APRIL- SEPTEMBER 2002
Contents
BREAKING NEWS
World Bank Bankrolls Global Air Pollution
by Matt Wheeland
Zero Waste Success at the Summit's Global Forum
by Muna Lakhani and
Ann Leonard
BURNING ISSUES
Health Damages from Burning Wastes
by Cancer Action New York
WAY FORWARD
Fighting Waste Burners in Canada and South Africa
by Manny Calonzo

Sustainability: Think Garbage is Garbage.
Think Again
by Pamela Hartigan

PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES
GOOD NEWS
BAD NEWS
NEWS from the REGIONS
Citizens Speak out Against Incineration
CAMPAIGN TIPS
Seven Important Campaign Tips Towards
Clean Production

by Beverly Thorpe
RESOURCES
Resources
EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GAIA Incineration Database
GAIA Global Meeting 2003
Welcome to New Members!!!
 
GAIA CAMPAIGNER

Co-Editors:

Ann Leonard, Von Hernandez,
Manny Calonzo,

Contributing Writers:
Allen Chan, Ann Leonard,
Bharati Chatuverdi, Bill Sheehan,
Bobby Peek, Cancer Action New York, Dorothy Skrytek, Emma Oberg,
Eugene Conway, Fred de Baere,
Gopal Krishna, Hammad Naqi Khan,
Herlin Hsieh, Jeffer Castelo Blanco,
Junichi Sato, Linda Ambler,
Llewellyn Leonard, Manny Calonzo,
Mariana Boy Tamborell, Mark Strutt,
Matt Wheeland, Mike Ewall, Mike Schade, Morag Carter, Muna Lakhani, Nikki Clarke, Pamela Hartigan, Pawel Gluzynski,
Phill Scott, Roel Andag, Setsuko Yamamoto, Stephen Lester, Swedi Elongo, Von Hernandez, Zeina Al-Hajj


We welcome contributions
in the form of articles, photographs, artworks, and letters to the editors. The opinions and views expressed by the writers and artists do not necessarily reflect the official views of GAIA.

 

 
MEMBERS

A Warm Welcome to New GAIA Members

CADIC, Democratic Republic of Congo

Martin Marani, Kenya

International Baby Food Action Network (Penang), Malaysia

Caritas Manila (Advocacy Unit), Philippines

National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace (Advocacy Unit), Philippines

Friends of the Earth, Sierra Leone

Yonge Nawe Environmental Action Group, Swaziland

Joseph Mutsigwa, Swaziland

Child Concern Consortium, Tanzania

Community Development Research Foundation, Tanzania

Concern for Development Initiatives in Africa, Tanzania

Kagera Development and Credit Revolving Trust Fund, Tanzania

Kibaha Development Services, Tanzania

Mwanza Environmental Protection Group, Tanzania

Mohammed K. Maalim, Tanzania

Mountains Conservation Society, Tanzania

National Network of Farmers' Groups, Tanzania

Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement,Togo

ARUPPDE, Uganda

Development Action for Rural Environment, Uganda

Irrigation Training and Environmental Protection Organization, Uganda

National Association of Professional Environmentalists, Uganda

National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda


Pro-Biodiversity Conservationists,Uganda

Uganda Biodiversity Network, Uganda

Uganda Convention for Development , Uganda

Uganda Voluntary Efforts in Afforestation and Environmental Protection, Uganda

Rural Women Development Association, Uganda

Derby Friends of the Earth, UK