubishi mayhem. (environmentalists versus Mitsubishi and the Mexican government regarding lagoon waters in Baja, Mexico)
September 1, 1997... The serene lagoon waters of Mexico's Baja peninsula are gearing up for a heated battle between environmentalists, the Mitsubishi Corporation and the Mexican government. Once a part of California, Baja's salty and buoyant waters are considered...

Wild Burros: Death Valley's 'aliens'? (wild burros as non-native habitants of Death Valley National Park)
September 1, 1997... Rescuing threatened wild burros in California's Death Valley National Park is no easy feat. For the husband-and-wife team of Gene and Diana Chontos, founders of Wild Burro Rescue, it means - for starter - hitching their truck to a four-horse...

Clouds in the coffee. (coffee plantations as bird habitat)
September 1, 1997... As Habitat Shrinks, a Shade-Grown Harvest Saves Songbirds Morning commuters, struggling to stay awake and focus on the day's newspaper, probably don't spend a lot of time worrying about where their cup of coffee comes from. They'd be surprised...

Woodsmen, spare those trees! (Conservationists' bid for timber leases)
September 1, 1997... Conservationists bidding on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) timber leases hoping to save trees are in for a rude awakening - unless they oil up borrowed chainsaws, they could be arrested, because the current rules make it illegal to bid on the leases...

Deadly whirl. ('whirling disease' of wild trout)
September 1, 1997... Wild trout throughout the Rocky Mountains are being decimated by a microscopic parasite that deforms juvenile fish, causing them to swim in circles. Fisheries biologists say "whirling disease" is the single biggest threat to wild trout survival...

Thinking big. (Esprit founder Doug Tompkins invests in Chile natural reserve)
September 1, 1997... After Founding Esprit and North Face, Doug Tompkins Dresses Up an 800, 000-Acre Park When Esprit founder Doug Tompkins went on a rainforest exploration trip to Chile seven years ago, he didn't realize he'd soon be buying huge swaths of land...

Just doing it: Generation X proves that actions speak louder than words. (age group born in late 1960s and 1970s)
September 1, 1997... Awakening to the sounds of The Chemical Brothers, Jennifer Rivera, 27, flips back the covers and begins her day. After indulging in a four-minute shower, feeding the orphaned cat her ex-neighbors left behind, fixing her lunch and donning...

The forest primeval.
September 1, 1997... In the Pitched Battle Between Loggers and Environmentalists, a Timber Tinderbox Waits for a Match Scene I: There is a 40-acre stand of ancient trees near Chester, California in the heart of the dryland timber forest. The stand is dominated by...

Natural options: the 10 most important foods to buy organic.
September 1, 1997... In 1984, Elizabeth Ryan bought a farm in New York's mid-Hudson Valley. The farm and orchard had been managed conventionally for many years, but Ryan decided to severely restrict the use of chemical pesticides. Her farm is now run under an...

Life after death. (donating to environmental movement projects)
September 1, 1997... Planned Giving Helps Green Groups And Keeps the Tax Man at Bay Death and taxes may be inevitable, but there are ways to soften the blow. Bequeathing a gift to an environmental group can ensure that your conservation ethic lives on, while also...

Second time around: eco-entrepreneurs are making new products from recycled materials.
September 1, 1997... Environmentalists are always talking about the three Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle. But what about the fourth R - remake? Like...rescuing that punctured bicycle tire from the garage's bowels and, for example...fashioning new neckwear? Making...

Facing front: washing machines are getting cleaner and greener.
September 1, 1997... Europeans who visit America find much to marvel at, but there's always room for quiet astonishment at the top-loading washing machines which, while easier on the back than front-loaders, waste copious amounts of water, wear out clothes...