Edward Goldsmith

Charles Wakstein

Peter Taylor

Brian Martin

Keith White-Huiit

Arthur J. W. Lewis

Andre Van Dam

In this issue Vol. 7. No. 6. July 1977

EDITORIAL

The Reykjavik Conference on the Environmental Future

FEATURE ARTICLES

The Myth of Nuclear Safety Accidents are as inevitable in the nuclear industry as in any other. BNFL's talk of a safety record is meaningless and serves only to hoodwink the public.

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The Struggle Against Nuclear Power in Central Europe In Central Europe the political ecology movement grew out of the fight against proposed nuclear power stations.

Academics and the Environment Can a conventional educational establishment teach the ecological approach to world problems?

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Recycling and Official Apathy: A Critique of the active inactivity of the 1970s Although the Dept. of the Environment issues white papers and platitudes, the problems of waste reclamation remains largely ignored by successive governments.

The Insanity of Secrecy in a Nuclear Age Concealing the pitfalls of a plutonium economy can constitute a form of criminal lunacy.

REPORT

A Dozen Eggs 'cost' 10,000 Liters of Water A Report on the UN Water Conference in Argentina March 197 7

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