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The theme of Mass Consumption and
Social Gluttony was originally conceiv.
ed as an excuse to run photo essay on
Jennifer and my trip to a retirement
community in Yuma, Arizona. We
thought about I'UlllliJw a photo of a lady
holding out an apple pie with the
Ameriean tIag fJying jn the background,
taken with a ftalHtye lens, of course. We
toyed with f8llturing the ~vergreen Diet
Plan: emotional trawna; coft'ee, over.
work, and clprettes. The or.Winal vision
a satirieaJ look at
our culture's
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And then a wonderful thiDg happen.
ed. The EnvironmentalReeource Qmter
and the PNce and Conflict Resolution
Center, already planning a we4tk of
education on consumerism, hijacked the
entire issue. Serious opinio~ pieces
started pouring m.,]ri ftlet, next week
wW feature niany 'of the articles we
didn't have room for. I wish that an our
themes could have sparked sUch an en.
thlllliastic volunteeriam in the communi.
ty. Special thanks to Rbys Roth for coordinating the etfort.
A note about Little Eva Sue: we see
her 88 a symbol for everything in our
culture we would like to jettison. She
earmarks aD the consumption articlesmany of them idealistic-as a re'minder
of bow things actually are, in contrast
to bow we would like them to be.
IN
MEMORIUM
4... Evergreen reflects on the loss of Lloyd Colfax
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CAMPUS
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about the
~over:
Little Eva Sue is a tea cup poodle
~ in a golden age maobile home
community in Yuma, Arizona.. She visits
the beauty parlor monthly and eats more
expenaive food than moSt' students. She
Iov.. her ct.ddy and 1)0 one eJae. "When
I took her for a walk," says Jennifer,
"I'd rone a block before I realized her
Iejp weren't moving."
NEWS
OPINION
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MAS S CON SUMP T ION "
opinion and analysis of the ideology of consumption and
how it affects the planet
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7 .. .Political action calls for more than just the right bananas,'. by
Brett
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8... Some sUggestions far a healthier society. by 'B~ Hoffman
9 ... Food production and consumption ~ by Eric Kuhner
l1...A photographic excursion to Desert Grove Estates
13... Tropical rainforest deforestation
l7 ... Evergreen's recycling effort improves ... but ~t enough. by
Kirk Haffner
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POETRY
l8 ... National Digestive Disease Week
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CALENDAR
dedication
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correctIons:
In 1a&t week's editor's note, Ms. Trout
was nOt asking for money, but instead
trying to fill space and make people
laugh. She apologizes for any confusion.
The photo accompanying the San Fran·
cisco march story was taken by Janine
Thome. Crime watch volunteers should
contact Anna VanderHouwen in Donn
& COMMUNITY
6... A call to fight for peace in the tradition of BenJamin Linder
~ by Hector Douglas
on
ot.e.ive habitS;
letters
CONTENTS
editor's note:
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STAFF·
The COOPER POINT JOURNAL is published weekly (or the students, 8~, and (aeuity 01 The
Evergreen State College, and the surrounding community. View8 e~ are !lOt nece8I!IIri1y
those of the college or of the JOURNAL's st.a6. Advertising material contained here.. does
lmply e.n~~rsem~nt. by the JOURNAL. The office is located at the Evergreen State CoIJeae, Campus
Actlvltles.Buildmg, Room 306A. The phone number is 866-6000, x6213. AD calendar arinouncements
must be double-spaced,listed by category, and submitted no later than 5 p.m. on TueIday lor that
week'~ publication. All stories and letters to the editor must be typed, doubJe.~ ~ and
must mclude a daytime phone number where the author can be readted, 8nd are ~, JI~"y,
and 5 p.rn. on Monday, respectively. Display advertising must be received no laier than Ii p.rn. on
Monday for that week's publication.
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Editor·in-Chief: JOllllna Adrienne Pauw 0 Typographical Geologulyst: Polly P.~w Trout 0 Dumb
Blonde: Ben Tansey 0 Art Director: Egg Sandwich 0 Photo Editor: Michael PoIli 0 Readdent Ibclc
Paul Pope 0 Reporter and Calendar Coordinator: Timothy "Lanha LI" O'Brien o God: Michelle
M.ack 0 Prod~ction: Kathy Phillips 0 Temporary PlIS8enger: Ted D'Bear Pauw 0 Advilor: SuIIIUI
Fmk~1 0 BUSiness Manager: Felicia Clayburg 0 Production and Dilltribution: Christopher J., 0
Bumto: Ben Spees 0 Advertising Manager: ChrUI CllnIIm 0 Advert.iNng AuiIItant: Julie WIIJiaunMn
,
Dear Evergreen Community,
I read in the May 8 Olympian about
how Joe Olander interrupted a family
visit in Florida for the sake of
Evergreen budget negotiations with
Governor Gardner.
He had to fly back from Florida almost
immediately upon arriving there. He
then returned to Florida to attend his
daughter's graduation ceremony.
Somebody who puts out like that
deserves our gratitude.
Sincerely,
Hector Douglas
~
turning tables
To G.W. Galbreath:
Finally I must respond to your letter
in the CPJ on April 9, -~rding the van·
dalism of the Welcome Pole in front of
our campus. These thoughts have been
stirring for a while and it is time they
were expressed .
Please do not assume, because the
Welcome figure was again attacked, that
this is the response of the Evergreen
community to cultural diversity. It was
individual people (perhaps not even
associated with Evergreen) who did not
appreciate what the figure means, or
didn't care. That in no way implies that
the whole of the Evergreen community
does not. Perhaps I, who am white, don't
understand the depth of Native
American feeling towards her, but I do
understand my own. Unlike the defac·
ing of the figure, these appreciative feel·
ings are intangible, and therefore invisi·
ble to you. Please do not assume they
do not exist_
It is true, however, that new students,
and visitors (and vandals) don't
recognize the importance of the
Welcome Pole, and are unaware of why
she is here. If it is deemed appropriate
by the Indian Center, I would like to see
a plaque near her which explains her im·
portance and honors the memory of
Mary Ellen Hillaire. I propose this pia·
que be paid for by student donations and
suggest that this would be tangible proof
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of the appreciation of the student body
for the figure. Let me know if this sug·
gestion is appropriate. I would be happy to make the first don,ation.
There is another issue in your letter
which I feel I must adress. I was deep.
Iy offended by the way you chose to
begin your letter. You wrote about
another rape on campus without first
identifying the victim as the Welcome
Pole. I understand that you used thin8
a device to call attention to the
seriousness of the crime. YOU" did· not, .,
however, take into account the fear. and
tension we women live under daily; and
especially these days, and nights, on our
own campus. Perhaps you, as the social· .
Iy dominant male, did not recognize the ' .
terror your words could spark. In accusil'lg the white culture of continued insen·
sitivity, you demonstrated that same
lack of awareness in your choice of "
wordil'lg.
Do you see how the tables turn, how
we must help one another to recognize
different perspectives?
I am sure that you know the way to
learn is not'through thebuil<Hng of walls,
the bemoaning of differences. It is
through the celebration and "respect of
In memonum
letters
differences, the recognition of sameness
and a mutual reaching out.
I hope that you accept this letter in the
spirit with which it is written.
Sincerely,
Patricia Hutchison
Dear Evergreen Community,
This quarter, over 260 Evergreen
students are interning with departments
of state and local government, schools,
museums, tribes, research institutions,
community service organizations, parks,
forests, and private industry. While
many intern on campus, the vast llU\iorityare working, learning, and interacting
in the ''real world." The sum total of this
activity is generating a couple thousand
credits and imrneas~le positive public
relations for. the college.
At the S8ll'\e time, the Office of
Cooperative Education is undergoing a
major upheaval. Director Barbara
Cooley has been fired, and both the
budget and staft' have been cut. The rationale for change is: C<H>p Ed. has been
a barrier to students wishing to conduct
internships; Co-op Ed_ has played too
strong a role in problem solving; Co-op
Ed. has not run a tight ship.
During the course of the-summer, C0op Ed. will be melded into the (New and
Improved!) Student Advising Center to
be located in the hbrary building, where,
presumably, the powers that be can
keep an eye on things. One has to
wonder if the fresh paint and new digs
will InJke up for a decrease in Co-op Ed.
staft'.
. Other proposals include: limiting the
number of students that are allowed to
intern to, say, 120 during fall quarter;
excluding freshmen and sophomores
from conducting internships; and using
computers to match students with internships (remember computer dating!).
Are these new barriers to students
wishing to conduct internships! Or is
this the natural evolution of an oft.
maligned office at an experimental college? How do you feel about C<H>p Ed.'s
staff being cut? Are you satisfied that
Too busy studying
to cook?
the changes proposed for C<H>p Ed. will
improve efficiency? Do you care?
If you do care about the status of
Cooperative Education at this college,
then I suggest that you tell the
Academic Deans how you feel. In
writing. Before they throw out the baby
witlr the bathwat.er.
Sincerely,
John C, Heal, Cooperative Education
Counselor
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Howlies
The Howlies and the 5 Fishermen
regret that we were unable to perform
at GESCCO on May 9.
We were not notified by GESCCO to
let people know we would not be appearing. We are sorry for whatever inconvenience this might have caused anyone.
Sincerely,
David and Shannon Wahler-Edwards, of
the Howlies
Uoyd Colfax, of the MakaJr Nation,
E ve rgreen graduate and Native
American Studies facuUy member, dim
The ceremony for Uoyd
Colfax took place today at
1:00 p.m. in Neah Bay.
The Native American
Studies Procram ceremony
will be Monday the 18th
berinninr at 9:00 a.m. in the
Library 3500 Lounp. The
community ceremony will
beginn at noon that day at
the Welcome Pole with a dinner followin.. in the Library .
Lobby. Pleue brinr a food
item to share in this celebration of Uoyd's life. Thank
yoo.-Evergreen Indian Center
lhi3 louk of a h«lrt attack. The follow-
illg a1'e comment. offe1'ed by Bome of
Ihme WM knew him. They we1'e IIpo7V
latU!()1UJ alld unplanMlt. They an!
prumt«l here witJll"flwpect. ManY7Mopie did no/ cIwoae to make a staterMrlt
for perlonal
1'«13011.8,
nor
WIJ3
theI"fl
time /0 ask everyone 10M might have
liked to 11(111 801llething.
Andy Wilbur, Sah-Ah-Key-III, Towana
Skokomish: Lloyd Colfax-dear Criend
oC mine. He was a leader, and he taught
me in the good old fashioned Indian
way. By that I mesn he showed me how
to live. He poured out educational information in his own way. In the India1!,.
way. the younger person should oon~ume all that-put it to memory and to
Ih'e that life. He'~ gone on now, and I,
Andy Wilbur, "ill always remember
him. He WIlS a great l>art of my life, but
it'~ my duty now to go on and to live
that liCe that he has taught me to live.
1\ r-espectable life. a goorllife. a giving.
~hal'ing, kind life. Thlmk you Lloyd.
"a change of worlds."
Kim Cl'lwen: I'm going to mi ~~ him. hi.< wit,dom. hi~ ~trength . hi~ caring. hi~
humor, his Cace on this canlJlU-<. I think he l'eally mlclecl a lot to the Evergreen
cllmmunity ancl it's clifficult til huve to >'lop amll-eaJize \\ith his pa..... ing. how much
!w I... ally t'Ontlibuted_It !<eems like we clon't know what wl"ve III~t until it'" !tOIl<'
II lilt oC the time, ami I ju>'l \\"I\.<n't I"l'atly COl' him til go.
CI-aig earl"Nl: l..1o~'(1 had the be.<t jokl'l' of all of u-< in the Native Americ-.m StU(Iie~
PnljCl'llm. IInll \\'lIlking (k,,\"n the hllllllny cllI,I" that Lloyd Wll>' llrouncll wll>' alwa.v~
gh'en lint' Ill' tWil ."w-linl'I" thllt ~topJle" th.. w'a y I walk lind made ml' b,-eath (Iifrel"'lltl~· . I think that LLoy(1 \\"It>' trying to tell me \\"11>' thllt I "houlll see Iifl' \lith
II "mill' lin m~' fa~... ami 1111 th .. \\"11,-1< thllt I \\"11>' (Ioing her-e with amu..ement in my
!wllli-'IWI it" II
thllt I'll a1wa~'" ,-emember, and keep. fmm Lloyd. It'" not
THE
SEVEN
GABLES
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"II"~- til 1111 thllt_
RlUlwr Hlll't'lll'tab: Lloyd will alwa.V>' he an elder in my own liCe, and the per",m
\\"ho t,·_IeN<I~· \\"OIiled rill' the bl'"t IIf hi>< I)l'(lple; I think that re~ly i ~ at the heart
IIfit.
Lupe Smith: AI< a Roman Catholic. I believe that ill; only the body that llie. but
the spirit livl!!' on forever and I believe that that'Ralso a Native Americ»,n belief.
Stop by for mouth-wGertng, whoIaome treats
from the Co-op Dell.
SancIwIcha, ...... and morel
Cocktails • Dinntr
Sunday Champagnt Brunch
And ... no dishes to
wash! '
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-Su1Jday, June 7tb
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GrtMI"",w" BrwffCb
9:00a", -l:oop...
GrtId"",w" Dht".,.
4:00pm - 8!OOpm
Olympia Food Co-op
1205 West Bay Drive. Olympia
Phone 352-2349 for Reservati~
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GJ&i1 Martin: About three weeks »go Lloyd came to see me in my office. He came
beatutle, he said, he WlIB touched by the card we'd sent him and then we proceeded to t.tlk about how he was (eeling about his phy8ical health at the time and how
hard it was to deal with what was ambiguoUll in it... But it reminded me of very
intennittent but historical conversations I've have "ith Lloyd about a variety of
matteTII that always began with him expl'e!8ing lOme kind of thank you or gratitude
and then moving on into 80me kind of reftection of related but larger ooncems.
'I'U mi88 hilllJan Stentt: I felt privileg-ed til kown Lloyd for the brief time that I got to work
with him. He was a fine man and a wondo!rfuJ example to everyone.
Larry Hildes: I love the way he would start out answering a question by traveling cimlitwsly the whole way around the question and you didn't know if he
remembered what he was taDdng about, and sure enough he would come right
back to it and the whole thing would BUddenly make sense, and it was wonderful.
1'1 mila him a
whole lol
Barba)'" Lawrence: Lloyd counseled me II Cew times since I've been here at
E \'eI"w"en and he alway~ was calm and relaxed and quiet. He UIIed his words well
but hI! w.... >'0 calm about it. Even if he WII8 furious I din't know becauae he was
"., calm ... My experience "ith him as an Indian student who neOOed guidance wu
that he Wll>' all eilier in the true !lense of the word and he gave that to me- .. He
wa.; there COI- the Indian Center, he was there Cor the individual student...1 think
hl' ~till il<.
From Mary Nelson: "Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation or my
people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by
>'ome SlId or hIIppy event in days 10. vanished Even the rocks, wlUch teem to
be lIumb ami dead Il8 they swelter in the BUn along the silent ahore, thrill with
memories of stirring events connected with the lives ~ my people, and the very
duRt upon which you now stand responds more ioving\y to their (~ than
to yours, ~11IIe it iI! rich with the blood of our ancest.on and our bU'e reet are
conscious of the sympathetic touch. Our deputed bravetl, our rond mothers, glad,
lIappy-hearted maidens, and even our little children who lived here and rejoiced
here for a brief season. with love these IOnIber IIOlitudell and at eventide they I1'Mt
shadowy returning spirits. And when the lut Red Man Bhall hve periIhed, and
the memory of my tribe shall have become a myth aJDOna- the White lien, Ushores will swann with the invisible dead rl my tribe, and when your dIildren's
children think themselves alone in the field, the stOre, the ablp, upon the bigbwa,y,
or in the Bilenee ~ the path1e88 woods, they will not be alone. In aD rl the earth
there is no place dedicated to IOljtude_At nirbt when the streets rl your dUel
and vi1lag-e8 are silent and you think them ctt.r-ed. they wiD throng with the returning hosts that once filled them and IItiIllove this beautiful land The WhIte Man
will never be alone .... Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, (or the dead .
are not powerle811. Dead, did I sayT There is no death, only a dIanp rl ·w orlda."
Thus were the wise words rl Chier Sealth 132 years Il1'0. They were ftWnc then,
and they are titting now, at a time of our ereat 10. with the paIIIIina- rl our father,
our mentor, our teacher, and our leader, Lloyd CoJlax. We wDl' \mow that hill
footsteps yet lIOund in the hallways and clUll'OOInII of Everwreen, WId !iii voice
will mix with the munners rl the wind. Remember, onb' the pity'" Wlrii-dwwo·
ed for him , to that ~ the spirit workl, and biB is not mntained in
air
far above the douds. .. iI' you listen in the aoftrae rl the..ny JJIOItIiJv cr the RDIrof nightfall you will know thill to be true.
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Worki
news
Consumption vveek
The Peace and Conflict Resolution
Center and the Environmental Resource
Center will be co-sponsoring a week long
series of events entitled, "Consuming
the World: Planetary Survival and the
Consumer Mentality."
"We hope that participants will gain
a better understanding of how mass consumption and mass production are
undermining the health and welfare of
both individuals and the planet," explains Eric Kuhner of the Peace Center.
The week Will examine topics ranging
from the link between consumer pr()ducts and war to alternativesw the consumer mindset. These events will be taking place during the week of May 18-22.
Faculty member Susan Strasser will
open with a lecture on the evolution of
the consumer society at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 18, in Lecture Hall l.
Naturopath Ruth Adele will discuBB consumer mentality and health care at 8
p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, in Lecture
Hall 3. A forum featuring speakers on
militarism, consumerism and cultural
genocide will take place at 8 p.m. on
Thursday, May 21, in Lecture Hall 3.
A full day of activities begins at 10
a. m. on Friday, May 22. A representative of a farmworker's union will
discuss the connection of workers' conditions to the products we buy. The
treatment of animals by food producers
will be discussed, and Rain Magazine
Editor Ron Baird will conduct a
workshop on community investment,
while the editor of the National Boycott
Newsletter will present a workshop on
boycotts. There will also be the first annual Evergreen Boycott, where
students will be encouraged not to buy
anything for one day.
.
The Peace Center prepared the following statement to help explain the event:
Our primary beli£f is that we must
each take reBpOnBibility fur the lives t.hoJ,
we lead. The way in which we wurk,
what we choose to do, haw we transpon
lYU1'8elVe8, where we get (TUr food, haw we
spend IYUr free time, and haw we feel
about it aU have an impact ()n the wurld
around us. Each ofus must answer the
questions: "How does my life create
understanding and peace?" and, "How
does my life contrilrute to de8truction
and violence?" We each have the mponBibility to educate lYU1'8elve8 abaut the ef
fecta that (TUr lives and (TUr society have
upon the world.
All events are free and open to the
public.
anentireeveningof~e.Theevening
begins with eleven dance pieces, perfonned by Evergreen and community
woman raped
,on campus
A rape of an Evergreen student was
reported in the early morning hours of
Wednesday, May 13. The attack occurred at· approximately 5 a.m. near the
Evergreen Parkway. No description of
the male attacker is available. Campus
Security is aiding the Thurston County
Sheriff's DepartJ:nent in the investigation. Anyone with knowledge of the incident is urged to contact Security at
86&6000, ext. 6140.
Persons wishing safe escort service on
campus can contact Security. Counseling and advice on rape prevention is
available from the Women's Center at
ext. 6200 and Counseling Services at
ext. 6800.
Summer daycare?
Students needing childcare services
this summer are invited to attend an upcoming potluck dinner at the Evergreen
Childcare Center on the evening of
Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Aside from a fun evening with other
students and parents, the meeting will
offer an opportunity to explore the need
for campus childcare during the summer
months. Since the childcare budget does
not include funds for summer care,
parents are considering other options
, which may make care available on a coop basis. Further information will be
Dancing for kayaks
This Saturday night, May 16th, the
Seven Generations Dance Benefit
will raise funds for two students,
Lincoln Post and Greg Welpton, who are
hand building two kodiak sea kayaks,
and then paddling them to the Soviet
Union via the Bering Straits. The PT()ject represents a creative solution to'
bridging the gap of misunderstanding
between the U_S. and U.S.S.R.
The Seven Generations Benefit will be
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dancers. The performance will display
the diversi~y of style and talent of Olympia's dance artists.
Following the performance, Olympia's
"Local Magnetic Disturbance," and
Seattle's "Rumors of the Big Wave" will
provide live dance music.
The performance and boogie will be
held at the Evergreen library lobby.
Doors open at 7:00. Performance at 7:30.
Boogie at 9:30. Admission is on a sliding
seale, $4 to $7. Beer and snacks will be
sold. quIdcare will also be provided.
--Sam Van Fleet
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available at the meeting; childcare will
be provided.
Bake sales scheduled for May 15, 22,
and 29 will raise funds for purchasing
nece~ities for the children who attend
the center this summer. The wish list includes basic items such as art supplies,
paper towels, tiBBue, juices, snack foods,
band-aids, and outside toys. Anyone
wanting to donate those items or food
for a bake sale should contact the Parent
Resource Center at x6036,
Another fundraiser soon to be in the
.works is the annual raffle for the
childcare center. This money is not for
summer care, but is meant to supplement the user fees and student fees
which fund the center throughout the
school year. Many merchants in Olympia have agreed to offer prizes, and
though the list is not yet complete, some
of the highlights are: a half hour
massage and a half hour tub at Radiance
Herbs; a $25 gift. certmcate at the Olympia Food C()-()p; and a lunch for two at
Ben Moore's Restaurant; other prizes
will be announced when the tickets go
on sale. They will be available for purchase within a week for $1 each; the raffle will be held on Super Saturday, June
6.0
--Joanne McCaughan, Childcare Advisury Board
One hundred ,and fifty people mourned and honored Benjamin Linder at the
. First Christian Church last Friday evening. Benjamin was tortured and
murdered while attempting to bring
electricity and water to the poor of
Nicaragua. His life was a gentle beacon,
a vision of peace beckoning us away from
our fear, our hatred and our muderous
foreign policy.
Ben's death was no accident; it was
murder. Ben's body bore the marks of
torture. I think one of the le880nslearnE!d in Vietnam is that the U.S. escalates
its dirty little wars slowly so that we
come to accept the unacceptable. By that
time, the atrocities are never printed or
broadcast because they have become so
habitual that it isn't "newsworthy."
Until this point, the presence of
Americans in a village practically
guaranteed the safety of Nicaraguans
from contra attacks. With Ben's murder,
the CIA floats before the American
public, a balloon of the most cynical
character. "You have not fussed much
about the murders of 100,000 Indians
and Hispanics; perhaps you will not
mind if we kill one of your own, a Jew.
Perhaps you will ignore this too," is the
unspoken sneer.
The candles burned quietly 10 our
hands, but the rage burned deeply in our
hearts as we read the narpes of the dead.
John Rankin, twice governor of
Washington state, looked on in stony
silence from where he stood in Sylvester
Park. The words rang true: "I would
make it impoBBible for the avaricious and
the covetous to utterly impoverish the
poor. The rich can take care of
themselves."
As we walked by candlelight, I
thought back to another funeral procession in Seattle on December 19. We had
carried'a coffin and crossed to the lawn
of the Federal Courthouse as we spoke
WORK IN
JAPAN
The pain of others
the names of the murdered in EI
Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. We
"died-in" on the steps of the Federal
Courthouse to demand justice, to speak
for the dead and to save lives. That day,
a member of the only human rights
group in Guatemala was kidnapped from
an ambulance. His tortured body was
found in a ditch several days later.
That day my father died. I took the
shock from my mother's lips the next
morning in jail. I could not believe it, but
slowly I came to understand the pain
that the statistics could not explain to
me. In my own pain, I glimpsed the pain
of Central Americans, and it lent an
overwhelming texture to the last seven
years.
At least 100,000 Central Americans
murdered since 1980--15,000 in
Nicaragua, 60,000 in EI Salvador and
God only knows how many have died in
Guatemala and how many Americans
have closed their eyes. In EI Salvador,
there are 100,000 orphans and thousands
of displaced people. There are one
million Salvadoran refugees worldwide.
If we cannot accept the pain of Central Americans as our own pain, it will
come closer and closer until we
recognize it. I made a new friend in the
Snohomish County Jail a month ago. He
was among the first U.S. military advisors in Vietnam. He later became a
leading student activist at Stanford and
more recently a tax resister on the basis
of Central American policies.
"I am here to congratulate you. Civil
disobedience is what this country was
founded on_ Go out and do it again," he
said.
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he witnessed 20 executions in his fIrst
two weeks. Shortly after his arrival, a
Vietnamese boy blew up 20 Rangers
with a satchel bomb. They threw the boy
out of a helicopter. He came out of Vietnam into an army quadriplegic ward,
paralyzed from the waist down and surrounded by 18-year-old boys with only
parts of minds and bodies. He ripped off
the Bronze Medal that his father pinned on his chest, and his father disowned
him. The pain of others had become his
own.
The pain of Central Americans in EI
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and
Nicaragua is one pain; it is the birtbpang
of a new life that will spring up even in
the face of U.S. intervention.
Benjamin Linder knew the depths of
pain in Central America, and he took a
measure of it upon himself before he
died. In remembering Ben, we should
think about how he lived, what he risked and how he died.
Weare all responsible for the daily suffering in Central America. It is the absurdity of our modern lives--as Sartre
and Camus spoke of it--that pennits
Americans to pretend to go on living
while complicit with Nazi-like war
crimes in Central America.
In resistance, by whatever nonviolent
means that you can find, is life. Ten thousand Americans did jail time over the
past year for peace in Central America.
I will riskjail again for the life that Benjamin Linder gave. It is time that we all
asked ourselves what we are willing to
do for another person's life. Ultimately
the answer will determine the value of
our own lives. 0
--Hectur Dcmgliu
h. Middle
East
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correct. Politically correct. Polit
ically correct.
social gluttony
Politically
correct. "Hey, should I
actually
mass consumption
do some
thing?" Politically
correct.
Politically.
What 110 you say
when you buy
something at the
store? Usually the
pen;on behind the
register asks how
What do you say when you buy
something at the store? Usually the person behind the cash register asks how
I am-I lie and say I'm fine. Now, what
do you say when you buy albacore instead of regular tuan in an effort to save
the lives of dolphins? Do you say
anything different? Are you making a
political statement?
What is the function of "politically correct" consumerism? It could be argued
that buying the right things from the
right places helps the right causes in the
struggle against Wrong. Maybe it does.
I mean, I bought Nicaraguan bananas al
my local supermarket; maybe I helped
to raise the literacy rate or lower the infant mortality rate in that country. Of
course, I'll never know just how many
kids I might have taught to read by
eating those bananas because 01' uncle
Ron closed the door O!l my political action with that damned trade embargo.
Oh well, I still bought those Guatemalen
peasant quilts as Christmas gifts. Viva
the revolution!
Okay, so maybe I'm a bit skeptical
about the actual function of politically
correct consumerism. I just can't tell if
it's supposed to serve as an effective
form of political action or as an effective
balm for one's guilt-ridden soul.
Politically correct consumerism is effective in relieving guilt, i.e., the feeling
of complicity in the evils of our world,
but only to the degree that I am willing
to fool myself. Politics are not simple
as right and wrong products. There is
no simple way to avoid participating in
the evil aspects of our sociaiteconomic
order. To look toward consumerism
alone as a form of correct political action
is an indication of just how corrupt our
notion of politics has become: instead of
the actual political activity that occurs
between people, the internal workings
of conscience or the digestive track are
seen as politics.
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Political action should have a meaning
which is publicly apparent. When I
bought those Nicaraguan bananas, was
I saying anything different with my purchase than the Ft. Lewis Ranger who
unknowingly bought twice as many? If
one views consumption alone as a way
of vocalizing one's political-stance, then
the only meaningful political statement
that can be heard is a burp.
I am not saying that economic practices have no connection to meaningful
political action, only that the political
meaning of economic practices must be
articulated, or be otherwise publicly apparent. Otherwise it is not political; its
meaning remains, like bedside prayer,
hidden from the world. To the extent
that "politically correct" consumerism
only soothes one's soul, its function is
ultimately selfish.
If I want to make a political statement,
I need to make it public. If I want to persuade people to participate in a political
action, I must persuade them of the
sense and justice that lies behind ihe action, and convince them of its potential
effectiveness. Many examples exist of
politically effective consumerism: Gandhi's Salt March in India or the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. In both
these cases the meaning was publicly apparent, and thus political. Moreover, in
both India and Montgomery, ~e actions
made sense. Previous political activity
had organized the people to the extent
that they were willing and able to respond to each respective barrier in ways
that carried . a powerful and unified
meaning.
Undeniably, it would be a lot simpler
to voice my political opinions in the
language of the computer price codethat sound made when the grocer slides
my packages across the glass screen-but
somehow I feel the need to elaborate. I
feel like I need to distinguish myself
_from that Ft. Lewis Ranger and the
monkey he was buying bananas for.O
-Bret Lunsford
Reprinted with autlwr perm:iBBionfrom
the Epicenter, March 1986
Everyday activities can promote change
In a world threatenell hy nuclear war.
ct"ologit"al destrut"t ion
and
the
disin tcgmti()n of
family
and
com munity.
we must begin to take responsibility for
our actions lest our world be destroyed
. within the next few decades. Many of tis
decry the destruction that our culture
wreaks on this living earth, but our
everyday activities promote and empower the very system we protest from
our armchairs.
Below, I have listed just a couple of
examples where our unconscious actions
support and empower everything we are
against. I am also suggesting alternative
conscious action for each example.
Banking: the problem
Where do you bank? Chances are most
of you bank with Capital Savings or
Seattle First. Did you know that these
banks'invest your money in companies
that are destroying the rainforests, consequently annihilating the indigenous
people who live there? These banks take
your money and make borrowing easy
for big bU1liness but hard for ordinary
people like you and me. Most of this
money is invested outside of your community. The bank has no real relationship to the community it is investing in
beyond a businetlS relationship. Your
bank might invest in a company that
wantN to put a nuclear reactor in your
town.
Banking: the solution
Bank with a local credit union. MONt
credit unions are community or city
tlpecific. Some are activity SpecifIC. For
t'Xlllllplt·. " wh(~11 I W,U! living in San
Diego, I banked with a credit union that
catered only to the educational community. I felt this was a responsible investment.
Ideally, a credit union should only
serve the community it resides in, but
you should make sure of this by asking.
Also inquire about the investments and
loans made by the credit union. The
credit union that you and I are looking
for here in Olympia should make socially responsible investments, preferably
all within the community.
If your community does not have a
credit union. or a credit union that fiIls
your criteria of a community based,
socially responsible investor, then start
one of your own. Even here at
Evergreen, with a little effort, we can
create a credit union that would serve
the Evergreen community.
Food: the problem
Buying food at the supermarket has
many implications. Have you ever considered who is reaping the profits? Is it
the local community or some megacorporation in Missouri with subsidiaries
in fifteen different countries? Do you
think Western Family, Beatrice, or
Safeway Foods cares about you? Have
you ever considered how much of the
food is grown locally? Imagine the hundreds, even thousands of miles a tomato
or pineapple has to travel before it ends
. up on our plates. Think of all the energy
wasted transporting that food! What
about all those pre-processed packaged
food items we buy? Have you been complaining about pollution lately? What are
you doing with all your preprocessed
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Food: the solution
Shop local, buy local. Find out whether
or not the place you shop is locally owned. Try to buy bulk foods instead of
prepackaged foods. You do not need to
pay for styrofoam and plastic wrapping
that gets thrown out. If you have to
make a choice between plastic or glass
packaging choose glass. Eating foods
stored in glass is much safer than foods
stored in plastic, a petroleum product.
Glass is reusable and recyclable. Plastic
is not. When it burns, its gases are deadly poisonous.
Make sure those bulk foods are unprocessed. You do not need Western
Family to do that for you.
My suggestion is that you should shop
at the Olympia Food Co-op. No, the C0op is not perfect. It canieslots ofheavUy
processed foods. It also stocks Beatrice
products (Mountain High Yogurt). But
the Co-op is a good place to shop if you
are concerned with where your money
is going.
8
Our culture: the problem
Many of us recognize these
problems-pollution by
waste,
pesticides, the threat of destruction by
nuclear or non-nuclear weapons-as part
of a great cultural fiasco. These problems are arise when our culture arbitrarily assigns values to different
elements of the universe rather than
valuing all that nature has made as a
meaningful whole.
We treat people as machines, buying
and selling them to perform the work we
create to make ourselves materially
wealthy. We market ourselves as items·
to be bought by employers. Like
machines, we try to sell the employer
our skills. The employer gives us
Christmas bonuses and an occasional
day off. The employer wants to give his
machine a rest. He/she wants his/her
machine to cool down a bit so it will run
more efticently when it comes back to
work.
We market the earth. We separate
ourselves from her and then we exploit
her by calling her a resource instead of
sacred.
Even the animals (including human beings) are no longer sacred. They are a
resource to be harvested. Their only
value is in our ability to use them. Why
else would we allow the extinction of
over five species of animal and plant life
every day?
Our choice, our alternative, is to
transform our culture. We need to
recreate or regenerate our culture. We
must learn to value and care for the
earth and all her myriad creatures and
'forms as something valuable in
themselves.
Our culture: the solution
Choices are available to us. We are
now experiencing consequences of actions committed by those who carne
before tis. We are suffering or prospering by the consequences of our own actions as well. "Continue to contaminate
your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste," said Chief
Seattle. Let "US leave a brighter, and
more promising future for our children
than the one we have inherited. 0
--Brian Hoffman
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need to panic. Yet.
In thili country we
are blessed with an
abundance of food .
I t may not be easily afl'ordable for all,
hut we take for
In this country we are blessed with an
abundance of food. It may not be easily
affordable for all, but we take for
granted that su~kets will always
be well stocked. We ~y be concerned
about the freshness, of our produce or
the aVailability of our favorite brand, but
too seldom does the average person consider the source of the food they will eat,
or the stability of the system that provides it. The choices we make in the
supermarket ~ect farmers all over the
world, and our choices either undermine
or support the stability of the
agricultural system we depend on.
Food is essential, and those who control its supply wield tremendous power.
Th(! tn!f1(1 toward consolidating food
production into the hands of a few is evident world wide. In this century, the
percentage of people farming in this
country has shrunk from about 50% to
1.5%. In "less developed" countries, a
large and growing percentage of
agriculture is controlled by multinational
corporations.
Food the world over is produced for
profit with an emphasis on appearance
and durability. Lost is the link between
the farmer and the land, as well as the
nutrition and taste of the food. Also lost
is the ability of the land to produce food
for future generations.
When we purchase food, we affect the
pattern of food production. Our demands
for lettuce in January and bananas the
year round can only be met by a eomplex international production and
distribution network that puts food in a
category with crude oil and computer
chips. Unfortunately, this system extracts fertility from the earth, exploits
farmers, and delivers visually attractive
but tasteless and potentially dangerous
products.
To illustrate, consider the production
of beef cattle. Production may start in
a soybean field in Georgia. The soybean.~
are harvested and processed into cattle
feed. The cattle feed is then MOld in
BrclZil. In BrclZil, tropical rclinforestH
have been destroyed and turned into cattle range to tlUce advantage of cheap
land and cheap labor. The land ill ulled
for cattle rclther than to feed Brazilian
pea.~nts because cattle can be !:lOld at
a profit. The cattle in turn are ~Id to
the U.S. at prices which undercut U.S.
ranchers. Finally, the cow becomes a a
fast food burger.
.
,Similar scenarios are . played, out
countless times to pro~ide people in
developed ooun~~ wittt.the food we demand at the lowest possible ,pri~s. , The
implications are ,multi·layered. On the
one hand, American cattle ranchers are
forced to consolidate , Qr ,go out of
business because of cheap forei~ ,com·
petitio~. The same ~ t.J:ue of t;he soyhean
grower, who is forced t9 sell the beans
at less than the cost of growing them.
U.S. fan,ners are thus , pl~d, at the
mercy of the international market. But
unlike auto workers in Detroit, they are
scattered and unorganized, and are
unable to take collective action to limit
production or prot.t'Ct their intere8ts.
The c:onaoIidation of tanning is OCCUITinc.not ~ h&rge fanns are more ef·
~t, but becaUtIe" large fan'n canie8
lOOn! clout in intemational food trade
and can better Mlford to gather infonna·
tion and formulate IU1 international
marketioK tltnltegy.
The U.S. ~meht has emptuuUzed
fann eXpoI'ta4 all the KIlvior of American
fannerae.' ~'IIaiICe .on expoJ'tl' maketl
fannet'M ex~ly v'ul~ra&ble to the
whbng of in~ trade, and fuel8
the c:ritdtl of lMuivency among ~mall
farnw
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One dan,cer ~ intentational coMOlida·
lion of t~q n.-'the Utle of dangeroUM
chemieal& Produce grown in other countrieM il' not l".bject to the same restric·
t.ioM un 'Chemical U8e as produce grown
in the ,U.S. Corpor&ti(),!IS export
chemicals suM as DDT, which are bann·
ed in this country, to Countries where
their use is aDowed. Fann laborers in
these eountriee ~ usually unaware of
. the .d angen oftheee chemicals, and are
.:' ,:.~ ;"., : ~-.:. not tnined ,to. take precautions in their
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waget\. The land on which
they once grew their own food has been
taken over for exports. So when we purchase imported food we are supporting
the exploitation and poisoning of foreign
workel'l\ and endangering our own
health as well.
These facton; also present many pro·
blems for farmers and food purchasers
in thi~ country. Farmers are forced to
produce as much as possible in a vain at·
tempt to make ends meet. Techniques
such as crop rotation and contour plow·
ing that once helped maintain soil fertility and prevent erosion are abandoned in the name of absolute production.
Such techniques are replaced by the application of chemicals. Marginally fertile
land ,is brought into production,
necessitating the use of even more
chemicals.
Aquifers are further drained each year
In the attempt to bring more acres into
production.,Thus, the rate of soil erosion
is higher &tan during the dust bowl.
Agricultural runoff has become the
primary source of water pollution. The
system we have come to depend on for
our food is destroying its ability to produce and is poisoning water, land, and
animals (humans included) besides.
It is not an exaggeration to state that
there is a crisis in agriculture the world
over. Agriculture is full of paradox: peoIf)
pie starve while huge food surpJuaM. accumulate at the eo8t of land tertJlity. The
agricultural cherruc.Is that make Increased production pOSaDle are aIIo
poisoning us. The bottoin line ia tha\ we
can no longer take the availabiijty ottood
for granted.
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Fortunately, there is no heed to panic
yet. We must support tanneJ'8 and
distnDutors who are working to restore
sanity to agriculture. We can avoid the
hazards of imported p~ce and prevent the exploitation of land ' and
workers abload by buYing locally p~
duced f~. We can support tannen who
are lising ecologically 8bund'metJioda by
buying organically grown produce and
organic meat. We can demand that the
stores we shop in provide us With inf...•
mation about the 9rWinoftOOd we buy,
and request that they carry more local·
ly produced products arid ,organically
grown food.
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The days when we.ct>uld take QUl'tood
supply for gran~ hav~ puied. We
must recognize that the choiclis we make
when buying tood affect our-Q,", heaJtIi,
the health of the land~' 8ndtbe" hMIth or
people around' the Jo~ld~ ' By takfIw
small actions in our own u..,'we eM
help to ensure that 'we ahct our future
progeny wiD ,h ave an ample t8upp1y of
safe, deHcloq$, and nutritious tood.O
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the Gods.
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and unknown; they are one of the last
frontiers for biological discovery. These
tropical rainforests, which comprise only 2% of the earth's surface, are the most
complex ecosystems in the world, veritible encyclopedias of nature, containing
some of the most ~marlulble and
creative examples of natural ad8ptation
and survival. Over half of our North
American songbirds winter there as
well, making them shelter for species
from all over the western hemisphere.
The rainforests are homes to another
kind of diversity: more than a thousand
indigenous tnbes around the world live
there, some still in total seclu8ion~ Colombia has 60 known tribal groups; the
Philippines has 7 million tribal people;
Indonesia has 360 distinct e~groups"
many speaking only their tribal
language; 200-plus tribeslive-iQ the Congo Basin; Papua New Guinea supports
more than 700 tribes. Many, if not most,
are on the verge of cultural and physical
extinction, peoples who retain native
knowledge and traditions that span
~housands of years. An anthropologist
once remarked that,when an indigenous
rainforest medicine-man dies, it is like
'loOsing a whole library of information.
Also, some , 36% of all modern
medicines derive from plants and
, , 'anirn8ls Iiv~ 'Only in these tropical
regions. Model'll surgery and medicine
have reaped immelUlura\Jle benefits in
the.treatment of diseases which include
Iymp'hocytic luekemia, glaucoma,
Hodgkin's disease, and amoebic
dysentery, among otheJ'J\. All medicine,
, wtwt.ht·l· 1Il0dt'ITI 01' t.mtlititlllal. I'diPl'I
Oil
the diversity of plant life for curing
illnesses.
The value of these tropical rainforests
(':tIlIlOt.
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l"iiian Proverb
I l'f'Ill I' lll\ )( '1' /l,v ing
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,.: t l'l'I ('hil lg' for m ilt ,,,
Ull 1' 1111. la l'g-l'1' thall
tIll' gn'at plain ,.: of
but a twilight broken by the. shaJ'lH!()ged
shafts of the sun as it gleamed through
breaks in the fibrillating foliage. The
smells were of fl owers, and moss, and
earth in its damp, living form. To turn
from t his dim , humid green to the bak·
ing, blasted red of the cleared land was
\" ,l !aZI' fl'Onl a Pl'ilnt'vallclI'lll of paracii:-;('
4:0ur of con·
.was the
into the reckless, blasted realm of
hell... "(from the movie "The Emerald
F orest ")
"To
they did,
was to enter a realm of scented t\,i l i~h t .
As ' t he quote above forcefully sug·
gests, these precious emerald forests are
disappearing at an alanning rate, and we
ought to know why--why they are
prec ious, a nd why th ey are
disappeal;ng,
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The . Value of Tropical
Forests
All of Earth's natured areal'l deHerve
our protection and care, but thew ,are
good reasons why the tropical 'rainforests need special attention.
Perhaps the foremost reason for
halting their destruction is to preserve
the great diversity of life on our planet.
Sixty percent of all the ~'8 flora and '.: , ::1,
fauna live in the trupical rclinfurellti; (a..o.;
compared to the 10% 'which inhabit
North America), constituting the world's
most diverse collection of natural species
living in hannonic symbiosis. Thousands
of t hese species remain undiscovered
regenerate themselves-but they don't.
Tropical forest soils are not high in fertility. What nutrients are found in the
soil lie in the top few inches, with the
underlying soil bfing virtually sterile.
Most of the nutrients are locked up in
the dense vegetation instead. When the
trees and other vegetation are
destroyed, the nutrients are gone
forever. Once cleared, rainforest land
becomes desert-like, growing scrub
grasses and ground shrubs, and is
unable to grow back as our northern
forests do.
The greatest loss is the extinction of
species. Ecologist AIdo Leopold once
said that the first rule of intelligent
"tinkering" it' to save all the parts. But.
past the threshold, could alter major patterns in the world's climate. The
destruction of the world's tropical rainforests is one very important part of the
general problem of global deforestation.
I t is a fact that deforestation and desertification go hand in hand; deserts such
as the Sahara in Africa advance further
each year upon what once was fertile
land, Deforestation of the Amazon
region alone is known to affect weather
in America's farm belt and the ozone
layer worldwide.
For these reasons and more, the
destruction of tropical rainforests is considered by most to be the single most
urgent environmental issue confronting ,
the world today.
"Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical
regions the sensation of delight which the mind
experi ences... "
--Charles Darwin
During the time it takes you to read this article, ap
proximately 750 acres of virgin, tropical' rainforest
will be burned and destroyed, and with it, one of
earth's species will become extinct.
ht· 1IIldt'I'-t'!o\timah'" P('(II\(Il1lil'al-
Iy, biologically, culturally or spiritually.
They are nature;s last treasure-trove,
still waiting to be discovered, still
holding -mysteries, mightier even than
the gods.
THe Rainforest Problem
What is the rainforest problem and
why does it deserve our immediate
attention?
The most startling fact is the rate at
which these precious treasure houses of
nature are disappearing: 2:1 million acres
per year are cleared and burned
worldwide-that's 60 acres per minute!
Each year rainforest land the size of the
State of Pennsylvania is lost. This would
not be so shocking if rainforests could
due to our (unintelligent) "tinkering"
with the rainforest, nature is losing its
"parts" daily. Scientists estimate that,
right now, we are losing at least one
species-and some estimate as many as
48 species--of plants and animals every
day! Just because the whole is more than
the sum of its parts doesn't mean the
parts aren't important. Tropical rainforest destruction is thus contributing to
unprecedented mass extinction.
Because they are important
storehouses of carbon dioxide, tropical
rainforests play an important part in
stabilizing the global climatic system.
Loss of these lush ecosystems cont ributes to strains upon the balance of
global weather systems which, when
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Why the destruction?
This is a complex question which has
no single answer. Much of it is due to
economic pressures on the countries
which are home to these forests. Their
destruction is aggravated by support
from the developing countries, aid
money which comes mainly from
multinational development banks such
as the World Bank. This support is intended to help these countries move out
, of their third world status and become
active members in the global economy.
Much is due also to irresponsible consumerism, by people who unknowingly
purchase products such as tropical bard" "
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woods, fast-food beef, animal products,
exotic pets, all which encourage'destructive practices that destroy the forests.
Every one of us must be aware of the
effects of the choises we make as
consumers.
The main causes of deforestation due
to economic pressures are cattle ranching, logging, road-building, agriculture
and industrial developments such as
hydro-electric dams and mines. Foreign
markets in beef cattle and hardwood
products provide attractive-though selfdestructive--reasons for depleting
natural resources. Fast food industries
such as McDonald's and Burger King
have long been known to purchase Central American beef which encourages
continued clearing of forested lands.
Already,4O% of Central America's rainforests have been lost due to importation of rainforest beef.
Another aggravation is forced settlement of rainforest regions. A prime
reason for many governmentencouraged colonization schemes is not
le.nd, but the quest to "secure" the frontier regions. Overpopulation too, is often
cited as a cause for settlement in rainforests, but is much less a problem than
unfair land distribution. Many governments have used rainforests as safety
valves, relocating landless peasants to
these poor ~ils instead of instituting
land reform programs on more valuable
agricultural land. Brazil, which has a
policy of moving settlers into the
Amazon rainforest, does not need that
land for agriculture. Not including the
Amazonian forest, Brazil has more
acreage per person than the U.S. .
The reasons for tropical rainforest
destruction are as complex as the global
society that lives with them and any
', solution to the problem must weigh
many factors.
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.....The land is one great, wild,
untidy, luxuriant hothouse,
made by nature for herself."
-Charles Darwin
The only person ever to see
some rare tropical orchid might
be a bulldozer operator who is
clearing the two or three
that constitute its
only habitat
on earth.
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~:ifjrst, learn to understand and app&te the delicate intA>.rconnectedness
and interdependency of nature in the
Earth's atmosphere and biosphere-,
learn to view things from a global,
ecological perspective. This is the
primary prerequisite for an ecologically balanced world.
• Become a responsible consumer. Be
aware of the origin of the products that
you buy. Refuse to buy products such
as fast-food beef, tropical hardwoods, exotic pets, or other products which contribute to tropical forest destruction.
• Become active in OTRA, Olympia
Tropical Rainforest Action, by calling
David Phillips at 866-3801; or Blaine
Snow at 866-8626. OTRA is just beginning to form, and will act as the local
chapter of the Rainforest Action Network. You can also support the various
groups and networks who are working
on this issue specifically:
The Rainforest Action Network
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The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
• Get to know them by reading about
them. Tropical Nature, by Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata is a fascinating
book about the rainforest ecology and its
flora and fauna. The Primary Source by
Norman Myers is perhaps the best
source book for social, economic, and
ecological perspectives of the rainforest
issue_ Also see In the Rainforest by
Catherine Caufield, and Hoofprints on
the ForeBt by Douglas Shane.
• Get to know them by visiting them.
Make a point to travel to countries which
house these verdant emerald forestsMexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador,
Peru, Indonesia, Thailand to name a few.
Perhaps the closest one to the Pacific
Northwest is the Peten rainforest which
straddles the border between
Guatemala and Mexico, and harbors the
mystical ruins of the Mayan civilization.
One of the greatest incentives to rainforest preservation for the governments
of these countries is tourism. Tourism
helps establish National Parks and
recreation areas.
• Lastly, write letters: to your congressmen, to the leaders of the World
Bank, and to leaders in the countries
which have rainforests and express your
concern. Suggest alternatives, propose
establishment of national parks, refuse
to vote for congressmen who show no
sympathy, etc.
In the end, we will conserve only what
we love, we will love only what we
understand, we will understand only
what we are taught, says Baba Dioum.
We hope this article has taught you
something about the precious natural
ecosystems of the tropics, and has
helped you to appreciate them even
though you may have never been there.
Learning is a key element in this, as in
every issue. As we learn about our
Earth and its magnificent natural
habitats we learn to love and understand
them, and then will want to preserve
them for the generations to come. 0
-Blaine Snow ia a member of the Rainforest Action Network, co-found.er oj
OTRA, and a current 1Jtu4ent at
Evergreen. David PhillipB ia active in
many grouPIJ dealing with the rainfiyreBt
issue, founder of OTRA, and kaB lived
in Peru, Paraguay and Brazil_
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Ev e rg r een produce s
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Evergreen will recycle approximately
50,000 pounds, or 25 tons. That means
that Evergreen is recycling approximately 10% of the waste produced. Last
year. Evergreen recycled only a little
over 3%.
Why the dramatic improvement?
Last year, S&A allowed for a parttime recycling ~oordinator to be funded
by the ERe. Thus, one person spent
over 200 hours working to promote and
improve Evergreen's recycling
program.
Evergreen is recycling paper,
aluminum cans, glass and cardboard.
The fIrst three are sold to local area
recyclers. The money earned helps offset the costs of labor and equipment.
The remaining costs are covered·by an
institutional budget designated for
recycling. A local recycler comes onto
campus, loads the cardboard, and hauls
it away. Thus, valuable space in the
dumpsters is better used, and resources
and energy are saved.
The cardboard recycling effort
epitomizes the most positive and, unfortunately, the most neglected aspect of
recycling: namely, that it cannot and
should not be considered in isolation.
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The benefIts and advantages to recyc1··
ing are not limited to any specifIc program. The economic and ecological ad·
vantages affect the community, state,
and the world. For example, the increasing amount of timber products used in the U.S. come from foreign
sources. Thus, recycling paper products
reduces our dependency on foreign na· .
tions and saves our local forest
resources. Additonally, paper pulp production is a high pollution industry.
A second example, aluminum, is
manufactured locally and the production
requires huge amounts of energy. The
energy requirements of the northwest
aluminum industry were a primary
reason for the construction of the
WPPSS nuclear power plants, whose
costs have plagued the northwes~ for
over a decade. Furthermore, aluminum
requires bauxite ore, a depleted
resource that must be shipped from the
midwest or imported from South
America. Recycling reduces or
eliminates these environmental costs
and detriments and provides a
marketable product and jobs.
Unfortunately, there is another
criterion that actually displaces the
economic considerations. It may be call·
ed "labor quality and consistency." People dislike having to get their hands dir·
ty, especially with "garbage," and
recyclable material must be clean. When
contaminating material gets put in the
recycling (lollection containers, the
material must either be removed by
hand, or the entire batch thrown out.
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When the consistency of the cleanliness
of the material changes so often, the ef·
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demoralizing.
I believe that this is the primary and
most damaging setback for recycling.
There are numerous solutions to over·
coming this problem. The easiest is to
always provide a garbage container in
the immediate vicinity of the recycling
collection container.
Evergreen can help motivate more in·
dividuals to be, or get in the habit of acting ecologically conscious by making improvements to and expanding the recycl·
ing program. Collection containers need
to be everywhere, so that at any time
individuals must choose the destiny of
the materials they are preparing to
dispose of. This requires a one time
supplementary budget to allow for the
purchase of new containers and to
fmance the needed repairs of used equipment, and funding for adequate staff
time to ensure the continuation of the
program.
By expanding the recycling program,
Evergreen would transform ideals into
action and multiply the ecological con·
viction on campus. It would increase the
opportunity to participate, so people
could start getting out of the habit of
throwing garbage into the neatest random container, and take two secondN.to
think about the possibilities of the object they are prepared to dispose and the
consequences of its disposal. 0
--Kirk Haffner is Evergreen'8 recycling
coordinator and a student.
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Thurday, May 14
'Lord of the Danc:elDeltroyer of Illusion', first
run fi lm feature depICting the secret ntuals of Tibetan
Buddhist tradition will be shown at 8 p.m . In Lecture
Hall I
Get the low down on hlth blood pressure at St.
Peter Hospital, 7 to 9 p .m. in the Fitness Center . Cost
IS $ 10, call 456·7247.
EI T . .tro de Ia E..,-anza will be performing Lotena
de Pas,ones at 8 p.m . in the Recital Hall .
Ground Water Manapment Pro,nm for No,..
them Thurston County; a public forum will be con·
ducted by the Thurston County Health Department
at 7:30 p .m . in room 152, Bldg. I , Thurston Coun ty
Courthouse.
Conswvatlon of the MI.ratory Monarchs of
Me.1co will be Dr. Robert Michael Pyle 's tOP'C, given
12 noon to 21J.m. in Lecture Hall 3. Pyle holds a doc ·
torate in ecology and environmental studies from Yale
University
and
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In
Gray's
Harbor, Washington.
Th. .tre of the ablurd presents another evening of
performance and discussion, 8 p.m .. Com 209. Ad ·
mission is free, N ot suitable for children. Contact
Amanda 786-0549 for more info.
The araYUra Strln. Quartet IS putting on a fun·
draiser for Timothy Brock and their European tour at
the O lympia Ballroom at 8:30 p .m .. Legion &
Washington St . Cost: $4 ,
St. Peter Ho.ltal's Gay Nineties Pknk held
2·4:30 p.m . in the picnic area next to the helipad at
the emergency entrance . Pie auction held at 3:30 p,m ,
with proceeds benefiting the Community Care Clinic.
Free Blood Pressure screenln. from 3 to 7 p .m ,
at Ralph's Thriftway, Bayview Market. Mark·1t in Lacey
& Mark 'n Pak (Tumwater & West Oly), sponsored
by St . Peter Hospital.
Olympia Waldorf School presents a lecture by Keith
McCreary : Educatmg for the Future: The Development
of the Child and the Waldory Curriculum, 7 p .m., OIy .
Waldorf School, 140 I Lake Park Drive SW (off Trosper
Rd .). No cost. For furth er info. call Suzan at 754·0920.
a-twran. Tournament from 10 a.m.·6 p .m . at
the playflelds , Some of the best compete with our own
Team Gel,
The Rainbow presents the
Stoneypoint
bluegra ss
band ,
Llylnl Historic Encampment depicting
Washington 's 9th infantry at Fort Lewis military
museum from 10 a,m .·6 p.m.
" Solar EnerJ)': assess your home's potential at the
Farmer 's Market or call the Energy Outrearch Center
at 943·4595
Friday, May 15
Wat.rcolor Wortc....op for adults at the Olympia
Waldorf School from 10 a,m.-2 p.m. Call 743·0920.
Baby X: La G\lerre Dedans, an original play by
senior Leslie Myers , Will presented at 8 p.m. in the Ex·
penmental Theatre . Free admission .
BootIe for the Boats, benefit dance for the Seven
Generations Kayak to Russia Peace Project. In Lib. 4300
from 7:30-9 p.m . Tickets will be offered on a sliding .
scale ,S3·S7 ,
Awareness throuJh Moyement a two·day
workshop from 7·10 p.m. on Fnday and 9:30 a.m.· I :30
p .m. on Saturday at the Olympia Center, 222 N . Col·
umbla . Call 284·3 849 for cost and details ,
The Rainbow presents the Celtic sounds ofOne
Step Beyond at 9 p ,m . Cover is $3 .
Saturday, May 16
Baby X at 8 p.m . see Fnday listing.
E.perlenceln. the Chumlsh Way Nati ve
American doctors will conduct this workshop at the
Summit Lk. Community Hall from 10 a.m .·S p .m .
Po tluck lunch . Call 866·0100 for cost and info ,
Auditions for solo vocal parts for the Tacoma Youth
Symphony at the University of Puget Sound Jacobsen
Recital Hall. from I I a. m.·S p .m . Call 627·2792.
Bowl for N.O.W. at the Westside Bowling Lanes at
2:3 0 p.m. Call 357·7272 to pledge or bowl .
The Rainbow presents folkSinger, Martyn Wyndham ·
Read at 9 p .m. Cover $5
Sunday, May 17
Alive in Olympia, KAOS's live radiO show In the
Recital Hall at 6: 45. Seating Will done on a prlonty
baSIS, those With tickets will be seated first.
A Video and Panel Report o n the recent march
against U .S. Intervention In Central Amerita and U .S.
support of apartheid, at 6:30 p.m. In the Olympia Com·
munlty Center, 222 N . Columbia.
Monday,
May
18
Will Perry is conducting a workshop on Amenca and
Its spiritual destiny, at the Organic Farmhouse at 7 p,m.
The Olympia Film Society presents the Academy
award winning film Round M,dmght ,n the Capitol
Theatre at 6:30 and 9 p.m .
Susie Strasser will speak on the psycho,soclal Implica·
tions of consumensm at 8 p.m . in Lecture Hall I.
Tuesday,
May
19
Getting the Most From a Visit to Your Doctor
IS a forum being presented by St Peter Hospital, from
7 to 9 p .m. In the hosp,tal's ca fetena . AdmiSSion IS free .
Call 456·7246 for Info
Naturopath, Ruth Adele will address consumensm and
the medical profeSSion In Lecture Hall 3 at 8 p.m.
Wednesday,
May
Peter Pan auditions,chlldren must be over eight.
6.30 p .m to 10 p .m In the auditOrium of the old
Washington Middle School (corner of Legion Way &
East Side 5t . Olympia). For more Info. cal l 352·8163
o r wri te to P.O Box 3331. Lacey, WA 98503.
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Pete Seeger Benefit Concert for the Puget Sound
waterway, 8 p.m . at the Paramount In Seattle, tickets
through TlCketMaster $12.50 & $15 Info : 1·463 ·5607
Energy Outreach Class; Solo, Des,gn (or Heatmg &
Day/lghung will be held at the Olympia Timberland
L,b , ary. 8th & Franklin . call 943-4595 for more Info.
Rural health services ; Thurston County Health
Dept. is offering Immunizations, WIC blood pressure
checks and other preventiv e services a t the Rainier
Sportsman's Club In Rainier, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m .. call
1·800·624· 1234 for more Info.
Friday, May 22
Farmworker organizing, animal rights,
boycotts and community investment
presentations w ill be made all day o n campus.
Watch for fl ye r s.
Pianist, John Aikins & Durst and Bork, a Iyncal
folk duo , will perform a concert 2t 7:30 p.m. In the
co llege library lobby. AdmiSSion IS fre e.
Join Evergr-een's 1st Annual Consumerism
Boycott, resist the urge to consume TODAY
and discove r the laYS of not spending m oney.
Join the Big Patch I If you are a mUSICian, poet or
nOise maker, please come to Com. Bldg .. rm I 10 at
6 p.m . and be a part of thiS strange musIC. Bnng your
own Instrument [any Instrument!.
A Forum on Consumerism, War and Cultural
Imperialism Will be held at 8 p.m. In Lec ture Hall 3.
The Chlldcare Center Will host a potluck dinner arid
meeting to determine the need for campus chlldcare
dunng summer months, at 6:30 ,n the center . x6036
Thursday, May 21
Earth First Demonstration and leafleting rally starts
at noon at the Dept. of Game, 600 N. Capital Way.
A Forum on Consumerism, War and Cultural
Imperialism will be held at 8 p .m. at 8 p .m. In Lecture Hall 3.
Governance
President Olander wan ts to talk. Forum for
graduate stude nt s: Ma y 21, 5: 15·6 p.m .
Staff forum : May 21, 10· 11 a.m .
First People 's Foru m : May 21, 3·4 p.m.
Student Forum ' May 21. 4·5 p.m.
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Gail Martin . V.P. for student affairs. hosts o pen
meetings on Mondays at noon. Lib. 3236. Call x 6296.
Final reports of the governance DTF and
grievance DTF are available at th e Student Co m·
mUnicatlon Center .
Governance hours have been changed to : Mondays.
3. 5 p.m .. Wednesdays. 3·5 p.m. and Fridays . 12:30·2
p .m .
Academic Computing Users Group meets second
Wednesday of each mo nth at I p.m . In Lib . 2610.
Academic Computing Forum meets each first and
third Wednesday of each month at I p.m. In Lib . 26 10
Call x6232.
Native American Studies DTF meets Wednesdays
12·3 p .m. In Lib . 1600.
Enrollment Coordinating Committee meets on
alternate Mondays. 3·5 p.m. ,n Lib. 3112. Call x63 10.
S&A Board meets every Wednesda'/ at 10:30 a .m .
In Lib . 4004 . Allocations In progress .
Faculty Evaluation DTF meets Wednesdays at 1·3
p.m . In Lib . 22 19 Call x6870 .
Academic Advising Board meets Wednesdays at
1·3 p .m. In Lib . 2220
Planning Council meets Wednesdays at 1·3 p .m .
In Llb .312 1. Call x6400.
Infraction Review Committee needs students . call
x6300.
The Cooper Point Journal meets every Friday .
11:30 . I p.m. Everyo ne IS welcome . Loca te d In CAB
306A. x6213 .
Careers
Careers In Computers Worilshop. May 18.3 to
5 p .m. In Lecture Hall 3. Call Career Development
fo r list of workshop presenters. x6 193 .
Resume Writing Worilshop . Ma y 19. 12 noon to
I p.m. In Ll 21 3. Call Career Development . x6193.
Orientation to Career Planning. May 20. 12 noon
to I p .m. in Ll213 . Call Career Development x6 193 .
The counseling and Health Center I. seeking
qualified applicants for woril-study, Internship
and volunteer potIdons for next ecacIemk year.
Call x6200 for more details.
Microsoft Corporation will be recruiting for
Technical Associate on Tuesday. May 26th. They
are lookir,& to fill 57 positions for summer lObs. possibili.
ty of a couple full·time positions . Salary $ I387/mo . Call
Career Development x6193 for Job description and
qualifications . Applicants must sign·up for interviews ;
Study the differing approaches to publk policy
Issuel In Great Britain and the United States
In London, Enpand this summer. August 16 to 28.
Applications accepted until June 15. Contact American
Heritage Association. PO Box 425. Lake Oswego. OR
97034. or call 635·3702 (Portland. OR). 1·800-642·2445
(Portland). or 1·800·65 4·2051 (outside Oregon)
The Foreign Servke Will be on campus. Wednes·
day. May 20th. to recruit In the CAB lobby from II
a .m . to 1:30 p.m. Call Career Development. x6193 .
Washington Fair Share and Central American
P . .ce Campaign is recruiting for full and part·time
po si tions
Wednesday . May 20th . Sign up for Interview In the
Career Development office . x6193 .
The Career Development office II announcing
It II moving from May 29 through June 4. Beginning
June 5th the office will re-open in in its temporary location in Library 1610. 1611. 1613 & 1607. By the end
of August another. permanent move Will be made to
the new Student Advising Center Area .
Continuing
Evergreen Childcare Center is holding bake
sales Ma y 15. 22. & 29. call xf,036 fo r more ,nfo.
Nadve Am~rlcan Studies program dreams IS hav
Ing a student art show In the gallery nedr the Greene!"
in the CAB. May 10· 17 Call 866·3840
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St. Peten Hospital offers a host of classes and
educational workshops . Call 456·7247 for more infor·
mation .
Free lectures, conceming the scientific method and
it's hmitations in regardS to thought and reality each
Tuesday In Lecture Hall 5 from 3·5 p .m. Call x6156.
The Senior Thesil Exhibition will open in gallery
4 from May 6 through May 28. Devon Damonte and
Agnes McLln 's work will be featured In pllery 2,
Ford Gilbreath's photographs will be featured .
Olympia Construction Brigade for
Nicaragua IS recrUiting voluntee rs and su pport. Ca ll
Jean 01 1 9438642 .
The Nisqually Tribe Vocational Education
Greenhouse class announces a plant sale now
through June 5th. Mon ·Fn. from 8:30 a .m. to 12:30
pm Loca ted o n the Yelm Hwy betwee n Yelm and
L" cC'y Look fo r Signs. Cal l 456·5221 .
Upcoming
Community Artllt Television IS aired on campus
channel 8. Wednesdays at I: 15 p .m . and 10: 15 p.m ..
following NarrowFocus . CAT IS also shown
Wednesdays. Fridays and Sundays at 8 p.m . on TCTV
channel 31 .
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Enter the exciting world of journalllm: The CPJ
, It.n ' "W f,)I "pplrc?nts for : editor . managing edi tor .
"t l·(j.t'''. bUSi ness manager and several other paid
,H,c! V()IIlntCC'1 pOSi tions Pay may depend on the final
"'I,,callons of the S&A Board.
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The Politics of Consumerism. a week of displays.!
workshops and speake rs rs scheduled for May 18·22.
Interested. call x6098 or x6784 .
Scheduled are one·day and three ·day hikes to the
Lake of the Angels In the south. .st Olympk
Ran. .. meet at 6 a.m . rn Dorm A Loop . May 23. Sun·
day . Call Pete at x65 30.
Contestants needed for Super Saturday Teen
Scene. June 6: Lip-synch and skateboarders should call
x 6245 by Fnday. May 29.
Announcements
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Rent a space at the Olympia Center. locat'2d at
222 N. Colum bia ,n Olympia. Re nt rs \.7.38 per ~qu'lrC'
foot . per year prorat ed monthly fo r ,1 non ·profi t
org<lnrza tlon staffed by no more Ihan the l'qulvalC'nt
of one full time employeC' Call Judy , t /<,3 8380
Design & Planning Group ",,~h, " ' . r "Inn" If ,n
teres ted. plea se ca ll Enc at 754 18/; (,' I",;v" n.",v;;('
at x6098.
Light Ceremonies for World Peace Thursdays at
7:30 p .m. behind Geoduck House at the beach . If it
rains : the Organic Farmhouse . Call 754·0940
SChol.a rshJis
N.O .W. IS sponsonng an e,iay 'contest for student s
tha t asks the question : do~we need an ERA amend ·
"'l'nl vV,nne rs Wi ll recerJe : a, $1000 scholarship .
d,'"ol,nl' IS Sept. 30. 1987. Wrtte : NOW Foundation
[',sav Contest. 140 1 New York Ave .. N .W ..Sulte 800.
WJ~h"'~. ton D.C. f0005 o r call 202·347·227 9
Specializing in :
Disc & Drum Brakes
Tune - Ups & Exhaust
Front Suspension &
Alignments
Kathy Gore·Fuss Will have an art showing 'Tropical
Punch ' May 6-25 in the University Gallery at PLU . Call
535·7430.
ChHdhood'1 Gallery will feature the work of Keith
Lazelle and Haruko MoniZ May 8 through June 16. Call
943 -3724
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