Green American Magazines Archive
January/February 2011: Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?
When we wrote about the city of San Francisco's recent cell-phone radiation precautions in the Nov/Dec 2010 Green American, not all of our readers and members were thrilled. And not all took the warnings seriously.So for the Jan/Feb 2011 issue, we decided to tackle the subject in depth. Editor Tracy Fernandez Rysavy says she expected to turn up "inconclusive…
Featured Articles:
- Cell Phone Radiation: An Interview With Dr. Devra Davis
- Dialogue: A Powerful Shareholder Strategy
- Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?
November/December 2010: Efficiency First!
To curb the climate crisis, increase national security, and avoid economic disaster as peak oil looms, it's time to accelerate energy efficiency.Green America's simple, doable proposition is this: Let's each cut our energy use by 50 percent in the next five years -- just ten percent per year. Sound ambitious? The city of Juneau, AK, nearly reached that threshold in just…
Featured Articles:
- First Steps to Energy Efficiency
- More Steps to Energy Efficiency
- 10 Easy Ways to Save on Energy
- Energy Efficiency: The Magic Bullet
- Community Investing Banks and the Economic Crisis
- Passive House, Aggressive Savings
- A Power Primer: Electricity 101
- How is Our Electricity Generated in the US?
- Why Josh Barclay and Green America Say: "Efficiency First!"
September/October 2010 : Organic or Local?
You walk into the grocery store, wanting to buy some Granny Smith apples for a pie you're planning to bake. You find there are two types -- organic apples from across the country, or apples from a local farm that uses chemical pesticides and herbicides. Which do you choose?It's a conundrum we've all faced at one time or another; in this issue, our editors consult with…
Featured Articles:
- Is Organic or Local Food Better?
- Urban Gardening Made Easy
- Our Interview with Maria Rodale
July/August 2010 : Fair Trade Boom
A decade ago, coffee was the only Fair Trade product available in the US, and it was hard to find. Today shoppers can easily find a wide range of Fair Trade products in stores, with more to come.Globally, Fair Trade sales hit the $5 billion mark last year, helping more than one million producers (and more than five million family members) lift themselves economically.…
Featured Articles:
- How New Credit Card Rules Can Help You
- Greening School Fundraisers
- The Sweet Side of Fair Trade
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