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The organizers of Earth Day 1990 hope it will have a similar galvanizing effect, that it will change individual behavior and launch a decade of environmental activism. This time the event will be international, reflecting the recognition that all the major environmental threats are global in scope. More than 100...
Since the dawn of the Green movement, critics have argued that environmentalists exaggerate the dangers that humans pose to planet earth and understate the resilience of nature. Historically, the naysayers have had a key influence on policy: they weakened the original Clean Air and Clean Water acts, and Reagan officials...
Still, while the critics may be down, they are not out. The public may think such issues as the imminence of global warming and the danger of toxic wastes are settled, but scientists do not. Their disagreements about ecological threats make life uncomfortable for the activists, who fear that any...
"Think Globally, Act Locally" was the watchword of environmental activism from its beginning in the '60s. That advice is as appropriate now as it was then. Just as the Green movement started more than two decades ago not with governments but at the grass roots, so today it is individuals...
People may think they can change only their own life-styles, but their influence extends far beyond their homes, cars and offices. Americans can put their money where their ideals are by investing in companies that respect Mother Nature. Several mutual funds have been set up to buy shares only...