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Posted 11/19/2001

> Bush Uses Global Coalition to Fight Terror, But Not Polluters
(AlterNet, November 16, 2001)
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The U.S. was notably absent from this week's landmark agreement, reached by 165 countries, on climate control. If Bush can demand the world fight terrorism with us, can't the world demand us to fight global warming with them?


Posted 11/5/2001

> Global Citizen: Homeplanet Security
(AlterNet, November 1, 2001)
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With many nations involved in an escalating confrontation that may last years, where will we find the attention and resources needed to restore our wetlands, our soil and our atmosphere?


> Shopping Less and Enjoying Life More
(AlterNet, October 31, 2001)
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America's growing obsession with acquisition is taking a heavy toll on the environment and the Center for a New American Dream has a plan for building a less materialistic society.


Posted Prior to 2001

> Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell
(Siquomb Publishing Co. BMI, 1966-1969)

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot...


> Interreligious Sustainability Project

The Interreligious Sustainability Project is an initiative to engage religious congregations in the Chicago region in faith-based reflection and learning about sustainable development, leading to action.


> Leadership, Values and Ethics: Educating Global Citizens for a New Millennium
(Remarks by Mr. Paul Hawken, The Sam Nunn NationsBank Policy Forum
March 1999)

Although business is certainly the most powerful institution for producing wealth, it is not a facilitator of justice, social or otherwise. Rather, it is a facilitator of the destruction of the world's natural capital.


> Region's Self-Image is So Bright It Fails to See Some Blemishes
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 26, 2000)

The changes wrought by growth in metro Atlanta have been so enormous in scope that they've obscured less obvious, but still important, issues in the region. But it's funny how a change in scenery improves your perspective.

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