Nicholas Hildyard
Andrew MacKillop Peter Bunyard
James Harding
In this issue No. 2. March/April 1978
EDITORIAL The Windscale Report
ROUND-UP The AGR decision — The evils of refined sugar — Hazards i n breast milk — the Mediterranean Sea
FEATURE ARTICLES The Wrong Alternative 1. A Tsnumai of Wave Power The Wrong Alternative 2. The Coal Equivalent Mentality Two papers which argue that alternative energy sources can never supply power on the scale currently used i n industrialised countries. A new attitude to consumption is as vital as alternative sources o f supply.
Superior Pollution: Asbestos in the Great Lakes Pollution control is vulnerable at the local level. What is needed is the development of a political ecology platform.
Ralph W. King
Why Public Inquiries have False Teeth Wide publicity is given to these inquiries, but how much of the relevant material is really examined i n public?
David W. Greenstock
Food from the Locust Tree A source of protein that can be successfully established i n many Third World countries.
ECOPOLITICS Luxembourg — Ecoropa — Germany — SCRAM — Canada
Anil Agarwal
Wouter Van Dieren Wayne Linn & Anthony Netboy
REPORTS Vietnam's Other War — the development o f a rural health service
Risky Analysis: How useful is RA?
Malawi — A Nation o f Conservationists
GLEANINGS NUCLEAR NEWS BOOKS Authors in this issue LETTERS
Cover: Visiting doctor in Vietnam. Photo Joan McMichael. Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published and the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Published by Edward Goldsmith Editors: Nicholas Hildyard, Ruth Lumley-Smith Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Michael Allaby, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Jimoh Omo Fadaka,
Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, Nicholas Gould, Raymond Dasmann (IUCN), Richard Willson, John Milton (U.S.A.) Henryk Skolimowski (U.S.A.) Manfred Siebker
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