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From the Editor
We were sitting in a rental car overlooking the picturesque Japanese fishing village of Taiji when Ric O’Barry said to me, “You know, we have a lot to learn from the Japanese.”
O’Barry (the subject of our cover story) is the star of the recent documentary The Cove, which follows his efforts to halt the capture and slaughter of bottlenose dolphins by fishermen in Taiji. The dolphin killing pains O’Barry, but he is careful to point out that a small number of people in Japan are involved.
I asked O’Barry what lessons the Japanese offer, and he said, “Politeness, for one.” On that I couldn’t agree more. Like many first-time visitors …more
Contents
- Features
- The Reluctant Warrior
- At 70, Ric O’Barry would love to be at home watering his bamboo and playing with his five-year-old daughter. Instead, he spends most of his time with people who hate him.
- by Jason Mark
- Features
- Forest Medieval
- Poland’s Bialowieza is one of the only old growth forests in Europe. Despite being a World Heritage Site, it’s threatened by logging.
- by Erik Hoffner
- Features
- World of Wonder
- Toward a re-enchantment with Nature
- by James William Gibson
- Spyhopping: Solving the Water and Energy Crisis
- … in One Swell Poop
- by Gar Smith
- Earth Island News: Bay Localize
- Building Resilience
- Earth Island News: Urban Biofilter
- Environmental Justice Via Green Infrastructure
- Earth Island News: IMMP
- Mobilizing to Stop the Slaughter of Japan’s Dolphins and Whales
- Reports: Low-Hanging Fruit
- Can collecting leftover produce help us re-envision the world?
- by Kyle Boelte
- Reports: ¡Golpe!
- Last Summer’s Right-Wing Coup in Honduras Still Threatens Human Rights and the Environment
- by Jeremy Kryt
- 1,000 Words: Toward the End, Genesis
- Sebastião Salgado
- Conversation: Annie Leonard
- … and The Story of Stuff
- Reports: Allah Commands
- Traditional Himas are helping protect fragile areas in Muslim nations
- by Tom Verde
- In Review: Crude
- Directed by Joe Berlinger
First Run Features, 104 minutes
- In Review: Nowtopia
- by Chris Carlsson
278 pages, AK Press, 2008
- In Review: Tree Spiker
- by Mike Roselle with Josh Mahan
288 pages, St. Martin’s Press, 2009
- In Review: Finding Beauty in a Broken World
- by Terry Tempest Williams
432 pages, Pantheon, 2008
- Voices: Mountaintop Removal: Senseless Sacrifice
- by Jon Gensler
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