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<br />FL...w.. ~nd an: fi~hting the: l,'OfI-
<br />SUlKlion of ~ coal.fired po-.u
<br />pWlu _ e:ve:n onn llul c:mpIoy ~-
<br />,,-=ed amipullulOon rqWpmc:nt - in
<br />Chiru Mid dstwhnt Enviros cooltnd
<br />lh"l ~m~l-s~1t soW t'fl~rgy and''bio-
<br />r;u" (dunK fnm~nled into rrKll\al'M:. ~
<br />dun Iud) an ~ropc~'e: I~ lhe:
<br />de"doping ...orId Oft..... Ihi~ is lrut:.
<br />BUI ho... n1:lny W~slnn m"ir~ U~
<br />wLllinl!llo IiYO:' at 1M limits of CUlTnll
<br />sob. In:h~~ Today's sob.- con-
<br />"l11nl CMl provide: buic power rt-
<br />quiume:nu.. bUI Ihc:y us~1y do no(
<br />pcovidt- tnouf'i,h _!Iagt lor nlrigen-
<br />lion. ",hieh is bdy nrtdtd in dn-c:1-
<br />opinf'i, coumril:s (Aboul a qUUTn of
<br />lhird world lood production is \011 10'
<br />spoibgt)
<br />Dot rtaSOrI l~w ~nvironmtnl~isn
<br />f!i,U wbr is Ih.lI il COIlS mort lhan
<br />Wnv~nlion'" tle-cui<;-ity from biK gm-
<br />~ulinr; sUlialll. Prien lor solar con-
<br />vmns Iuvt b<<n bllill&, bt.ol wbr u:1I
<br />'yslnln ifill (",I lour (0 five limn as
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<br />CJ..ld,,,. pt., ",. J,,/I J.oJy of-.ln
<br />oauldc:S.'dOll.So....li..
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<br />Ir Imall50lar is too
<br />COltly for the Sierra Club
<br />~L. why i. it a gn:at idea ror
<br />peasantl in Malawi?
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<br />mlKh per nrw kilO'wan-hout- all fossil
<br />f...d S}'IltIIIS, om onts wh adI."lIocN
<br />poIlu,ion ronuols. And if small soW
<br />is 100 expmsivt lor 1M Sierra Club
<br />5ft....hyisilagrtalKlu.forpt;ll'ann
<br />inM.tb.,j?
<br />MmytnyirO$,hinkthtntTdlOf
<br />improved wale'!" purily can bt dt-aIl
<br />.,jlh in small "tays. [M.;wah MOOI'~.
<br />of tht Enyironmmtal Ddtns~ Fund,
<br />and f'i,rolJps Iilu: Unicef havt t-n
<br />prnJuring dc:vdopmmf :lfl~lKies 10
<br />lund community-tuu.:! wale'!".puri!)'
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<br />and s""lIgt-comrol procnms. As
<br />...nh sma.ll ,oIar. Ihe'I"~ art many in-
<br />nancnin...lUchsrna.lllVollt1"ptojKts
<br />will ptovtdc: lhe bc-SI returns. Bul in
<br />fM t'Jl~ndi'" Ihud.world cilies
<br />whet-~ a billOon of the workI's poor
<br />le'Jide.small is hardly lilt "oIuIOon.
<br />In IUruhi. nnly ~ Ihird 01 Ih~
<br />hontts tuy~ piped waltr. In Madras.
<br />only abolll a third 01 dwdlings can.
<br />ntel 10' anYlhing li!u: a st"'~r
<br />syu~m. In Kinshasa. Ih~r~ is nO'
<br />,twagt syUtm al a.ll. Th~ silua!iOll
<br />IOf num~rous OIhtt third.worldcit-
<br />if' is Ih~ nme. DftC'n. tht pooc af
<br />devdoping cilin mU$l S~t ul~
<br />drinking w~ur Iram waltr-stlltrs.
<br />Th~ poor"1 of Ih~ warld's poot
<br />th~rtforC' tnd up paying marC' for
<br />waitt Ih:m do th~ rich.
<br />Wh~1 is n~~ded, Chi";~n uys. is
<br />"Msic waitt infrasnu(lurt" -
<br />pipn. lihral~n plann. "'Ult-waln
<br />uC',um~m facililil:,. somt"m~s
<br />dams and aqutduus. Such big ...a.
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<br />Itr.diycrsion proltCIJ. ha...tv~r.
<br />offend C'n"iranm~nlal arthodallY.
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<br />WHY AU SO MANY ENVIROS PAY-
<br />ing more: al1~mioo fO grtcnhou~
<br />compul" ptojtc,ions for 1M ;1IS1
<br />CtrllUry du.n lhey ar~ 10' millions of
<br />cha..itn dying Irom impur~ w~l~r and
<br />air? Whm ptessed. tnyironmen~lim
<br />uy words like: 1'ht human ipet:ieS is
<br />nor impn-ikd; look a1lbe incrtdibk
<br />number of bir1h, in tM devdoping
<br />world. We mOSI conc~mn.le on pro-
<br />IKtinglptCits and IubiwsllYr ar~
<br />il1lfltl"ikd."
<br />Populalion grO'Nlh is Ih~ cor~ tnV;-
<br />ronmmuJ problem (or m051 ai lhe
<br />world. 8uI bttttt "wunnmnlla.l
<br />hnhh will hdp slow tlul growrh, not
<br />expand il. .~ tet:hnialliltfarurl' is
<br />unanimow lhat when you imprOY~
<br />~ic hnIlh. especwly child and r~.
<br />ptoducti~ healrh, birth lain gO'
<br />down." ChivWi says. "MallY tIlWOll.
<br />mtlltalists don't undenuod this. bUI
<br />it is dlt essmlial lact of the issut.1f
<br />you WUl1 sp<<tn and habilats prl'-
<br />1I<<'Ved, protec:Ung human ~allh so
<br />lhat fen.ility DE" dtdil'M: ...aI accom-
<br />plish far mort lhan buildiJ1g wds
<br />around .MILlt ptntrVC'$."
<br />In pooc IUlions. 'AIOIntrI bet:umt
<br />ptrt;rwI1 many t;mtt 10' be confidml
<br />ofhlovingal_childrmsurviveliU
<br />adullhood and pr.Mdc: fur the pal-
<br />trlU' old agC'. ^S tdualion, wumtn',
<br />rich" and childhood survival ralts
<br />~. numbtn 01 pregnancin de-
<br />clint. In Iht 1960's.rhe:I)'pK-a1dorvd-
<br />oping-workt wonwl gave b.n'" ro ,ill
<br />\iYO:'chM~n;lod.iy,lhtligurtis{OIIr.
<br />Fertility n.ln are dmining in dto.-clop-
<br />ingcOllnlrlntNlluvtposiriveindn-
<br />n for inun like sa1~ "'~Itt Mid
<br />progress on 1M clean-~tIe'I"lD' slope.
<br />Fertility lill~S rtmain h;~h mainly in
<br />Af,ica and tht Indian ,ubconlinent.
<br />whe'!"1' deaths Irom dUty _Ie'!" and
<br />dung Jmoke art c(lflCt11In.11'Ii.
<br />Givm IhC' uis;, in basic envirOrl-
<br />mmtal num arnonglM workt.s dis.
<br />mfn.~hised,Westt1Tlt'flYirorlllwnlal-
<br />isll ~nd govetnmtnu would do ...ell
<br />lashifl their focus lrom Ihetculogical
<br />ptoblmn of lhe &velopo:d WOIIId ^
<br />doIlu spent prOtec,ing Iht trl";ron-
<br />IIWnl will accomplish 10 limn .as
<br />mlKh in lhe lhird worM u in ,he first.
<br />Fivt y~ar' agO', Weslttn ~nyiron.
<br />m~ntalgroupssucce:t'tkd in draw,"g
<br />inttfrurianal atlenlian 10 Ih~ losi of
<br />Iropical ra," lur"lI. Sir>C~ Ihtn. de.
<br />lornlalion n.ln hav~ hn~n.1f W"I-
<br />trn ~nvifonmtn(~listl dc:VOltd as
<br />much ~nergy and CorK~rn to' human
<br />h~~llh in Ihe: Ihird wnfld,. pUJglt'SS
<br />m,<<htb..s<<nthtftasweU._,
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