International Arid Lands
Consortium funds science and peace
For the past 12 years, the main goal of the
International Arid Lands Consortium has been to bring together
scientists from the United States and Middle East to work on
issues concerning development, management and restoration or
reclamation of arid and semiarid land worldwide. But every project
they fund has an interesting side effect — building bridges
for peace.
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| The
Diaper Dilemma: What's Best For Baby And The Earth?
Candice and Jeffrey Barth consider themselves
environmentalists. They recycle. They avoid using disposable
plastic and Styrofoam. They teach their children about protecting
the Earth for future generations.
So when it came time to choose diapers for their second child,
the Barths did a lot of research and soul searching before
signing up with Anderson Diaper Service. The company promised
it could recycle their disposable diapers.
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| Engineer
Shifts Gears To Create Bicycling Think Tank
Bill Moritz has a year to turn his passion
for bicycling into a career. That's how long the University
of Washington is giving the 48-year-old electrical engineer
to create a Center for Human Powered Transportation.
The bicycling think tank would be a clearing house for information
about bicycle transportation, a center for research on urban
planning and nonmotorized travel, and a place for government
officials and future urban planners to learn how to make cities
more bicycle friendly.
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| Recycling
Specialists Say Green Is The Color Of Money You Can Save
When recycling specialists around Puget
Sound make a list of all the reasons companies give for not
doing more for the environment the No. 1 excuse is "It
costs too much."
That excuse has become almost an anthem for Kathryn Howard
Boyd, who manages a new King County Solid Waste Division project
called "Dollars for Data." Her job is to convince
companies they can afford to reduce waste, save energy and
use less paper and plastic.
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Eco-Entrepreneurs Find
Green Products Profitable
Fourteen
years ago when Ray Shemanski starting buying and selling used
plastic and steel drums, the economy and not the environment
was the key to his success.
"Large corporations used to pay me to help them figure
out how to sell their drums," Shemanki said about his experience
in the disposal business. "Now I pay about $5 a barrel
and sell them for $12-15." Olympic Supply of Selah, Wash.,
has made the move from disposal to recycling.
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Environmental Printing:
Recycled Paper Is Only Part Of The Equation
Next
time you sit down with your marketing team to plan a new brochure
or catalog take a few minutes to consider how the printed piece
will look in the garbage.
That is the destination of most everything your company prints
and a good place to start when considering how you can make
a gentler impact on the environment. Printing only what you
need and creating something that won't be thrown away are the
first steps toward environmentally-friendly printing.
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Public And Private Sector
Work Together To Build Recycling Markets
By Donna Gordon Blankinship
The
tremendous success of recycling programs across the country
has been a mixed blessing for states and municipalities struggling
to find markets for the cans, bottles, newspapers and other
products they collect.
As recyclable materials pile up, government agencies and private
groups are searching for creative ways to build strong markets
and close the recycling loop.
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