Environment
Sustainable
Living
Alexandra Miano
Ecovillages, or communities who practice
social, spiritual, and ecological sustainability, are springing
up across the world. This movement has been encouraged through the
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) which is divided into geographic
groupings: GEN Europe and Africa, GEN Oceania, and the Ecovillage
Network of the Americas. Members of this worldwide sustainable movement
have the same goal. They wish to “counteract the decline of
supportive social structures and destructive environmental practices”.
Ecovillagers strive to achieve this vision through adapting their
lifestyles away from the detrimental practices found in much of
western society. Ecovillages that make up the Global Network (GEN)
range from the 11,000 interconnected sustainable villages in rural
Sri Lanka to the 48 unit apartment complexes found in urban Los
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Making
an Impact
Jamie Korshak
Over the last few decades, many local organizations and agencies
were founded by women with environmental and social focuses at the
community level. Many of these groups are involved in bettering
the quality of life in their community through programs to rid their
neighborhoods of pollution and violence. One noteworthy organization
here in Southern California is the Concerned Citizens of South Central
Los Angeles. CCSCLA was first founded in 1985 by Robin Cannon. The
success of the group is largely due to her hard work and vision
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Women:
The Antigen to the Overpopulation Epidemic
Emily Busch
Imminent environmental concerns plague the thoughts of many. While
listening to a group of environmentally conscious students discuss
the issues they felt were most pressing, I realized that the hierarchy
of concerns varied from person to person. Some expressed concern
about water scarcity and the worsening quality of water. Others
felt climate change, caused by increased levels of CO2, was a primary
matter. Still others maintained that habitat destruction, species
extinction, deforestation, or our over fished oceans were the most
vital discussion topics. When my turn came to target a specific
issue, I uttered a concern that I, and many environmentalists, feel
is the root cause for the vast array of environmental predicaments
listed by my peers. My answer was overpopulation
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A
Sustainable Future That Works
Jamie Elfenbein
60,000: number of premature deaths that are caused by air pollution
annually (American Lung Association). 1.2 billion: number of people
worldwide who drink polluted water, causing hundreds of millions
of cases of water related diseases every year and over 5 million
deaths (The Ecologist).
1: Organization in Santa Monica that is dedicated to improve the
status of our environment
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Women and the Enviroment:
A Look at the Link
Elektra Grant
FerrisKawar rocks. As a member of the Steering
Committee of Environmentalists for John Kerry, he believes that
the prevalence of females working as environmental stewards is a
chief reason why a woman should be next in line for the United States
presidency. His lead in to this stellar view was an opinion altering
question, “Why do you think there are so many women working
for environmental causes?”. Judging from the attendees at
the environmentally themed classes I’ve taken and events I’ve
attended, men appear well represented to me. But Ferris’ query
became more understandable after I was gently twisting the arm of
a young man who was considering becoming a Crew Leader in the Sustainable
Works Student Program, one of the community services our environmental
nonprofit offers. The student asked a little sheepishly, “But
am I going to be the only guy doing this?
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