Taking Back the Land

Native Americans bid to reclaim what was once theirs.
By Hilary Shenfeld | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 29, 2008 | Updated: 10:24 a.m. ET May 29, 2008
http://www.newsweek.com/id/139090

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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Daniel Quinn's Interview on "Making a Living" can be found at the following address: http://www.c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2008-04-16T08_04_34-07_00

April 30, 2008

Fourteen years ago, Ray Anderson was running Interface, a billion-dollar-a-year carpet manufacturing company he’d founded in 1973. The highly successful company followed all laws and regulations, but he was being pressured from his customers, who wanted to know what Interface was doing for the environment. Anderson put together a task force to formulate the company’s environmental stance and respond to his customers’ concerns. The task force asked Anderson to deliver a “kickoff” speech with his environmental vision for the company, and he found he didn’t have a clue what to say.

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At risk of potentially getting banned again, (saving my post; deleting it doesn't make me go away) I figure a week of invalid, inappropriate forced silence (on my own account at least) is quite enough. Considering that you guys have essentially been carrying on a conversation involving me, without me included, I don't really feel too bad about joining in. A lot has been said on a lot of topics, so instead of responding to individual people I'm just going to address everyone. A few pieces of this will look familiar to those I've had private conversations with through email, but please read carefully as the context is different.

Gas to Hit $7 a Gallon

By Marty Jerome

Both Qatar's oil minister and the head of OPEC can see oil hitting $200 a barrel before the end of the year and one analyst says gas could reach $7 a gallon within four years. That could mean cataclysm for the global economy.

Time to Stockpile Food? A Guide to Preparing for Rising Food Costs or That Next Big Emergency