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21 Dec 01 - skepticism; book covers; job; thanks; subscribers ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- The first two postings are in response to the 12/17/01 item about Danish professor Bjorn Lomborg's new book "The Skeptical Environmentalist," which makes the argument that many environmental worries are "phantom problems" created or inflated by the environmental movement for its own ends. -------------------- From Susan Salterberg, Center for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA: Bjorn Lomborg wrote an article in The Economist August 4, 2001. For those of you who teach and want to share an opposing view (anti-environmental) - this article would be good for that. A critical thinker could spot many of his claims as discounting each other. Maybe the articles from The Economist and Grist would, together, stimulate good discussion in an upper-level classroom or other forums. Lomborg, evidently, says he used to be a "left-wing Greenpeace[r]." I think his pendulum has taken a swing to the far right. E-mail: ssalter (AT) netins (DOT) net Note: The Grist articles are at: http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/books/lomborg121201.asp -------------------- From Donald Van Dyke, California Integrated Waste Management Board, Sacramento, CA: WOW! What planet does Lomborg live on? Get me a one-way ticket, I'm going there! This is just for laughs, right? Because if it's not, I'm going to cry. E-mail: DVanDyke [ AT ] CIWMB [ DOT ] ca [ DOT ] gov ---------------------- From Kinley Deller and Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA: Have you been looking for some really cool yet out-of-date book covers with a waste prevention message to them? Well, if so, we've got what you need. Six thousand book covers have been uncovered in our storeroom and we'd like to move them out. They were created a few years ago as part of a King County waste prevention and recycling campaign aimed at high school students. These book covers would also make good posters. They are about 23 inches across and 12 inches down. The art on them is hip and pretty nice. They have great quotes on them from members of Seattle-area bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and the Posies (mid-90's kinds of groups). They also include waste prevention tidbits and info about reducing packaging, reducing junk mail and the amount of plastic in the waste stream. Here are a couple of the quotes (all the quotes are displayed in a jazzy, edgy style) on the book covers: - "Our disposable society - too much extracurricular garbage. I'm guilty too, so I'm off to the weeds to grow a garden - bypassing jewel boxes and plastic Coke bottles." - Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam - "If you see a company that puts unnecessary packaging on anything you buy - tell them about it and stop buying what they sell. If enough people do it, they'll have to change." - The Posies The dot-com crowd might like these. If you're interested in giving away some of these book covers, please e-mail Kinley and we can send you as many as you think you can use. Thanks! E-mail: kinley ( D O T ) deller ( A T ) metrokc ( D O T ) gov -------------------- Excerpted from a message from Katie Kaluzynski, WasteCap Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI: JOB OPENING - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WasteCap Wisconsin, a leading statewide, nonprofit environmental organization that assists businesses with waste reduction and recycling, seeks a dynamic Executive Director to administer the organization, manage and provide services, and develop and grow new programs. Start date is March 1, 2002. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience. Send resume and cover letter by January 14 to: WasteCap Wisconsin, Inc., 2647 Stowell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211. More information on this job is at: http://www.wastecapwi.org Questions can be directed to WasteCap Wisconsin at (414) 961-1100 or wastecap [ AT ] wastecapwi [ DOT ] org Jenna Kunde, WasteCap's current Executive Director, will be taking a maternity leave in April, 2002. Following her leave, she will return part-time as WasteCap's Associate Director. Jenna will help train the new Executive Director during the transition period of March/April, 2002 and will continue to provide support and services to WasteCap in her role as Associate Director. ------------------- From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA: As 2001 winds down and we get ready for a new year, I just want to thank everyone for participating in the Waste Prevention Forum. This past summer the Forum celebrated its fifth birthday. I have learned a lot from all the information that you all have contributed to the Forum, and I know that many others have too. I believe that we are making progress on waste prevention. Reduction and reuse are becoming more visible, slowly but surely. You - the waste prevention leaders from all over North America - are making a difference. As we do every year at this time, we're running the list, below, of the names of all the subscribers to the Forum. It's interesting to see who all is on the list (a lot more people end up receiving the Forum, because some subscribers forward it to others). If you know of anyone else who would like to join the Forum, just have them e-mail me. It's been a tough year internationally, but here's hoping there will be more peace in 2002. Hope you all have great holidays! - Tom E-mail: tom [ DOT ] watson [ AT ] metrokc [ DOT ] gov -------------------- Current subscribers to the Waste Prevention Forum: Abrams, Heather; Aguiar, Victor; Aldridge, Mahlon; Alekel, Dale; Allaway, David; Allen, David; Aller, Sharon; Allison, Peter; Angus, Michal; Apotheker, Steve; Arner, Rob; Asp, Karen; Assmann, David; Ayde, Mary; Baasch, Gail; Bailor, Ann; Baker, Tanya; Bakke, Rory; Balek, Joyce; Balsley, Rachel; Barto, Debra; Barton, Paul; Becker, Charlotte; Becker, Steve; Bernthal, Tim; Biddle, David; Bircher, Maria; Bisson, Connie Leach; Blue, Dan; Blythe, Sue; Bogar, Janine; Boisson, Edward; Bozanich, Pat; Brawer, Wendy; Brown, Ken; Bushnell, Vickie; Byrch, Chris; Cahillane, Jamie; Case, Melanie; Cecil, Rika; Cera, David; Chamberlin, Bill; Chin, Yen; Christiansen, Pete; Christmann, Holly; Clark, David; Clark, Jack; Clarke, Marjorie; Clayton, Mark; Cloak, Connie; Cohen, Laura; Cole, Michelle; Conroy, Sharon; Cosgrove, Darin; Coville, Gerty; Coward, Megan; Crisley, John; Crockett, Judy; Cubic, Aaron; Cucina, Hope; Culver, Alicia; Cuyler, Alex; Daoust, Ruth; Daudon, Marc; Davidson, Cathie; Davis, Michele; Davis, Stephanie; DeBell, Jack; Deller, Kinley; Desmond, Roberta; Devine, Paul; Dewell, Jane; Diangson, Ticiang; DiCarlo, Yvette; Diccicco-Craft, Dee Dee; Dickerson, Catherine; Domres, Patrick; Donnette, Rachel; Dorn, Betsy; Dubois, Peter; Dunn, Judi; Dunn, Paul; Durbin, Dennis; Dutton, Lea; Eade, Teresa; Eckl, Beth; Egger, Nicole; Engel, Steve; Eskridge, Anne; Estes, Tom; Estreller, Susana Reyes; Etienne, MaryEllen; Ewing, Bill; Fikejs, Matt; Fine, Polagaya; Fisher, Jill; Fisher, Sally; Fisher, Steve; Flora, David; Fogel, Shira; Foran, Brian; Foss, Scott; Friedman, Eric; Friedrichsen, Andrea; Frierson, Barbara; Fuller, Brian; Fultz, Dixie. 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