#503
Ecology and Economics
Dr. Cutler Cleveland, director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University, elaborates on the confluence of ecology and economics. One of society's major challenges, he emphasizes, is to design technologies, policies and institutions that “move us in the direction of sustainability” -- that are in harmony with the ecosystems of the planet.

#512
Get A Life!
Wayne Roberts, Ph.D., co-author of the book Get A Life!, relates some of the "one hundred and one ways to tread lightly on Mother Earth, make bags of money, simplify your life, have a blast, keep fit and save your sanity while everything is crumbling all around you."

#536
Inform
Inform, headquartered in New York, evaluates and reports on environmental practices of business and government.  Dr. Nevin Cohen, director of research of Inform, tells in this Enviro Close-Up of how only 10% of the 70,000 chemicals used in U.S. industry have been sufficiently analyzed to know their effects on humans, yet these poisons are put into products that are in daily use.

#540
Over-Fishing
Susan Pollack and Dick Russell are writers who have long reported on the commercial fishing industry.  In this Enviro Close-Up they tell of how over-fishing has damaged the industry and substantially limited the amount of fish available-and what can be done to deal with the exploitation of the seas.

#547
Fritjof Capra: Ecological Literacy
The author of best-sellers including The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point and The Web of Life, Dr. Capra is a physicist and systems theorist and founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He discusses the new global capitalism and it's threat to ecological sustainability. He explains his theories and his life’s work as an environmental activist in this Enviro Close-Up.

#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.

#117
Conversion Now
Discussing how the defense industry can make a changeover in the post-Cold War era to producing products for peace are Charles Knight of the Project on Defense Alternatives, Cynthia Ward of the Progressive Policy Initiative and Rich Cowan and Dalya Massachi of the University Conservation Project.

#122
Communicating Safe Energy
Scott Denman, executive director of the Safe Energy Communication Council, speaks about the group’s work spreading information on clean, safe, renewable energy sources.

#132
Small Is Beautiful Lives
The E.F. Schumacher Society's Jake Sterling tells of how the revolutionary teachings of the forward-thinking Schumacher, author of Small Is Beautiful, are being carried out around the world today.

#146
Everything You Wanted to Know About Composting
Learn how to turn your kitchen and yard waste into "black gold." Ann McGovern, head of the Home Compost Program of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, explains the fundamentals of composting. Josh Nelson, president of Beaver River Associates of Kingston, Rhode Island, demonstrates how worms can easily help create compost.

#156
Population Explosion
The population is booming and Mike Hanauer of Zero Population Growth considers that the world’s leading environmental problem. Population growth is already straining the world’s environmental and energy resources. If current trends continue, the population of the U.S. could reach a half-billion in the next century and world population could triple to 14 billion. Hanauer speaks of what needs to be done to stem the population explosion.

#159
Co-op America
Brat Church, business network director of Co-op America, speaks of how the Washington, D.C. based organization works to create a just and sustainable society by harnessing ecomonic power for positive change. He outlines Co-op America's three programs designed to: 1) Educate people about how to use their spending and investing power to bring the values of social justice and sustainability into the economy, 2) Help socially and environmentally responsible businesses emerge and thrive, and 3) Pressure irresponsible companies to adopt socially and environmentally responsible practices.

#171
A Good Environment: The Ultimate Preventive Medicine
Dr. Eric Chivian, director of the Project on Global Environmental Change and Health of Physicians for Social Responsibility, says that global environmental degradation is a human health issue. Humans are totally dependent on a healthy environment but the health effects of a bad environment are relatively neglected in the environmental debate, says Dr. Chivian, clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We must "begin to break the silence," he says. The health and lives of people in this and future generations depend on it.

#175
Greenhouses That Grow Clean Water
Building and operating greenhouses in which wastewater is purified by flowing through vegetation is the speciality of Ecological Engineering Associates of Marion, Massachusetts. Phillip C. Henderson, chief executive officer, and Bruce Strong, director of operations, discuss its innovative system and how it is now being applied globally.

#183
Green Building
Dramatic new developments in materials available to construct highly energy-efficient buildings are discussed by Alex Wilson and Nadav Malin of Environmental Building News.

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