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From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What are “eco-villages?” I’ve heard of one in New York near Ithaca and another one called Arcosanti being built in Arizona.                               – Jim Killian, Brookline, MA
Eco-villages are essentially designed communities intending to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable. Environmentalist Joan Bokaer developed the vision for the [...]

GREEN LUXE: Environmental Magazine asks, “Has the Green Movement Gotten Too Upscale?”
The November/December 2008 issue of E - The Environmental Magazine (now posted at: www.emagazine.com) takes a skeptical look into the world of high-class luxury green, where compost piles and recycling bins have been replaced with solar-powered yachts and sustainable caviar.

 
Wow, it is November 6th and Barack Obama is our President Elect. Congratulations to all of us for electing him.
Obama has promised to tackle the gigantic environmental problems of our time which include both energy independence and climate change. He has said that he can create jobs by investing in “clean energy”. He has said [...]

Funny, right when I thought he was done and quietly trying to sneak out the back door of the White House Bush makes yet another move against the environment.
From the Daily News: With time running out for the Bush Administration, the White House is making a last-minute push to deregulate private industry in ways that opponents say could [...]

 
EarthTalkTM 
From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine 
Dear EarthTalk: I saw a cover line on a magazine that said, “The next world war will be over water.” Tell me we’re not really running out of water!    – Nell Fox, Seattle, WA
Today fully one-sixth of the world’s human population lacks access to clean drinking water, and more than [...]