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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume XVII, Number 4
JULY/AUGUST, 2006 |
COVER STORY
POINTS OF LIGHT - The World Wakes Up to Climate Change
Important carbon-saving programs are being launched below the radar, often by local governments, private companies and even ambitious individuals. The best initiatives use novel approaches and innovative thinking to achieve real emission reductions, tapping into and modifying consumer habits and ingrained business practices.
SIDEBAR: GREEN WINE: VINEYARDS ADD SOLAR POWER
The wine industry is seeing a lot of green these days—green energy. Several wineries in California’s Napa Valley are taking advantage of the state’s high quotient of sunny days by installing solar panels to mitigate their electricity costs.
By Rachel Anderson
SIDEBAR: IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREENEST: 10 CITIES TO WATCH
Mayor Richard Daly might be determined to transform Chicago into the greenest city in America (see main story), but his tree-planting initiatives, building improvements and promises to secure 20 percent of the city’s electricity from renewable sources might not be enough to outshine cities such as Seattle and San Francisco.
By Brianne Goodspeed
SIDEBAR: ANDREW B. HARGADON: RECOGNIZING GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
Andy Hargadon is director of the University of California at Davis’ Energy Efficiency Center, which works, he says, to “commercialize existing technologies.” As he points out, the trick isn’t to invent new clean technology, but to get people to use it.
SIDEBAR: AMERICA’S COLLEGES: RAISING THE BAR ON GREEN POWER
It’s no big surprise that the environmentally friendly Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington is buying renewably generated “green power,” but the appearance on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual top 10 list of schools like the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois is more eye-opening.
By Rachel Anderson
SIDEBAR: AL GORE’S INCONVENIENT TRUTH
As this issue goes to press, the Paramount Classics/Participant Productions film An Inconvenient Truth, starring former Vice President Al Gore and directed by Davis Guggenheim, was opening widely in theaters around the country, and receiving an excellent critical reception.
GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: NATURAL AGING - Going Gently into the Golden Years
By Melissa Knopper
EATING RIGHT: SOFTER DRINKS - Natural Sodas without the Sugar Overdose
By Erin Coughlin
HOUSE & HOME: FLOWER POWER - The Medicinal Properties of Popular Plants
By Orna Izakson
MONEY MATTERS: THE POWER OF THE PROXY - Bringing Change One Vote at a Time
By Roddy Scheer
GOING GREEN: TOP TEN RULES OF ECO-TRAVEL - How to Make a Difference When You Go
By Rachel Anderson
CONSUMER NEWS: GREENING UP THE DOWNLINE - Multi-Level Marketing Comes of Age
By Roddy Scheer
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action
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FLOODING THE GRASSROOTS - Gulf Green Groups Assess the Damage—and Make Some Modest Gains
SILENT SPRING - What’s Happening to Honey Bees?
HOW GREEN IS THAT GARDEN? - With Oil Revenue, Venezuela is Pushing Organic Agriculture
FLASHING LIGHTS - Danger: Polluting School Bus Ahead
CIRCUIT OVERLOAD - Schools Waste $1.5 Billion in Energy Costs Every Year
IN BRIEF
TAX RELIEF FOR ORGANIC GROWERS
CDS PLAY A NEW TUNE
CHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES
FOREVER WILD IN ALABAMA
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