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Volume XVIII, Number 5
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007

COVER STORY
THE ECO FASHION REVOLUTION - Getting Consumers to Care About What They Wear
It’s all about getting consumers to care about what they wear. Today’s eco-designers are not only rigorous about the ethical issues, they’re making fashion-forward clothes using cutting-edge design and textiles.
By Brita Belli

SIDEBAR: BILLBOARD REVISITED
Turning billboard vinyl (and other oddities) into fashionable fashion accessories.
By Brita Belli

SIDEBAR: FASHION VICTIMS
In countries like Uzbekistan, kids as young as seven are toiling away in pesticide-laden cotton fields, and entire bodies of water have been lost to irrigate the crop. Can demand for organic cotton make a difference?
By Brita Belli
FEATURES
SAVE THE PLANET IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD - Seven Steps to Thinking Globally and Acting Locally
Seven steps to thinking globally and acting locally. We think of greens rallying to protect rainforests, but many activists are now working close to home, joining up with neighbors to restore and preserve their own communities.
By Jay Walljasper

GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: NATURE IS THE BEST MEDICINE - More hospitals are incorporating “healing gardens” and speeding patient recovery
By Jean Johnson
EATING RIGHT: THE 100-MILE DIET - The Struggles and Successes of Eating Local Foods
By Susan Cosier
HOUSE & HOME: BUZZ CUT - Electric Lawn Mowers Beat the Gas Guzzlers at Their Own Game
By LuAnne Roy
MONEY MATTERS: CALLING ALL CONSUMERS - Green Marketing for Green Products
By Diane Marty
GOING GREEN: LIGHT IN THE BLACK FOREST - Freiburg, Germany Embraces the Sun
By Courtney Tenz
CONSUMER NEWS: HOLD THE SUGAR AND SALT - Angry Moms are Demanding Big Changes in the School Cafeteria
By Jim Motavalli
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action




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CURRENTS
INTENSIVE CONDOR CARE - Banning Lead Bullets and Providing Vaccines
COMING TO A CAMPUS NEAR YOU - Focus the Nation Joins Schools in Climate Change Collaboration
FISHING FOR CERTIFICATION - The Struggle to Bring Organic Standards to the Fishing Industry
KEEPING AMERICA CLUTTERED - The Big Fight Over Bottled Water Litter

IN BRIEF
GIVING ROCK SOME REVERB
TIGERS FOR TOURISTS
GRANDMA VS. THE OIL-SANDS MINE
SAVING A CITY, ONE TRUMPET AT A TIME

UPDATES
THE NUKE WASTE AROUND US
DARK SKY GEMINI
SAN FRAN’S BOTTLED WATER BAN

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