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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume XVII, Number 3
MAY/JUNE 2006 |
COVER STORY
HOW TO RECYCLE PRACTICALLY ANYTHING - Old Myths are Shattering and New Options Come Online
These days, no matter where you live, you can recycle a wide range of discards—aseptic juice packages, printer cartridges, ordinary batteries, iPods, PDAs, and even cell phones.
By Sally Deneen
FEATURES
THE KILLING FLOOR - Three Slaughterhouses Marked the End of the Road for 88,000 American Horses in 2005. But It’s Europeans Who Are Eating the Meat.
Horse slaughter plants in Texas and Illinois killed 88,000 horses last year. The future for this lucrative export business remains uncertain, however, as a high-stakes battle over the future of the three remaining plants plays out in courtrooms and the Congress.
By Josh Harkinson
SIDEBAR: THE HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER HORSE SLAUGHTER
The fight over America’s three remaining horse slaughterhouses has developed into back-and-forth, high-stakes brinksmanship, featuring name calling, Congressional action, outraged city halls and last-minute judicial rulings. Although public opinion and the organized might of the animal welfare and animal rights communities oppose them, the plants—two in Texas, one in Illinois—were still open for business at presstime.
By Jim Motavalli
GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: DON’T PAN-IC! - Searching for the Safest Cookware
By Roddy Scheer
EATING RIGHT: BELLY AND SOUL - Discovering the Joys of Local and Seasonal Foods
By Jean Johnson
HOUSE & HOME: AT HOME IN MY DOME - Learning from a Unique Structure
By Pat Stapleton
MONEY MATTERS: PLANNING FOR A BETTER WORLD - Green Financial Advisors Help Point the Way
By Roddy Scheer
GOING GREEN: AT THE OCEAN’S EDGE - A Natural Tour of Cape Cod
By Jim Motavalli
CONSUMER NEWS: SURFING THE GREEN WAVE - Eco-minded ISPs and Web Hosts Take to the Internet
By Starre Vartan
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action
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HORSESENSELESSNESS
CURRENTS
PESTS OR PETS? - The Battle to Save Monk Parakeets Heats Up
MESSING WITH GOD’S CREATION - The New Religious Activism to Save the Environment
GRASS TO GAS - Bio-Based Ethanol is Poised to Take Off
HOW CLEAN, HOW GREEN? - Critics say New Zealand Doesn’t Live up to its Image
POWER TO THE PEDICABS - Bike-Based Human Transport Faces Growing Pains
IN BRIEF
WATCHING WHALES…AND POOP
CANDID CAMERA
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
HOSTEL TERRITORIES
UPDATES
BIRD FLU MARCHES ON
PREDATORS PROTECT THE FOREST
DENTAL DAMAGE
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