The Ecologist articles from September 1995

The Ecologist archives from September 1995

Whose knowledge counts? "Experts", "counter-experts" and the "lay" public.(Editorial)
September 1, 1995... For decades, people around the world have been protesting that they have had little say in decisions to build the weapons, nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams or waste incinerators which have subsequently harmed their lives and interests....

"Democracy" for hire; public relations and environmental movements.
September 1, 1995... Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring, is credited as triggering present-day environmental awareness in the United States.(1) Yet various corporations implicated in her account of massive agrichemical poisoning caused by DDT, lindane,...

Mangolds, manure and mixtures: the importance of crop diversity on British farms.
September 1, 1995... The social and environmental impacts of modern intensive farming - from pollution to debt and dispossession - are now well-documented and argue for radical changes in agriculture and food production.(1) Even within mainstream farming circles,...

Gene banks or gene morgues?
September 1, 1995... The US National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL) at Fort Collins, Colorado, is just one of several "gene banks" worldwide where the seeds of thousands of plant varieties - many of them no longer cultivated by farmers - are stored in neat...

People and protected areas; rethinking conservation in India.
September 1, 1995... In the early 1990s, the West Indian state of Gujarat "delisted" the Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary as a wildlife reserve, paving the way for limestone mining and the construction of a cement factory within the park. National conservation groups...

The invisible giant: Cargill and its transnational strategies.
September 1, 1995... Established in 1865, Cargill is the largest private company in the United States. It started out primarily as a regional grain merchandizer in Minnesota (where it is still headquartered); it now describes itself as the largest agricultural...

Landmines: A Deadly Legacy.
September 1, 1995... Landmines are "excessively injurious" conventional weapons which may have indiscriminate effects. Over the past 25 years, more than one million people have been killed or maimed by landmines, the majority of them civilians, even though...

War of the Mines: Cambodia, Landmines and the Impoverishment of a Nation.
September 1, 1995... Landmines are "excessively injurious" conventional weapons which may have indiscriminate effects. Over the past 25 years, more than one million people have been killed or maimed by landmines, the majority of them civilians, even though...

Fertile Ground: Women, Earth and the Limits of Control.
September 1, 1995... Fertile Ground takes as its starting point ecofeminism's fundamental insight: that the destruction of nature is historically, conceptually and practically linked to the subjugation of women. Rather than recapitulating the theoretical debates...

Animal Genetic Engineering: Of Pigs, Oncomice and Men.
September 1, 1995... The deliberate release and use of genetically engineered crops in Britain have begun to generate some controversy because of associated environmental safety and biodiversity issues. But while such issues might (mistakenly) appear to be...

Good Liberals and Great Blue Herons: Land, Labor and Politics in the Pajaro Valley.
September 1, 1995... In this collection of magazine and newspaper articles, local journalist Frank Bardacke traces the political history of his home town of Watsonville in the Pajaro Valley, California, examining the influence of national and international factors...

Green Agenda: Essays on the Environment of Wales.
September 1, 1995... When viewed from outside the country, Wales's environmental problems seem similar to those of any other peripheral small country in Europe - transport and the oppressive dominance of the private motor vehicle; energy and the challenge of...