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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume XI, Number 3
MAY/JUNE 2000 |
COVER STORY
LOST EDEN - A Marine Ecologist's Search For Meaning In An Oil Spill
A Marine Ecologist's Search For Meaning In An Oil Spill
FEATURES
PATH OF DESTRUCTION - The Limits of "Leave No Trace"
Few hikers are tougher on wilderness than the Escondido Cougars high school football team. Before starting their 1999 fall season, 30 Cougars tackled the Sierra Nevada wilderness for pre-season bonding. The San Diego-county team pitched tents for a week at Deer Lakes, an idyllic trio of lakes in the John Muir wilderness. They treated the wilderness like their locker room. When the Cougars headed home, they left behind everything from water bottles to sweat pants.
GROWING PAINS/MALLING AMERICA - The Fast-Moving Fight to Stop Urban Sprawl
Louden County, Virginia, the third-fastest-growing county in the country, could easily become the outward-most link in the Washington, D.C. "edge city" corridor. The commute to the nation's capitol is only an hour and a half, land is cheap.
SIDEBAR: POLITICAL ANIMALS THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ESA
Wildlife protection is headed for a showdown, but it may not come in the current Congress. The main players are Senator Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID) and Representative George Miller (D-CA); both have sponsored bills which, if passed, would dramatically change the face of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By Jennifer Bogo
CONVERSATIONS
MYRON ORFIELD - The Politics of Growth
Like Georgia state legislator Julian Bond, Minnesota Representative Myron Orfield has an impact that extends far beyond his state's boundaries. As a national authority on urban sprawl, he advocates what he calls "metropolitics," a regional approach that joins communities together in common interests. Orfield, a member of his state's unique Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party, is now engaged in a run for Minnesota's State Senate. He directs the Metropolitan Area Research program, serves on sprawl-related committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Planning Association, and is working on his second book about urban-suburban problems for the Brookings Institution Press.
GREEN LIVING
CONSUMER NEWS: LOOK FOR THE LABEL - Greening the Marketplace, One Certified Purchase at a Time
EATING RIGHT: GOT ORGANIC MILK? THE NATURAL DAIRY BUSINESS IS GOING MAINSTREAM
HOUSE & HOME: PAINTING SAFE - Environmental Alternatives for the Chemically Sensitive--and the Chemically Concerned
MONEY MATTERS: GREEN SHARES - Stock Choices for the Bold and Cautious Investor
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action
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SPRAWLING AMERICA
CURRENTS
ALL-TERRAIN DESTRUCTION - Almost Everyone Agrees, ATVs Need To Be Controlled--But How?
ALL-TERRAIN DESTRUCTION - Almost Everyone Agrees, ATVs Need To Be Controlled--But How?
BURNING BIOMASS - Are We Overlooking Some of the World's Sustainable Energy Fuels?
MEETING IN THE MIDDLE - Finding Common Ground on Housing and the Environment
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT - Light Pollution is a Threat to Wildlife, Safety and the Starry Sky
WHITE GOLD - The Social and Ecological Consequences of High-Intensity Shrimp Farming
IN BRIEF
CRYING RIVERS
LOBSTER TALES
THE DRUMSTICK TREE - A Natural Multi-Vitamin
THE YELLOWSTONE WOLVES WIN ONE
CROWDING OUT YELLOWSTONE'S BEARS
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HOLES IN THE ARK - Questioning Species Protection Plans
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