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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume X, Number 6
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1999 |
COVER STORY
BLUE SKIES - A High-Stakes Fight Over New Pollution Rules Threatens America's Already Toxic Air
Air pollution is one of the world's oldest environmental problems. Now, on the cusp of the 21st century, we still can't breathe easy.
By April Reese
SIDEBAR: MOVING TARGET
By Jim Motavalli and April Reese
SUSTAINABILITY 101 - Using the Community as a Classroom, Colleges are Rewriting the Standards for Environmental Education
At American colleges, education is found all over: the computer room at 2 a.m.; athletic practice; the chemistry lab; even the local bar on Thursday nights. The lessons are as specific as the inner workings of a squid and as general as how to get along with your roommate. But a more experiential approach to learning is placing the student and the campus in a new environmental context and--as it gains momentum across the United States--is giving an entirely new meaning to higher education.
By Jennifer Bogo
SIDEBAR: DOING THEIR HOMEWORK
By Jennifer Bogo
CONVERSATIONS
SANDRA STEINGRABER - Living Downstream and Fighting Back
Biologist Sandra Steingraber, Ms. magazine's 1997 "Woman of the Year," has been called "a poet with a knife," cutting through the dry data of environmental contamination with a sharp wit reminiscent of Rachel Carson. Though she doesn't intentionally mimic Carson's style, Steingraber, the author of the well-received personal history Living Downstream, admits that the pioneering environmental writer certainly influenced her work. "She gave me the sense that Nature is so incredibly beautiful, you have to find a language equal to the subject," Steingraber says.
By Heather E. Ryan
GREEN LIVING
CONSUMER NEWS: WHERE'S THE BEEF? TODAY'S FAKE MEATS BRING YOU THE TASTE -- BUT NOT THE HEALTH RISK -- OF THE REAL THING
By Jennifer Bogo
YOUR HEALTH: SOY BABY BLUES - Can We Trust Alternatives to Milk-Based Formulas?
By Katherine Kerlin
HOUSE & HOME: CATCHING SOME RAYS - Solar Shingles Can Turn Your Rooftop into a Miniature Power Plant
By April Reese
MONEY MATTERS: DEATH AND TAXES - Resisters Refuse to Pay for War and Its Environmental Fallout
By Katherine Kerlin
GOING GREEN: CLOSE TO NATURE - Ecuadoran Ecotourism Tries to Protect an Ancient Land
By Jennifer Bogo and Tracey C. Rembert
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action
By Jennifer Bogo, Damon Franz, Josh Harkinson, and Jim Motavalli
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BREATHING LESSONS
CURRENTS
BLACK GOLD - The Race to Develop Caspian Sea Oil May Steam Right Over the Environment
ENGLAND SWINGS ... AGAINST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS
LIFE AFTER DEATH - The Rediscovery of "Extinct" Plants and Animals
ELEGANT SCAVENGERS - Giant Petrels are a Bellwether Species for the Threatened Antarctic Peninsula
PLANTING SEEDS - A Many-Headed Student Group Gets Out the Green Vote
IN BRIEF
FOR THE BIRDS - Alcatraz is "Hellcatraz" No Longer
AN APPLE A DAY...
BACKLASH ON THE BAYOU
ECOLONOMICS - Selling Sustainability
GASPING FOR BREATH IN CALIFORNIA
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