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Stories by Shannon Biggs

Is Rocky Anderson the Country's Greenest Mayor?

A conversation with Salt Lake City's super green mayor and advocate for Bush's impeachment.
Posted on Dec 11, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

Lois Gibbs: How to Be a Citizen-Activist

Lois Gibbs, who put Love Canal on the map and ignited the movement against toxics, shares the secrets of organizing work learned on the fly.
Posted on Nov 29, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

How a Community Is Saving Itself and the Environment

Our current economic model has created nothing but poverty and pollution for the South Bronx. But the visionary folks there have a different model that will change all that.
Posted on Nov 20, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

How the Environmental Movement Can Redefine Globalization

We need to promote the globalization of mass movements and the globalization of sharing ideas so that communities can help each other achieve self-reliance.
Posted on Nov 13, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

How to Hold Corporations Accountable

When the system doesn't allow people to protect themselves from corporate harm to their communities, it is time to change the system.
Posted on Nov 6, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

How to Build a Local Energy Economy

Is it possible to get our power from local sources? Yes, and an interview with one expert explains how.
Posted on Oct 30, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

The Future of Cities: How Sprawl and Racism are Intertwined

Civil rights leader and environmentalist Van Jones talks about suburban sprawl, race and the future of cities.
Posted on Oct 23, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

Environmental Justice in Action

What do race and the environmental movement have to do with each other? Quite a lot, explains one environmental justice activist.
Posted on Oct 10, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

The United States' Failing Food System

An interview with a leading food expert on the crisis of the America food system, the fallacy of labels and the organic vs. local conundrum.
Posted on Oct 1, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press

World's Water Supply at Risk

One of the world's leading water experts explains how our local water supplies are threatened across North America and across the globe.
Posted on Sep 26, 2007, Source: PoliPoint Press