#530
Women's Action For New Directions
Susan Schaer, executive director of Women's Action for New Directions, Inc., a national organization based in Arlington, Massachusetts, explains how WAND pursues its goal of empowering women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism and to redirect military resources toward human and environmental needs.

#538
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
In this Enviro Close-Up, Betty Burkes, U.S. president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, tells of the work of the group.  Founded in 1915,  it has been working ever since to achieve world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice and an end to all forms of violence and “to establish those political, social and psychological conditions that can assure peace, freedom and justice.”

#103
Nitin Desai of the U.N., Reed Beyers and Bob Backus
“ Development is basically developing so that you don’t reduce the options for others, whether in other parts of your own country, other countries or future generations,” says Nitin Desai, U.N. Under-Secretary and a top environmental figure. Reed Beyers of Changewater Computing demonstrates a software system which enables activists to easily access and dispatch letters to thousands of government officials and others able to act on environmental abuses. Bob Backus, the New Hampshire-based environmental lawyer who litigated against Seabrook nuclear facility, speaks on the actions that can be taken through environmental law.

#163
Earth First!
Ron Huber, a longtime activist with Earth First!, explains how Earth First! makes "no compromise in defense of Mother Earth." Radical action is necessary to stop the powers that are gutting the planet, says Earth First! Huber describes in this Enviro Close-Up how he and other Earth Firsters battle to save the natural world.

#186
EarthAction
EarthAction is a global network for the environment, peace and social justice. In this Enviro Close-Up, Lois Barber, Tom Pelleter and Jennie Buckingham of EarthAction discuss how, with l,400 citizen groups in 137 countries, it disseminates information to help parliamentarians, journalists, citizens and organizations act together on critical global issues.

#188
Toxics Action
Effective strategies to combat the discharge of poisons into the environment are outlined by Matthew Wilson, director of the Massachusetts Campaign to Clean Up Hazardous Waste, and Cindy Luppi, Massachusetts organizing director for Clean Water Action.

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