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The article provides insights from the author about recycling and environmental impact of an electronic-reader device. The author discourages the use of an electronic-reader device because of the global-warming emissions it creates. The author mentions that the U.S. recycles 25% of the glass in the country and 70% of the recycled glass is used in fiberglass insulation.

The article focuses on global warming. Satellite images of the Arctic region released in late September by the scientists show more water, less ice. As climate change pushes polar temperatures higher, each summer's melt takes a bigger toll. Hurricane Katrina was not an isolated natural disaster but an obvious sign of a future far less predictable than the past. Massachusetts Institute of Technology hurricane specialist Kerry Emmanuel published a landmark paper in the British science magazine "Nature," shows that in the past half century tropical storms have been lasting 60 percent longer and spinning winds 50 percent more powerful. More than a decade ago, environmental researcher Norman Myers began adding up the number of humans at risk of losing their homes to global warming. The bulk of those refugees will be in countries where nobody emits much carbon. Meanwhile, the 4 percent of the world's population living in the United States produces 25 percent of the planet's carbon dioxide.

Focuses on the status of forests in the United States. Growth in per capita consumption of virgin wood; Uses of forest trees; Reduction in wood and paper use by 2005 under the `Tomales Bay Declaration.'

The article presents an interview with Liz Butler, organizing director, ForestEthics. When asked about the steps taken to discourage the companies from using the forest wood, she said that Canada's boreal forest is the largest expanse of wildlands in North America, and it's being logged at an alarming rate. And this endangered forest is being ground up to make mail-order catalogs. Fifty-nine billion catalogs go out every year in the United States, and 95 percent are immediately thrown away. The companies they were most concerned about was Victoria's Secret because it sends out a million catalogs every single day. A day of action was called infront of its stores across the country. Victoria's Secret took a step in the right direction and put its discount catalogs, 24 million a year, on postconsumer recycled paper. If the catalog industry switched to paper with 10 percent postconsumer recycled content, it would save 851,000 tons of wood annually — enough to build a six-foot fence across the United States seven times.

The article presents information on campaigns in schools that promote green living. It informs that students at almost 600 U.S. and Canadian schools are organizing around clean-energy solutions as part of the Campus Climate Challenge, a campaign initiated by youth environmental groups. Collegians in the U.S. turned down thermostats; performed waste audits; and lobbied their schools to reduce energy use, and provide healthier and organic food. At the New School in New York City, a campaign helped convince the college to switch from virgin paper to 100 percent recycled stock in all campus computer laboratories. It is stated that as the biggest purchasers and employers in many communities, colleges can create demand for eco-friendly services and products.

Presents an update on environmental issues in the United States as of March 2002. Opposition of the Association of California Water Agencies to a California law which requires developers to prove a 20-year supply of water before they are given permits to build subdivision; Information on several publishers that have pledged to print their books on ancient-forest tree paper by 2004.

Reports on the activities of the environmentalist group Sierra Club at the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. as of January 2001. Description of a typical day for its public-lands lobbyists; Information on position papers that are distributed to the offices of senators; Accomplishments of lobbyists; Importance of the people's support on the environmental causes of the club.

The article is a column that presents letters and responses by the author regarding questions on sustainable living. The author recommends reusable-plastic cups in place of paper cups. He also notes a U.S. Department of Energy web site on home insulation options, while mentioning encapsulation insulation for attic applications.

This article discusses a glut in the market for recyclable products such as plastics, paper, aluminum, and glass used by consumers in the U.S. and exported to China. The relationship between the collapse of this market and the recession is addressed. The possibility that this will enable the U.S. to begin developing a domestic industry that manufactures with recycled materials is raised.

The article offers news briefs in the U.S. The project of the watchdog group Corporate Accountability International, Boston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign that promotes the integration of tap water. Thomas Nelson Incorporated launches the world's first green Bible on custom-made ecofriendly paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The Safelawns International offers maintenance of the four acres of the sod in Washington.

The article presents news briefs related to environmental protection. In a bid to protect environment, Bank of America Corp. has decided to give $3,000 checks to employees in Boston, Los Angeles, and Charlotte, North Carolina, who buy a hybrid car. The U.S. publishing company Random House Inc. has announced that by 2010, 30 percent of the paper in its books will be recycled. Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has ordered new rules that will cut mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015.

The article presents information on various cost-effective and environmental friendly initiatives being taken by different companies. Sunny California will soon institute the largest solar-energy program in the U.S., providing $2.9 billion of incentives for homeowners and businesses to install solar-electric systems. The California Solar Initiative could reduce the cost of solar arrays by up to $7,000 per home, and 10 percent of its money will be earmarked for low-income and affordable housing. The program could also add 3,000 megawatts of power to the state's grid in the next 11 years. The nation's largest drugstore chain has a prescription for clean energy. Partnering with a Denver-based solar firm, Walgreens Co. will install solar-electric systems in 112 stores and two distribution centers in California and New Jersey over the next two years. This year, 7-Eleven Japan Co. will save about 220 million sheets of paper by switching to paperless accounting. Using electronic data for most invoices, packing slips, and accounting records is expected to save the company nearly $12 million.

The article offers news related to environmental protection. Last fall, San Francisco passed a legislation requiring local manufacturers doing business with the city to pay fair wages, provide safe working conditions, and allow their employees to unionize. After record monsoons killed more than 1,000 people in India last July, the western state of Maharashtra quickly banned the sale and use of plastic bags, which had clogged drains and contributed to the deadly flooding. Last fall, New York City (NY) officials and the local Audubon chapter announced the "Lights Out NY" initiative, which asks owners of tall buildings to turn off upper-story lights by midnight during the spring and fall migrations.

Presents updates on environmentalism as of February 2003. Information on a program for reducing plastic bags in Ireland; Location of the largest rooftop solar-power system in the U.S.; Launch of the Better World Travelers Club.