Why You Can't Afford Not To Be An Environmentalist

With mounting evidence of global warming, the state of the earth's biosphere ought to be a major issue of the 2000 presidential campaign. It isn't.

1 minute read

September 17, 2000, 11:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Yet, thus far, it is not. Atlantic Unbound has invited four experts on the environment and environmental politics -- Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Gregg Easterbrook of The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly; Mary A. Gade, an adviser to George W. Bush; and Bill McKibben, the author of The End of Nature -- to tell us what they think our environmental priorities should be at this time in history, and, equally important, what can and should be done politically to make real progress toward those ends.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: We're All Environmentalists Now. Right?

Sunday, September 17, 2000 in The Atlantic Monthly

Environment United States

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban Planner

Get top-rated, practical training

Start Learning

Advertise with us

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.