"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-08-27"@en . "1993-01-29"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0127356/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Countering culture since 1918 Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, January 29,1993 Vol 75, No 31\nthe Ubyssey\n<&&. QOO'D\nWha\nEnvironment\nI *'A/0\n00\nOF\ny^waan*0\u00C2\u00BBlS\nrufj\ntake a \u00E2\u0080\u009Et\npeace\na new paradigm\nmoney\n*:.\nHAPPy aw;mAu6\nand ?EorL.E\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2_\n_:il,.-^al\n<&\n-7T\Wj$.What is the government doiiw\n^o protect biodwersit\n5^ old growth threatened\nThe Qgeiifl^\nThe Car\n.M-M* X:\n1 . 1 b *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nf **\u00E2\u0080\u00A2* *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00C2\u00AB \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2M>M,\n<#, ^e^.^h re .ht3s ^\u00E2\u0080\u0094^^\nd\A:.\n'\\.\1\L\nc\n;?p?tfja\nCORPORATE ETHICS\nUzse\n***\nft\nn\nI Now Mpingthe environment; can\nr\Ki il Tj^cilly makevoti1\nM,,0<^<\nJ\" 0/1\n*jMV\nBucket\nhr\n'Xc\nfr~.\nt*\n$m\n&PSfSsss,\no\nVOLUME 75, Number 31\nVancouver, B.C. Tuesday, January 29,1993 Classifieds 822-3977\nRATES: AMS cardholders - 3 lines $3.15, additional lines 63 cents. Commercial - 3 lines $5.25, additional Unes 80 cents. (10% discount on 25 issues or more.) Classified ads\n payable in advance. 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Noon -\n1:30 pm, SUB 212.\nVarsity Outdoor Club. Free\nslide show: \"Southern\nAfrica - Orange Rock,\nOrange Water\" with Robin\nBarley. 8 pm, Woodward\nIRC #2.\nUBC Student Counselling &\nResources Centre. Workshop\n- Creating a Resume That\nSpeaks For You. 12:30-1:20\nBrock Rm. 200.\nUBC Students for Choice.\nVideo on Operation Rescue\ntactics. Join us in fighting the\nantichoice. Noon, SUB 209.\nCentre for Research in\nWomen's Studies & Gender\nRelations. Holly Devor - from\nU.Vic. Sociology Dept. \"The\nSocial Construction of\nGendered Sexuality.\" Noon,\nFamily & Nutritional Sc. 50.\ny&H.Birr\ntowrom\nMANYVM&\nMXHMOHZ\nBUNGeKOUSi\nMNSBWST\nTHSFfBMA\nPKU&THAT\nOAW6CN&.\nzsomouveh\nayear?\n*6U,AT\ni&isrtMNar\nA6ATBUAY\nunj6.'/rr\nISA5TI\nPONTLCAP\nKIPSTD\n,CMCK!\nCAFFCINE\nSPZAHN6...\n2/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 ^THEPOCKROACHE^SHALI^INHERITTHE EARTH* AGAIN, AND AGAIN AND; AGAIN .^ .\nWhat is development?\nWEE UBC STUDENTS ARE LOOKING\nif.\n' Sara Martin\nUBC students\nspreparingforwhat\nwill be a valuable\nle \" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \"~~\npating\nment pro,\nthe Salmon Is)\nAs the m\nbate over what role, if ai\nindustrialized countries\nCanada can play to aid p<\ndeveloping countries co:\nues to rage, these three t\nstudents are looking for\nswers. #\nTwo of the studi\nKim and Padme C<\ntravel to Guyana,\nthird student,\nJohnston, will bi go\nSalmon Islands\ncoast of Austrt\nKim, a Zoolof\nand Cook, an Arts\nwork with a groju\ntors from Internal\ngical Eye Expedi\nperform eye catara\nsurgeries in\nThey also will befi\nin collecting data oni\nofthe Guyanese rainfb:\nJohnston, * a Ph;\ngraduate student, will\nhand in the building of a\nmedical clinic and a p;\nschool in his host commuriit;\n\"In order to be helpful in\nglobal development you have\nto educate yourself,\" Kim saidsflf\n\"[Projects like these] need\npeople who are specialized\nand have some skills to offer,\nnot people who just fly down\nthere with idealistic concept\nwho say, okay Fm here, let me\nsave your country\"\nUBC Political Science professor John Wood, who took a\ngroup of 20 students on a similar program to India in 1990,\nis cynical as to whether such\nffif ^trbls* howevei _\nby M J. McDonald X are still stored\nBC is planning to replace ferred to\nits existing hazardous\nwaste-burning incinerate? wijh a\n*- ew \"Jate-^f-the-art\" facility. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 x\nlie capacity of thefreplace-\nmenf incinerator is planned to be\n^cl that ofthe existingincihera** -\ntor-\u00E2\u0080\u0094a plan which/in anticipating\nan increased waste oytput, directly counters the provincial\ngovernment's stated goal of reducing waste by 50 per cent by the\nyear20||0. T \"Mn'Y '\n5 The construction of the incin\nerator has been deferred, while!\nthe provincial Waste Reductioi\nCommission, headed by Dorothy\nCaddell, develops a strate]\nhazardous waste manage\nToxic\nThe hazardous w\n#rator pX UBC, in ope;\n' 1972, is currently all*\nmonth to mi\ndon ofthe Gn\nRegional Distrii\nch.\ne permit al\nevf n though thi\ncontrols on its stack whi<\ns potentially radioactive\ncal waste and other toxic\ns which are deemed\npropriate for regula#Jaji\nThe incinerator U\n^P^dmately eight houi-a.\nceasing.\nThe\nties, UBC,\nhad presen'\nthg intine;\npressing\ncombine* \"\nOU8 w;\nAb\nniversii\nand UVic,\nproposal for\nused for the\nisposal of their\ncal and hazard-\nry ofthe protest\nproar occurred when\nirsity was trying to\na new incinerator\nscovered in the fall of 1991.\nA^aumber of community and\nronmental groups, including\nrt Guerin of the Musqueam\nd council, were opposed to the\nreplacingoftheincinerator without\ndue public process.\nThere was a flurry of public\nmeetings, petitions and letter\nwriting.\nIn response, the university\nhired a pubic relations firm\u00E2\u0080\u0094IRIS\nCommunications\u00E2\u0080\u0094and another\nburst of activity took place. The\nresult was the hiring of a Hazard-\ns Waste Minimization Manager\nthe creation of a Community\nsory Committee in October of\n2. ,X,:#,\nAccording to Len\u00C2\u00AB>|e Herb,\nsident ofthe Society\nnvironmental Co\n(SPEC),/the commi\nersitjiay\nZl\njurlw\nfaXiMUM\nRecent developments\nThe committee met threfe\ntimes: once in November, once in\nDecember and once in January.\nOne wpHt befori^-the<\nmeeting, the Minister off\nronmint put an en*j\n\"public process\" in op\nthe \"entire provinJBto Kay\ninput into the inrirterator process.\nThus, on Tuesday, January 26,\nthe Community Advisory Committee to the Proposed Replacement Incinerator was official]^\ndeferred Jp\nAt the final meeting Buil\nGreisman, a representative fof the\nDunbar Residents' Associdftion\nexpressed concern that, \"tiie toxic\nwaste problem is not going to go\naway.\" Heasked,\"ifanfftcinerator\nin a new location is chQen by the\nEnvironment MiiriistrjCwhat will\nhappen in the interim^\nCashore said, \"T^TOre are a\ngreat many factors involved in this\ndecision, such as deteifeining the\nbest technology availdSe, appropriate locations* and j-Jyiding arrangements.\" ; \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTodate, there appear to be two\noutstanding issues: th^ffesfcH the\nfact that the universite will continue to spew potentia|!y toxic ash\nfrom the existingindRlrator'r, '\n\"public proce&s*\n=onf\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/3 SAVE THE EARTH, BREEDETH NOT\n3\n20/20 Vision offers alternative\nA&OUT 10W-40,,,,\nB\nby Adrian Rainbow\nou care about the environment, you\nreally do.\nIt's just that after you have finished\nyour classes, homework, cooking, cleaning,\nlaundry, and other daily hassles, you have\nno time to hang off nuclear warships, block\nlogging roads, or protest chloroflourocarbon\nproduction.\nm HfcWIY IS THE\nSURF TODAY?\nSteve Macdonald of 20/20\nVision may have an alternative for\nyou.\nHis North Vancouver-based\nnon-profit organization targets the\npeople who care about the preservation ofthe earth and global peace,\nbut have little time to express their\nconcerns.\n\"People are busy, yet they care\na lot about the environment and\nworld security issues,\" Macdonald\nsaid. \"20/20 Vision gives busy\npeople a way to turn their opinions\nand feelings into direct influence\non government policies.\"\nThe lobby group, started in\nOctober of 1990, is the first of its\nkind in Canada but is affiliated\nwith 70 other 20/20 Vision groups\nin the US.\n20/20 Vision operates by\nsending its subscribers a postcard every month with an\nanalysis of a specific environmental or peace issue detailing\nthe problem.\nOn the back of the postcard\nis a recommended action\u00E2\u0080\u0094usually\nletterwriting to a particular politician directly involved with an\nissue.\nThe 20/20 symbolizes 20 minutes a month writing a letter, and\n$20 a year to pay for production\nand mailing costs. All 20/20 orga\nnizers are volunteers.\nThe monthly issue is determined after 20/20 researchers\nconsult with respected environment and peace organizations in\nthe province. The issue chosen\nis the one deemed most appropriate and important for British\nColumbia.\nAt a time of ever-increasing\ncynicism and governmental bureaucracy, Macdonald remains\noptimistic. He stresses the importance ofhaving communicative and\ncooperative relationships with\npolicymakers. He emphasizes\nhaving a spirit of good will is the\nonly way to influence politicians.\n\"By lobbying politicians and\nby trying to change policies and\nlegislation, we are attempting to\nfight the problems permanently\nat their roots, not just put out\nbrush fires,\" Macdonald said.\nAt present, 20/20 Vision has\napproximately 400 members\nwriting letters every month.\nEnvironmental neglect documented\nHby Chris Jackson\nand M J. McDonald\nlthough the BC govern\nment has high international regard with respect to environmental issues, the acquired\nevidence of consistent environmental neglect is on its way to\nEurope.\nThe duo hope to coincide\ntheir visit to Europe with that\nof Premier Mike Harcourt, who is\non his way to the International Economic Summit in\nSwitzerland (Feb.3) where the\ntopic of forestry \"just might come\nup.\"\nValerie Langer and Garth\nLenz ofPriends of Clayoquot Sound\nplan to travel to Europe to tell \"the\ntruth about what's happening in\nCanada's Temperate and Boreal\nRainforests.\"\nSo portable, so convenient\nLISA KWAN PHOTO\nThey plan to encourage Europe to pressure the BC government to change its forest policy,\nwith particular emphasis on BC\nforestry practices, and to promote\nthe purchase of the few wood\nproducts that are produced in an\necologically responsible manner.\nThe duo visited UBC and gave\na presentation entitled Take Back\nthe Forest, a slide show based on\ntheir four week investigative\ncamping trip through northern\nBritish Columbia, Alberta,\nSaskatchewan and the Northwest\nTerritories.\nOn the trip, many environmental disasters were photographed and documented.\nAmong these is a Procter &\nGamble chlorine mill spilling three\nmillion gallons of toxic effluent into\nthe Smoky River each day. There\nis a Cree Native reserve directly\ndownstream from the mill whose\nresidents are forced knowingly to\nconsume the toxic fish and water,\ndue to economic hardship.\nAlso illustrated in the slides\nis an intense logging in the National Wood Buffalo \"Park.\"\nRecent experiences with local\nmedia in connection with\nClayoquot Sound, have proved futile in terms of gaining public attention, so Langer and Lenz feel\nthat international pressure is\ncritical at this point.\nLanger said, \"Canada has international commitments to uphold . . . the signing of the\nBiodiversity Charter in Rio de\nJaneiro would be in direct conflict\nwith many ofthe forest harvesting\noccurrences, namely that of\nClayoquot Sound.\"\nENVIRO-MENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR FEBRUARY\nMONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY\n1\n2\nLECTURE:\n\"The Global Ecological\nRevolution\", Carolyn\nMerchant, University of\nCalifornia - Berkeley,\n12:30 pm BUCH A106\n3\nPANEL DISCUSSION:\n\"Eco-femlnlsm\", 12:30\nGeog. 229\nCOLLOQUIUM:\n\"Women and Nature\",\n3:30 pm Geog. 201\n4\nStudents for Forestry\nAwareness, 12:30 pm\nMacmillan 166\n5\nBEER GARDEN:\nStudents for What's Left\n6 LECTURE:\n\"Re-inventing Nature\",\nVancouver Institute,\nat 8:15pm\nInstructional Resource\nCentre\n8\n9\n10\nGVRD Air Qualfty\nAdvisory Committee\npresents Phase 1\nConsultation report for\nPublic review, 3:45 pm\nGVRD Bldg., 2nd Fir.\n11\nStudents for Forestry\nAwareness, 12:30 pm\nMacmillan 166\n12\nENVIRONMENTAL\nYOUTH ALLIANCE:\n\"Turn the Page\"\nConference, Feb. 12-14,\nSaint George's School\nEco-Falr, 5:30 - 8:30 pm,\nInfo: 737-2258\n13\nENVIRONMENTAL\nYOUTH ALLIANCE:\nConference Cont'd\nthrough\nweekend.\nDEMONSTRATION:\nFor international anti-fur\nday, Eaton's Granville &\nGeorgia, Info: 266-974\n15\n16\n17\n18\nStudents for Forestry\nAwareness, 12:30 pm\nMacmillan 166\n19\n20 d\n22\n23\nMeeting/Workshop:\nFraser Valley Estuary\n\"Fact or Fiction: The\nFraser River Is Polluted\",\nFree, 8:30 am \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 4:10 pm,\nInfo: 525-1047\nor 582-5266\n24\n25\nStudents for Forestry\nAwareness, 12:30 pm\nMacmillan 166\n26\n27\n4/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 LOUD TECHNO FUNK HURTS MOTHER NATURE'S EARS\nMasked media:\nPR FIRM PROTECTS FOREST COMPANIES\nD\nby Chris Jackson\nI n the two years since The\nJ Vancouver Sun hired\ncontroversial public relations firm\nBurson-Marstellar, the newspaper\nhas been accused of neglecting important environmental issues.\nBurson-Marstellar currently\nrepresents a number of major\nplayers in the BC forest industry.\nBurson-Marstellar also helped to\nestablish the BC Forest Alliance,\nan organization which promotes\nthe interests ofthe forest industry.\nWhen the Alliance was established in 1991 the forest industry was having a difficult time\nwinning public confidence, and\ntheir costly \"Forests Forever\" ad\ncampaign was being met with\nmuch skepticism.\nBurson-Marstellar has\nworked for numerous other multinational firms experiencing\neconomical crises. Among them;\nUnion Carbide, following the\nBhopal disaster, Johnson &\nJohnson, after the Tylenol cyanide\nincident, and Perrier, after the\nrecalling of benzene-laced bottles.\nJoe Foy ofthe Western Canada\nWilderness Committee commented, \"Ever since the Vancouver Sun hired the advertising\ncompany Burson-Marstellar in\n1991 to advise management on\nhow to market the newspaper, we\nhave noticed a drift away from BC\nIs** **$$%.\nIs It real, or Is It B&M?\nenvironmental reporting.''\nThe Vancouver Sun also recently eliminated its official BC\nForest Reporter position. The duties of the Forest Reporter were\namalgamated with those of another\nreporter who covers natural resources in more general terms.\nMeanwhile, The Sun's Environment Reporter has been instructed to focus primarily on the\nGreater Vancouver area.\nThis focus results in a direct\nshift away from industry-environmentalist confrontations (most\nof which occur outside Greater\nVancouver), and severely limits\nthe publicity on which environmental activists depend. When\nasked to comment on allegations\nthat The Sun's coverage of environmental issues is biased in\nUBYSSEY FILES\nfavour of industry, city editor Gary\nMason said, \"this marketing\nstrategy which concentrates more\non Vancouver will better serve our\nVancouver audience.\"\nForest companies were advised by Burson-Marstellar to form\na separate entity to review corporate harvest practices, hence, the\nBC Forest Alliance was born. The\nAlliance is headed by Jack Munro\n(a former head of International\nWoodworkers Association) and\nGary Ley (a Burson-Marstellar\nemployee). Msiny ofthe Alliance's\n\"volunteer\" members were hand-\npicked by Burson-Marstellar and\nthe forest companies.\nThe Alliance's specific mandate includes \"keeping tabs on industry to make sure they comply\nwith the Code of Forest Practices\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094a set of harvesting principles the Alliance itself created.\nAccording to a recent Georgia\nStraight article, Jack Munro \"alluded to the Alliance's other aim\nwhich is to do battle with media\ncoverage that its clients\u00E2\u0080\u0094the forest companies\u00E2\u0080\u0094consider runs\ncounter to their interests.\"\nRecently, the CBC agreed to\nair a seven part \"news\" series,\nForests Forever, focussing on BC\nforest issues, and paid for by BC\nForest Alliance.\nHowever, because the CBC's\nAdvertising Standards Codebook\nstates, \"[The] CBC does not permit\nadvertisers to buy time for the\nbroadcast of controversial material,\" all ads submitted by environmental organizations which\npromote forestry awareness have\nbeen rejected.\nThis has left environmental\nactivists wondering exactly how\ndisadvantaged, they are in utilizing\nthe media.\nphmpq ta ijRC\nVwIYlEO III Www\nM- ,\nbyOtnarKasstfii '\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\norwost people* the\necological revolution\ntfabl h*$ $wep* through S00i\u00C2\u00BB\nety in the last few years begin* and end* in small\nchanges.* earpooHng, -com*\nposting antt th*a -ubiquitous\ntbraa \u00C2\u00BB'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB at home., \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB&feefcter\nenergy andemissions policies\ni&f04mtey+ \ '- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\n~ INj*'IISC?*5\u00C2\u00BBewe\u00C2\u00AB* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2fenvi*\nyo\u00C2\u00ABtttie\u00C2\u00AB^|P<>%, <3*e*e\u00C2\u00BB Fiaflfcr,\nthi* i* too* enough,\nSociety needs tobe\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0r*m6^**\nmote ft society where: the l\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\nherent value of ecosystems is\nrecognized over and above\nhuman-centered goals, and\nwhere, therefore, endless economic and population growth\nno longer dictate what happens to non-human species\nand 4QWy&m*> j&0eent\u00C2\u00ABl$te\ndo not argue that mountain\n0*MM*y*tem$* should he protected for scenic ox rets****\netional purposes, ha* anther*\nSociety needs to\nbe radically\nchanged if the\npro-ecological\nattitudes\nso widely\nproclaimed are\ngoing to be\nrespected.\n\u00C2\u00ABii\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2j SIOBHAN ROAMTREE PHOTO\nbecause these eeosystemshave\ntheir own right to exist.\n*%isisanniiin\u00C2\u00ABJinewJtind\nof radical change,* Wu said.\n;\u00C2\u00ABOnrgoai i*-fet 8ghi la* ether;\nspecies, andother eoo^ystams,\nihatcan'tflghtibrthemseives.\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Th* Wtaa&m have th* WOrlf'\nness,: which it -Sees as the*; ing-^s\u00C2\u00ABaS a power base* Onr\nfoundation of wXk mtfbwfcPfpmx *mm i* tha wwfotm*\nmentaiism*. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2> ',$?, i/$7j v&asik? '-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ;; ''''\nIhe next -goal la to p*o\u00C2\u00BB, '..; While admitting that\nGreen Fire hasno specific\nbloeprint for this new society yet*. Wu hopes the\nOrganisation's goal* will\ngain popular support and\nthatnewideaswillintime\nspring from within a\ngrowing organization, fie\npredicts that people will\nhelp to put ecologically\ndestructive corporations\noutofbnsines^aadinsists\nthat this is not a step\nbackwards*\nhat a step in a\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2mew di-reeiion.\nto wardsa society that ha$n'fc\nexisted, before.\nSince tha\ngrOnp formed\nlast October^ it\nhas been in*\nvolved in sev\u00C2\u00BB\neyel aware*\nnes#\u00C2\u00BBTaAsing\nactions, in**\neluding '' ft\nbloekadeofthe\nlogging tfoad*\ninto ' - tha\nCapilano wa*\ntershed. With*\nout anyone\ngetting f ft**\nrested, ' tha\ngronp man\u00C2\u00BB\naged to draw\nwide media ex.*\nposnr\u00C2\u00A9 to ha-rmful Jogging\npractices and cost C & R\nJ^ggl^Aho*rt$360> engaging i in\npee<-\u00C2\u00ABfai ejvp disobedi.\nence when necessary but\n\u00C2\u00BBo*i\u00C2\u00BBi?r>W'*8)?W^g*oiP\u00C2\u00ABny\notha* ftaflnkey-wr&wBh*-**\ning^ activities. \\nBBhiaaWaWririiBtfBi\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/5 p\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ^r^~- \u00E2\u0080\u0094 ^\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 _\nU.B.C. SPECIAL\nTHI BUS COIN WASH\no\n3\nx\t\n**-** >xo:\nOSSif\n**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nta\nSis\ntai :::::\nSi\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0MUMW>I|\nrow next wash\nllll:iii\u00C2\u00BBilii\nn\nOS\n31\n11\n7hp\u00C2\u00BBt'Mn-tA0fm\nW. Omwb't torg-tst\naUNDROMAT\n111111111111111111 mi MYm'nViVi nVt n nVrriViViviti'Sii\niiiililliillliiii:\nllllliilr\t\nThe Latter-Day Saint Student\nAssociation presents the Spring\nFriday Forum\nFriday 05 February \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 7:30pm\nWoodward Building Room 6\nTopic\nMormon Polygamy\nin Canada:\nA Historical Perspective\nPresenter\nDr. Robert J. 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NW Marine Drive:\nCyclists on this route enjoy\nbeautiful scenery and light traffic.\nAlthough the approach to campus\nends with a lengthy hill, it is not\nterribly steep and a paved shoulder is available. Watch for eagles\nperched in trees overlooking the\nocean. On windy days you'll encounter stronger winds here than\non either Chancellor or University\nBlvds.\nFrost may linger on the shaded\nsouthern lane on winter days and\nportions of the route can be quite\ndark at night. You have the option\nof riding through Jericho Park on\nthe Seaside Bike Route, a gravel\npath used by both cyclists and pedestrians. You thereby avoid a\nsmall hill, but the gravel path can\nbe congested,\n2. SW Marine Drive:\nThis route is frequented by\ncyclists approaching UBC from the\nsouth. There is a shoulder wide\nenough for cycling from 70th and\nGranville to UBC. North of 41st\nAvenue the shoulder widens, making cycling safe and pleasurable.\nThough watch for occasional\nparked cars along this shoulder.\nDont expect traffic to yield the\nright of way to you at the busy\nintersection with 41st and 16th\nAves.\n3. University Boulevard:\nA bike path runs along the\nsouth side of University Blvd as it\npasses through the golf courses\nand Pacific Spirit Park. Even\nthough you're on a bicycles-only\npath, watch carefully for pedestrians, people gathering at the bus-\nstop, and golfers crossing your\npath. Passing requires special care\nbecause the path is narrow and\nsomewhat rough.\nWhen the path ends at Toronto\nRd. you may turn left onto Toronto\nto avoid most traffic; be sure to\nstop at the 5-way intersection of\nToronto and Acadia Rds. You may\nalso ride directly to University Blvd\nfrom this point west. Cycling on\nUniversity Blvd between Bianca\nand Toronto is discouraged, and\ncycling on the sidewalks west of\nToronto is not permitted.\n4.8th Avenue:\nThis is the nicest way to climb\nthe hill from Alma up to Bianca. It\nbears considerably less traffic than\nadjacent 4th and 10th Aves, there\nare only two stop signs, and the\nview to the north is magnificent.\nOnce at Bianca, take either Chancellor Blvd or University Blvd. to\nthe campus.\n5. Chancellor Boulevard:\nThe route follows a very quiet\nresidential boulevard west of\nBianca, then a paved path that is\nfairly smooth and quite separate\nfrom vehicle traffic. When the path\nends at Acadia Rd. you have two\nchoices: wind through quiet residential streets to the east side of\ncampus, or ride to the north side.\nDespite having to ride on this\nsection of Chancellor Blvd, you'll\nfind it the most convenient way to\nreach the northern campus from\nI lost my front wheel on Broadway\nKitsilano. Please ride carefully in\nthe presence of schoolchildren who\ngather at the traffic light near\nAcadia Road.\n6.16th Avenue:\n16th is well known for its hill\nbefore Dunbar but it is a route well\nworth taking because it is direct,\nwell paved and scenic.\nWest of Bianca, the forest surrounds both sides of the road and\nthe shoulder widens. EastofBlanca\nbeware of car doors opening and\nbuses passing by.\nsource: Bicycling Guide for\nthe University of British Columbia (a pamphlet available\nat Speakeasy in the SUB)\nIf. Hilt Bach arrow represents* 20 meters of vers seal\nrise, and hill** under 20 mete-re- are w\u00C2\u00ABt sho-ATi.\nArrows point ajtWII.\nXX Difficult Snter*eet'wti: Approach with caution*\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVX limit rf visibility and/or difficult kw ehutiges.\n6/THEVBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 IF YOU FEEL LONELY IN A CLEARCUT FORJEST, HUG A STUMP BRUTAL PROSPECT, HUR\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^ *\n'/>&>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nGreen rage:\nThe politics of radical environmentalism\nIby Ken Wu\nIn]ess you haven't noticed, the\n |mainstream environmental movement has lost much of its steam over the last\ntwo years. Much has changed since those\nheady days of the late 80s, when everyone\nand their aunt was out to save the planet.\nBlame it on a societal disillusionment\nor a short collective attention span, the lull\nin the mainstream environmental movement has been supplanted by an evergrowing radical movement.\nUsing \"direct action\" tactics, the growing radical environmental movement has\nreceived much press coverage. Dramatic, in-\nyour-face interventions like blocking logging\nroads, tree-sitting, \"eco-tage\" or ecological\nsabotage like treespiking, and various types\nof protests all seem to be on the increase.\nThis has been accompanied by the growth of\nradical ecological ideas, with schools of\nthought ranging from T)eep Ecology' to the\nscience of Conservation Biology.\nEcocentric\nEnvironmentalism\nEcocentric environmentalism characterizes itself along three principles\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\nsanctity of Nature, wilderness preservation,\nand the intrinsic value of ecosystems.\nEcocentrism is a radical departure from\nanthropocentrism, or human-centredness,\nwhich places the exclusive, immediate desires of one species above all else.\nEcocentrists see anthropocentric society\ndestroyingits own ecological support system,\nmuch like a cancer cell that brings about its\nown death by killing the body that sustains\nit\nOne ofthe most basic tenets of radical\nenvironmentahsmisthatNature knows best.\nThere is no way to improve upon Nature.\nOccurrences such as predation,\ndiseases, natural droughts,\nfloods, forest fires, earthquakes\nand even death are not manifestations of evil. Rather, they\nare essential components of Nature with which the ecosphere\nhas evolved over millenia. Eco-\nradicals do not believe that the\nhuman species is morally exempt\nfrom the checks, controls and\ngeneral workings of the natural\nworld that all other species experience.\nThis does not necessarily mean\nthat we must not fight diseases\nsuch as cancer or rescue people\nfrom floods, but rather recognize\nthat such occurrences serve a\npurpose. If Nature can no longer\ncontrol the human population due\nto the intervention of modern\nmedicine and technology, then\nhumans must tailor their population to follow Nature's course.\nFor example, if the earth's\nnatural ecosystems cannot\nsustain the present population, controls affecting the\nbirth rate should be introduced.\nPure, undiluted Nature\nWilderness is regarded by ecocentrists as\nbeing the foundation of true environmentalism. Wilderness is Nature in its purest\nform, where all natural species exist and\nevolve. It is the authentic world, as opposed\nto modern human society.\nThe preservation of natural ecosystems\nis not simply one among many environmental issues, such as the attainment of clean\nair and water, soil conservation, and wild-\n>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0#\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB%*\neingenvironmentally fi-iendly\na-a&*cl\u00C2\u00ABftp>^^---^ ?*\u00E2\u0080\u0094 M\n-, the 199S Mary Lm -Stewart's En\u00C2\u00BB\nvirontoentallHrectory te a goide Itn*\nall those panie-strio ken. go-greeners\nwho are oaught np by the now trendy\nenviro craze. ,M-M\nStewart's Green tine eases our\necotgically conscious minds: by assure\ning usthat**thesalvationo:E our planet\nlies in onr purchasing power*'*\nIn other wor ds,consumption isn^t\nthe problem*^* theanswer^And now,\nwith thi* new catalog we witt surely\nmake pn*cb*$e$ the -right way, tha\ngreen way, the recycled way.\nThe first page I flipped to was a\nfull page happy, -colorful {mostly\ngreen) ad: Mohawk, mother nature's\ngas station**\nFrom there, I proceeded through\nthe 227\u00C2\u00BBpage directory Of over 3,000\n1*Hi*ine$$e-? that \u00C2\u00AB^ creatively m\u00C2\u00ABk\u00C2\u00BB\ningabvtcfcoff of eeto$tttner$' para*\nnoki fittest to be one with nature.\nHere are some of the handy environment-saving prodncts I found BdX\nvertised within the glossy pages of\nthe green guide? - - VX \"\n'.. v -*Used Rubber XS8&. sells jackets\nandtioatsmadeofrecycled tw*es.lhey\nhave winter jacket* and ell-seasons,\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6The American l^awn Mowei- Co,\n.offers manually powered lawn mow**\ners and can openers!:\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6Letter openers made ont of recycled plastic\u00E2\u0080\u0094have they ever beard\nof a garage sale? \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 - -\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Solar-powered cooking equipment\u00E2\u0080\u0094it also prevent* late night\nhinging*\n\u00C2\u00ABrecycled plastic cutlery and\nfjyswatters\nThe Sears catalog-like directory\nemphasizes that everyone is going\ngreen. ISven Cheech Marin is recy*\ncling}\nIn an *inspirinjg; biography*\nCheech's recyclingjfemily i\u00C2\u00BB spot*\nlighted, Tha reader is reassured that\ndepression caused by contemplating\nthebiospherecanhe liftedby a \"good\nbelly laugh.1*\nEcological devastation wont stop\n.. Cheeeh from smiling because what.\never ha can't recycle, he -can smoke!\nf wf could\n(Ml) wC\n\ tX5N'T 6W\u00C2\u00A3 TWO B\T5\nABOMT \MH0 \S F^HTMfi\nVaJHO /\nI T>ON 'T CAG5-ET WHAT TH^Se\nSooMS AR\u00C2\u00A3 F(\u00E2\u0082\u00AC,HTVM6 \u00C2\u00ABEo*TJ\n've JuSr MAD SUo\\e^\nfF THIS SVUT//.\n3oneo\u00C2\u00BBJe eer Me a\nlife protection, but\nis rather the\naggregate of all\nenvironmental issues put together.\nIn other words, all non-wilderness environmental issues are subsets of wilderness preservation. The ensured existence of\nthe world's complete biodiversity in intact\necosystems is the main objective of radical\nenvironmentalism. Human survival is only\none small part of this larger goal.\nRadical environmentalisms argue first\nand foremost that all natural species and\necosystems have the right to exist for their\nown sake, regardless of whether they benefit humans. Eco-radicals do not argue that\nthe rain forests should be saved primarily\nbecause the cure for cancer may be found in\nits bi ota, but rather because they have their\nown right to exist.\nEcocentric radicals tend to target problems at their sources. Instead of using a new\ntechnological gadget to mitigate a portion of\nthe damage for humans, eco-radicals call\nfor the elimination or control of technological causes of ecological problems. If there is\na hole in the ozone layer created by the\nrelease of an unnatural chemical, an ecc-\nradical does not suggest that a giant dome\nencircling the earth be built, or that one\nshould wear more sunscreen. Instead, the\nproduction of ozone-destroying chemical\nshould be stopped. It is not a question of\n\"finding\" solutions to the ecological crisis.\nAll the solutions already exist, being at the\nroot source.\nNeither left nor right\nEcocentric environmentalists understand that their views cannot be placed\nanywhere on the traditional ideological continuum of Right to Left. Traditional industrial ideologies assume the \"right* of humans is to divide, conquer and subjugate\neverything wild. All are anthropocentric,\npro-development, and anti-environmental\nin perspective.\nMost eco-radicals share many left-wing\nvalues with regards to sexism, racism, and\nclassism. However, because of their extension of foremost rights to ecosystems as well\nas other species, radical environmentalists\nare removed from the traditional ideological spectrum.\nThe radical ecocentric movement has\nalso been characterized by its unwillingness to compromise its objectives. Ecological harmony is simply too basic an issue to\nhaggle over. When it comes to breaking the\nlaw, eco-radicals share the same rationalization as social radicals: any time a human\ncreated law is unjust or serves to protect an\nunjust activity that violates higher ecological laws, morally, it can be broken. There\ncan be no peace and order until there is first\njustice.\nHow do these basic ideas of radical\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u0094737'\nenvironmental! sm\ndiffer from the ideas and approach of the\nmainstream environmental movement?\nFirst, mainstream groups tend to hold an\nanthropocentric environmental view. This\nview finds itself somewhere on the eco-\nideological spectrum between ecocentrism\nand anthropocentric anti-environmental-\nism, the pro-development, forces found in all\nindustrial economies.\nMainstream groups often reduce wilderness preservation to merely being a single\nissue among many and attempt to justify\nenvironmental protection only in terms of\nits benefits to human welfare (eg. tourism\ndollars generated from wilderness protection).\nMainstream environmentalists are often more concerned with the effects of pollution than with the causes, as many have a\nblind faith in technological solutions for\ntechnologically-caused problems. Reform\nenvironmentalists are also naive enough to\nbelieve that industrial society only requires\ninternal modifications, or that personal\nlifestyle reforms, such as recycling and\ncomposting, are sufficient to solve the ecological crisis, rather than replacing the basic growth-centred foundations of industrial society.\nNot surprisingly, many mainstream\nenvironmentalists support some ofthe major political parties, all of whom are anthropocentric anti-environmentalists.\nMore than anything else, mainstream\nenvironmentalists are all too willing to compromise with the despoile rs of planet, to call\nnot for what is necessary, but for what they\nsee as reasonable or realistic demands to\nmake ofthe power structure.\nIt should be noted that there also exist\n\"radical\" anthropocentric environmental\nideologies, such as those of eco-socialism,\neco-Marxism, social ecology (eco-anar-\nchism), and many strains of eco-feminism.\nThese ideologies differ from radical\necocentric environmentalism in that they\nare concerned primarily with human prosperity, rather than with biodiversity and\nnatural ecosystems. Their radicalism is\nderived more from their influence from the\ntraditional anthropocentric Left than from\nan uncompromising ecological world view.\nHowever, this is a whole new debate in\nitself.\nRadical environmentalism will increasingly become an important part ofthe social\nchange movement in the future, and hopefully people will learn and act upon the\nideas that emerge from the movement.\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/7 TO INHALE, OR NOT TO INHA\nV ' $#>;\nReefer madness\nCould pot save\nby Frances Fo\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0I magine a plant that can\nU be made into fine linen\nclothing, biodegradable\nplastic bags or particle-\nboard suitable for construction. A plant that can\nreplace up to 40 per cent\nof pharmaceutical drugs.\nIts seeds have the\nhighest quantity of accessible protein of any\nvegetable and make\nbirds sing lively songs.\nIts fibres can Be\npressed into paper\nwhitened without\nchlorine bleach, which\nlasts 1500 years.\nThis plant thrives in\nultraviolet light in hot\nand moderate temperatures. It has no enemies in the bug world\nand needs no pesticides. And, believe it or\nnot it could also be a\nreplacement for gasoline.\nIt's not too good to\nbe true. It's just too\nthreatening to coexist\nwith the corporations\nwho helped outlaw\nhemp.\nHemp, a tall, fibrous\n\"weed\" was once one\nof America's greatest\ncash crops. In a 1938 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine,\nhemp was described as\n\"the most profitable\nand desireable crop that\ncan be grown.\"\nAt tne time, hemp\nwas used to make rope,\npaper, dynamite and oil.\nBut in the upcoming\nyears, corporate interests at DuPont, Hearst\nand Kimberly Clark Paper companies allied to\nhave hemp made illegal.\nCoincidental! y,\nDuPont had recently\npatented the chemical\nprocesses required to\nmake paper from wood\nand for plastic production, which would later\nbecome one of their\nlargest product.\nBut whether anti-\nhemp legislation is a\nparanoia conspiracy\ntheory or not is irrelevant.\nWith the world's\nforests disappearing\nand depleting fossil fuels being the pretext for\nwar, the case for decriminalizing hemp has\nnew-found support.\nAnd hemp activists\nare hopeful that the new\nAmerican administration may be the one to\nrelax the hemp laws.\nMarilyn Craig is the\neastern representative\nof the Business Alliance\nfor Commerce in Hemp,\na 40-chapter organization \"dedicated to\nbringing hemp and\nfreedom back to\nAmerica.\"\nThe group's goal is\nto restore hemp agriculture in the US Dy\ngetting rid of 50 years\nof accumulated prohibition laws.\nIf the penalty is any\nindication, growing\ncannabis for commercial use in the States is\na more serious crime\nthan murder. The maximum penalty for growing 100 cannabis plants\nis life without parole;\nten years is the minimum.\nAs a low maintenance, sustainable annual crop with \"thousands or uses\", hemp\ncould be\u00E2\u0080\u0094and has\nbeen\u00E2\u0080\u0094a vital resource\nin the US, Craig said.\nThat old\nmarijuana\nmystique\nStanford said one of\nthe biggest problems\nwith marketing hemp is\nthe \"marijuana mystique\", despite the fact\nthat commercial strains\nBeware/ JS7.\nThis\nmay be h<\nWith hemp, \"you\ndon't have to wait 20\nyears to harvest it to\nmake paper, as you do\nwith trees. You can use\nit all year long, make\nmethanol, charcoal, any\noil products,\" she said.\nCraig has been lobbying the governors in\nNew York state where\nshe lives and the feedback so far is\npositive.\nShe is optimistic that the\nClinton/Gore\nduo will yield\nto growing\npressure to liberalize hemp\nlaws.\nOthers\ncan't wait that\nlong and are\nalready taking\nadvantage of\nthe benefits of\nhemp products.\nPaul\nStanford has\nbeen importing hemp paper from China\nsince September and currently has have only traces of\n100 tonnes in the Port- THC, the mind-altering\nland, Oregon ware- psychoactive corn-\nhouse of TreeFree Eco pound. The hemp pa-\nPaper. According to per industry is catching\nStanford, hemp is ex- on, he said, but still not\ntremely durable\u00E2\u0080\u0094there very many people\nby the friendly stranger.\n\"Marihuana\"--a powerful\nAiurder!\nWARTVITV\nDope peddlei\nput some of\nin the cv; or\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 HTl FU HMIKI liroi\nAddress: THE INTER STAT\nare intact samples of\nChinese hemp paper\nfrom 105 CE.\nWith one run of the\nSunday New York Times\nconsuming 75 000 trees\nand one acre of hemp\nknow that almost 90\nper cent of all paper\nbefore 1883 was made\nof hemp, even the first\nAmerican paper\nmoney.\n\"People say, 'Hemp?\nproducing the same Isn't that marijuana?'\namount ofpaper as four We say yes, and remind\nacres of trees, turning people of the environ-\nto hemp is imperative, mental benefits.\"\nStanford said. The overt propa-\n\"It's just a matter of ganda warning that pot\ntime before the world leads to commie-fov-\nruns out of trees, or pa- ing pacifism and white\nper,\" he said. \"The laws women being lured to\nnave to change, it's just black jazz musicians\na question of when.\" have subsided, but bad\n8/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 BE: THAT IS THE QUESTION\nGOES GREEN\nTHE WORLD?\n$\u00C2\u00BB9 ,*'$*\nan\nreputations die hard, hard to make money at\nHemps reputation producing hemp paper,\nseems to have left a and the law is in place\nresidue that bars its ac- to protect corporate\nceptance as a solution interests, he said\nto the environmental\ncrisis.\nWhy? Like other\nhemp advocates, Chris\nBennett of the Vancouver Island-based Patri-\nMEDIA WORRIED\nABOUT CAREERS\nBennett said Cana-\nand Old \u00E2\u0080\u0094People in\nks of Life!\nnded you\nt contains the Killer Drug\nnarcotic in which lurks\nInsanity! Death!\nS!\ni are shrewd! They may\nhis drug in the ^ ? or\nn the tobacco cigarette.\nHIM. (IClltlll I! CHU II rOaUCt MaUMIC COtT\nNARCOTIC ASSOCIATION\notic Canadians for dian media executives\nhave been reluctant to give\ncoverage to\nthe hemp le-\ng a I i z a t i o n\nmovement. \"A\nlot of these\npeople are\nworried about\ntheir careers,\"\nhe said.\nShortly after a teenage\nboy was shot\nto death by\nVancouver police last year\nduring a marijuana bust, a\nlocal news\noutlet contacted Bennett\nto do a news\nstory about the\nHemp believes the cor- hemp movement,\nporations threatened by The story never ran.\nhemp\u00E2\u0080\u0094oil companies, Bennett also communi-\nforest industries and cated with biologist and\nprint media among CBC celebrity David\nthem\u00E2\u0080\u0094have used their Suzuki who expressed\ninfluence to outlaw it, interest in hemp envi-\nkeep people ignorant ronmentalism. How-\nabout its possibilities ever, Suzuki wrote, \"I\nand to prevent a broad- doubt my bosses would\nbased movement to dare touch it.\"\ndecriminalize commer- Control of informa-\ncial hemp. tion laws in Canada also\nHemp's major threat restrict the environ-\nto the pulp and paper mental movement from\nindustry is its decentral- uniting with hemp ac-\nized and cheap produc- tivists. Bill C-24 prohib-\ntion, said Stanford, its the distribution of\nHemp paper involves literature promoting the\nlittle technology and use of illicit drugs. Ca-\nlabour, is easy to make, nadian student papers\nand hemp is naturally publishing \"drug infor-\nprolific on this conti- mation guides have\nnent. Even for a large been harrassed by po-\ncorporationitwouldbe lice authorities and\nAmerican magazines\nportraying hemp in a\npositive light, such as\nHigh Times, have been\nbanned from Canada.\nNeil Boyd, a criminologist at SFU never\nmentionned the word\n\"conspiracy\" but he did\npoint to a confluence\nof corporate interests\nthat prevent people\nfrom taking and talking\nabout hemp.\n\"The media use\nwords like 'pusher' all\nthe time, but the term\nbetter describes the\ndistribution of legal\nrather that non-legal\ndrugs.\" Many pharmaceuticals are synthetic\nTHC-replicate compounds, he said.\nSmoke today,\nprescribe\ntomorrow\nIn 1976 the US government banned federal\nresearch to investigate\nthe therapeutic qualities of cannabis derivatives for medicine. But\nthis could change: the\nMarijuana is good medicine. For\na PWA it can te a lifesaver.\nNo legal medication provides si\u00C2\u00BBch a\nsafe and inexpensive defense against\nwasting syndrome and nausea.\nThe patients know it.\nTHe care providers know it.\nThe doctors know it.\nThe lawyers know it.\nnewly-appointed US\nSurgeon General,\nJocelyn Elders, recently\nwrote in an American\nnewspaper that denying cannabis to suffering patients was immoral. \"It's almost\ncriminal not to allow\nsomething that could\nalleviate suffering.\"\nCurrently there are\nonly 12 Americans legally allowed cannabis\nfor therapeutic treatment of glaucoma and\nthe side effects of AZT.\nCannabis may well\nbe used in the near future as medicine, thinks\nDana Larsen of Simon\nFraser University's\nLeague for Ethical Action on Drugs.\nBut it won't be restored to the place it\nhad in the American\npharmacopoeia from\n1842-1900\n(\\ncomprising\nmedicines\nhalf of\nsold.\nEven if American\nlaws are changed to allow therapeutic use of\ncannabis, neither Boyd\nnor Larsen think Canada\nis ready to legalize or\nexplore the agricultural\npotential of hemp, despite the environmental advantages.\nHemp would fracture the resource-\nbased economy, Larsen\nsaid.\n\"There are too many\npowerful interests who\nwill prevent it. There\nmay be cosmetic\nchanges in the laws for\ntherapeutic use, but\nlumber is our biggest\nbusiness,\" he said. \"Legalizing it would involve major changes in\nthe economy.\"\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/9 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2ftrsr'si-Sk-s.\nAttention\nCold Sufferers!\nVolunteers wanted\nfor Cold Study\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 must have symptoms within last 48\nhours (runny nose, watery eyes,\nsneezing, stuffy nose, sore eyes)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 restricted medication in past 24 hours\n| \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 5 day study - 2 extra visits - physical\nexam - blood tests\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 $50 compensation for expenses\nplus*\nbfUS DISCOVER THE\nti*,,* COMPETITION\nPi-US ^\nfei-ya. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 low low prices\nP*-**1-* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 free services\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 laser printing\nUNIVERSITY VILLAGE\n2nd FLOOR\n2174 WESTERN PARKWAY\nVANCOUVER, B.C.\n224-6225\nFAX 224-4492\nOPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK\nM-TH 8-9 FRI 8-6\nSAT-SUN 11-6\nAik the nunc or doctor for iufunmtion\nStudent Health Service\nftn Tnti\nOaU-fVll\n; IS BUBBLE GUM BIODEGRADABLE? I HOPE SO*\nThe science deus ex machina\nUBC/AIT (Asian Institute of Technology)\nGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS\nFunded by CIDA. Application Deadline: February 15,1993\nTwo scholarships valued at $7,500 each are available in\n1993, for outstanding UBC graduate students to carry out\nMasters or doctoral research in Southeast Asia. Students\nare expected to be in Asia for at least four months and\nwork under the joint supervision of their UBC professor,\nand adviser in the Human Settlements and/or Natural\nResources Development and Management Program at\nAIT, Bangkok, Thailand.\nScholarship recipients are expected to participate in the\nacademic life of AIT and present a formal seminar on their\nresearch at AIT.\nELIGIBILITY CRITERIA\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Canadian citizenship/landed immigrant status;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Master's or doctoral student at UBC;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Research which bears a clear relationship to the\nobjectives of the Canadian University Consortium /\nAIT Program;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A well-developed research proposal.\nFor application torms and detailed information contact:\nInternational Liaison Office, Room 609, Asian Centre\n1871 West Mall, UBC w 822-3114 Fax: 822-5597\nI by Bob\nn the turmoil of envi\nronmental debate, a\ncommon theme of the\never-present optimist is that \"science and tech-\nnology will\nbail us out.\"\nThis\nstatement is\navow of confidence in the\nknowledge\nand capability floating\nabout in the human mind. Somehow,\nsuddenly, a collection of\nbig brains will rescue our\nmiserable existences from\nthree centuries of industrialism. Unfortunately,\nthis faith is ill-founded. After all, scientists aren't\nmuch better than the society that produced them -\nmost scientists are the\nlapdogs of industrialists and\ndevelopers, and regurgitate an\nidentical jargon.\nAfriend once told me not to\nworry because when the time\ncomes, we'll be able to colonize\nother planets. This person,\nneedless to say, was not in the\nfaculty of science.\nAs a science student, Tm a\nlittle worried about my colleagues. The further I delve\ninto the world of science, the\nmore often I find my questions\nanswered with the humiliated\nresponse, \"well to be honest,\nwe really don't know.\" The fact\nis, human beings understand\nvery little about the complex\nrelationships found in nature.\nJust ask my good friend\nwho has been confined to her\nhome for three months, unable\nto move about without tremendous pain. She has been\nexamined by one ofthe world's\nfinest medical sys-\n^^ tems. Doctors and\n\"*\u00E2\u0080\u0094*- u^*^ specialists\n~\" have tested\nher from every pos-\ns i b 1 e\nangle\nand\nCommunity\nHockey\n20%-50% OFF\nregular prices of all hockey\nsticks, gloves and pads\n###\n###\nEaston Team Canada Aluminums\nREG. $89.95 SALE $69.95\nEaston Pro Balance Aluminums\nREG. $79.95 SALE $59.95\nSherwood PMPG 530 Goalie Sticks\nREG. $39.95 SALE $29.95\nSherwood 9530 Sticks\nREG. $29.95 SALE $19.95\nv Sherwood 7000 Sticks\nREG. $29.95 SALE $19.95\nhave\nyet to yield a\nprognosis. She now\nwaits for her own body to\nfind a cure.\nThe human species is the\nmost critically analyzed and\nstudied organism in existence.\nOf the remaining six zillion\nspecies on this planet, only a\nsmall fraction have been identified, never mind studied to\nany extent. And at the rate\nspecies are disappearing,\nmany will never get a chance\nto meet human scientists.\nYou'd almost think pollution\nis a shoddy shortcut of cutting\ndown the number of undiscovered species to provide with\nLatin names.\nA key problem we seem to\nbe having is that we tend to\nset our selves apart from the\nrest ofthe living\nworld. We\nhave for-\ngotten\nthat we are\nonly one\nthread in\nthe fabric of\nlife on earth.\nAnd while\nthe microclimate we call\nhome slowly\ncomes to\npieces, we wait\nfor the great\nscientific institutions of the\nworld, like the\nRadical Beer\nFaction, to pull-\noff a wondrous\ndeus ex machina.\nAnd with that assurance, we plow\nhead-long on our\nway. Don't worry,\nbe happy... you\nknow the chorus.\nWell some\npeople, scientists\nincluded, are worried. Where will we\nfind the ultimate solutions? To begin\nwith, we could start by\nenlarging our perspective.\nWe can use all our faculties\nof knowledge to find creative\nways to rein tegrate our\nlifestyles into the fabric of all\nliving organisms. Sounds a\nbit odd, sure, but it couldn't\nbe worse than living in a\ntest tube.\nThe position of\nAssistant Director of Finance\nis available.\nResponsibilities include:\n- reporting to the Director of Finance;\n- keeping regular office hours;\n- assisting clubs and constituencies in preparing their\nbudgets;\n- orientating treasurers to the procedu res of the Business Office and to the fiscal policies of the AMS; and\n- membership on the Student Administrative Commission.\nPlease deliver your resume to Terri Folsom, Administrative Assistant, in SUB 238 by Wednesday, February\n10,1993.\nPlease direct queries to Bill Dobie, Director of Finance,\nin SUB 258 at 822-3973.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ii i \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 i \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB i\u00C2\u00BB * \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\n10/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" OSX- A- .\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ?\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'J*1!^' }fc*SSAr\u00C2\u00A3tt& J&* f & <&&$ S PSM&fff * * \"*dk A\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0SS/fos/StsSfS-r\"\nIndustry hides behind the \"facts\"\nby Paula Foran\nlifting in La Quena Coffee House,\nI cappuccino in hand, with all my environmental juices flowing, I anxiously awaited the\nscene\u00E2\u0080\u0094ecologists pitted to discuss BC's\nthreatened rainforest.\nReid Carter from Fletcher Challenge and Andy MacKinnon from\nthe Ministry of Forests were invited to the Environmental Crossroads Cafe and although their\nperspectives were valuable, their\npie graphs, maps and statistics\nconfused the simple conclusion\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBC has to protect more rainforests.\nFORUM DISCUSSION\nEnvironmental Crossroads Cafe\nLa Quena\nJanuary 13\nMany individuals share David\nSuzuki's concern that we are facing an \"eco-emergency,\" including\nIan Marcuse of the Temperate\nRainforest Action Coalition, the\norganization that sponsors the The\nCrossroads Cafe. The Cafe provides a cozy, relaxed space where\npeople can share ideas, debate and\ndiscuss critical environmental issues.\n\"It is important to critically\nanalyse information,\" said\nMarcuse,\"from all sides\u00E2\u0080\u0094economically, politically, socially, and\nculturally.\" Therfore there was\nneed for forest industry representatives to have a voice in the forum, he said.\nCarter and MacKinnon made\nevery attempt to appear neutral\nbut, according to Marcuse, \"they\ncovered up the government's\nagenda through statistics.*\nMacKinnon explained that\nCanada and the US have 20 million hectares of coastal rainforest\nout of the 40 million hectares remaining around the world. Seven\nper cent of BC's forest is now protected, of which only a fraction is\nold growth temperate rainforest.\nBy the year 2000, government\nstrategy is to increase protected\nforest area to twelve per cent.\nIs this good news? Not according to The Friends of Clayoquot\nSound who are fighting to reduce\nclearcutting in the largest remaining expanse of ancient temperate\nrainforest on Vancouver Island.\nClearcutting has already increased\nerosion and caused a loss of\nbiodiversity in this rich ecological\nregion, 90 per cent of which is slated\nto be logged.\nIn contrast, Carter was uninhibited in addressing the economics of forestry and spent a great\ndeal of time talking about profitability. Carter suggests that \"the\nreal problems are population\ngrowth and consumption.\"\nMarcuse said this argument\nis part of the \"talk-n-log\" process\nthat the forest industry continues\nto employ and labeled it as economic and political jargon saying,\n\"industries' statements all come\ndown to economics.\"\nWhen asked how an ecologist\ncan work for Fletcher Challenge,\nCarter states that change comes\nonly through understanding and\nhe hopes to bring ecological con\ncerns to the company.\nIn his study entitled Tropical\nVersus Temperate Rainforests,\nCarter notes that \"between 50 and\n90 per cent of the world's species\nlive in tropical rainforests even\nthough these rai nfore sts cover only\nseven per cent ofthe earth's surface!\" Yet, he stresses that profitability overrides ecology and biological diversity in the forest industry.\nCarter's statement that \"we\nare a highly regulated industry\"\nmade some listeners laugh. Last\nyear Macmillan Bloedel was fined\n$18,000 for illegally cutting seven\nlarge cedars from a protected\n\"biodiversity corridor\" in the untouched Tofino Creek.\nThe company was given a\nminimum fine and used the trees\nvalued at $35,000 tobuil d a bridge.\nThey claimed the \"highly regulated\nindustry's\" massacre was an accident.\nAnother common assertion of\ndefenders ofthe forest industry is\nthat nature will regenerate itself.\nClearcut logging stresses soil\nand as a result, replanted forests\nare slow to mature. Only six per\ncent of the annual cut is second\ngrowth. Carter said the degradation of productivity of the soil\nbase can happen but that they learn\nwhat nutrients the soil needs\nthrough computer simulation.\nWill the forests ofthe future\nbe computer simulated? Marcuse\nsaid, \"The resiliency ofthe forest is\nbeing tested to the limits\" and the\nonly answer to that stress is selective logging.\nThe Cafe allowed the audience to voice concerns about forestry practises face to face with\nindustry and government representatives. Ideally the guest\nspeakers would have spoken in layperson's terms instead of in abstractions and would have addressed, in Suzuki's words, \"our\nspiritual connection with the rest\nofthe earth.\"\nCrossroads Cafe is a monthly\nevent held at La Quena on the\nsecond Wednesday of every month.\nUpcoming discussions will focus\non aborigional peoples and environmentalism, logging in\nVancouver's watershed and alternative forestry strategies.\nElder's teachings\ninspire and enlighten\nby MelDssa Fung\nsinging squirrel, spiritual\nI doctors, healing rivers,\ndeer spirits. These are the essence\nof Nature Power In the Spirit of an\nOkanagan Storyteller (Douglas &\nMclntyre). Wendy Wick wire's second book of the late Okanagan\nIndian elder Harry Robinson's Native myths captures the spiritual\nawareness that seems to have\ngotten lost in today's \"modern industrialized\" world.\nINTERVIEW & BOOK\nIn the Spirit of an\nOkanagan Storyteller\nby Wendy Wickwire\nThe UBC ethnographer has\nrecorded every detail of Robinson's\nnarratives and has compiled them\ninto a collection of short stories,\nbased on an understanding of a\nform of spiritual awareness\u00E2\u0080\u0094that\nthe \"Indians (sic) have a direct\nconnection with Nature.\"\n\"This was the message Harry\nwanted to get out,\" Wickwire said,\n\"that the Indians (sic) have a spiritual power the white people don't\nknow about.\"\nIt is this power that so tightly\nbinds First Nations peoples to nature; anditishere that white people\ndiffer from them.\nHad white people been blessed\nwith these powers, Wickwire says,\nperhaps \"we would not be so quick\nto clear cut the forests, build dams,\nand wipe out entire species.\"\nNature Power is divided into\nfour parts: The first section fea-\nvmau, if w& m wor,^\i sum mon, wtrfciv\ntures stories of initial encounters\nwith power-helpers (shoo-mish);\nthe second details stories about\nthe interaction between individuals and their helpers; the third\nfeatures healing through spiritual doctors; and the final section\nfocuses on the different power\nexperiences in the Okanagan\nworld.\nWickwire believes that non-\nnatives can use Robinson's stories\ntoreacquaintthemselves with their\ncontemporary beliefs and their own\n\"spiritual uprootedness\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\nsame spirituality that guided\nRobinson throughout his life.\n\"The reader should come away\nwith a changed perspective,\"\nWickwire said, not only on First\nNations issues, but on his or her\nown priorities, actions and beliefs.\nIn this way, the nature helpers Harry tells of can still help us\nnon-natives, and can even provide\nus with some ofthe special powers\nillustrated in the stories.\nWickwire did not edit\nRobinson's words, choosing instead\nto leave them \"raw\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094in his own\nOkanagan English.\n\"I encourage readers not to\nread from beginning to end,\" she\nsays, \"but to read just one story,\nput it down, and think about it.\"\nShe is, in fact, echoing Harry's\nown advice:\n\"Take a listen to these a few\ntime and think about it\u00E2\u0080\u0094to these\nstories...Com pare them. See if you\ncan see something more about it.\nKind of plain...Takes time. Then\nyou will see.\"\nCMAs\nwon't\nsurvive\nthe'90s.\nThey'll\nMANAGE\nthe'90s.\nThe graduates who become the managers of the '90s\nand beyond will have the flexibility to manage any change.\nEven a change of industry or two.\nThat's why the CMA program places so much stress on\nbroad management skills. In fact, it's the only\nprofessional program devoted exclusively to hands-on\ntraining in management accounting.\nThe CMA designation starts with a thorough grounding\nin finance - then goes on to provide an overview of all\naspects of business, and how each contributes to the\nbottom line. That overview is constantly updated, too,\nbecause the CMA designation carries with it a mandatory\nrequirement for continuing professional development.\nAs a CMA, you'll do more than just manage financial\ninformation. You'll use financial information to manage.\nAnd that includes managing your own career.\nFor more information on your future as a CMA, mail\nthis coupon now or telephone (604) 687-5891 or\n1-800-663-9646 in B.C.\nI \" 1\nI Please send me a copy of the Professional Program Guide 1992 - 93.\nI\nNAME\nADDRESS\nCMA\nThe \"M\" stands for Management\nCITY\nPROVINCE\nPOSTAL CODE\nThe Society of Management\nAccountants of British Columbia\nP.O. Box 11548\n1575 - 650 West Georgia Street\nVancouver, B.C. V6B 4W7\nIM\nJ\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/11 12/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 , / ,,r \u00E2\u0080\u009E,\nELVIS-HAS A BLUE BOX\nMffifa&frtS s*Afa '\nWorld will not end\u00E2\u0080\u0094yet\nWorld War II bomber found on moon\n(Budgie sucked up by vacuum again?)\nx\nby Douglas Ferris\nn November 10 19921 went\nJ to my first real press confer-\nrich was organized by the External Affairs department of Canada\nfor the student media. We got to ask\nthe big-time real serious questions.\nYippie!\nCecil Green\nHouse, 9:30am. \u00C2\u00A3X^\nRefreshments were f^\nserved. No donuts,\nno copB either. Coincidence or Chariots ofthe Gods?\nMaurice\nStrong, the man\nwho organized the\nRio Conference on\nthe environment, iii\nand ambassador\nBell, the head ofthe\nCanadian delegation to the conference were there to\nanswer questions.\nAnd what good\nquestions we asked\ntoo.\nBetween June -\n3-14 1992, the\nleaders of 120 na-\ntions(inchi ding our\nown Brian\nMulroney) gathered to \"demonstrate their commitment to sustainable development\"\nby initiating the legislation that would\nmove the world towards it.\nAgenda 21 is the resulting international blueprint for action. Mulroney\ncalls it \"visionary.\" Its 40 chapters cover\nissues such as climate change and the\nsafe disposal of wastes, and cross-\nsectoral economic and social issues,\nsuch as poverty reduction and technology transfer. Specific areas of negotiation include Fisheries, OceanPollution\nand Desertification.\nOf course, up to this point seven\nmonths later nothing has been done.\nAmbassador Bell's statements to\nthe effect that sustainable forestry\npractices were of great interest to Canadians. This \"great interest\" has obviously had no effect\non our own \"ecologically aware*\nprovincial government, or for that\nmatter on the federal political parties.\nUnder the glaring lights of the\nKnowledge Network's camera crew we\nset to work playing at \"real journalists.\" Really real journalists. Me, from\nThe Ubyssey, a couple of reporters from\nCiTR, a reporter from BCIT, and a\ncouple of high school students. The\ncamera crew were filming a documentary on Ambassador Bell, and we were\ngoing to be part of it. Cool!\nBoth Strong and Bell suggested\nthat the Rio conference was a success,\nbut after listening to them speak for\neven a short time it was apparent that\nat best it was a qualified success.\nIt must inevitably be a bottom-up\nprocess. The steps that governments\ntake will depend specifically on the\npressures of grass-roots movements.\n\"Even the best motivated leaders\nare not going to do much without a\npublic that is holding them accountable, exerting pressure on them in these\nareas\" Strong said.\n\"I see very little sign of any significant increased commitments [from\ngovernments]... this is not to say that\nthey are not going to respond but conditions are tough and there isn't the\nsame constituency for foreign assistance that there used to be.\n\"We've got to change our political\nmindset, we've got to look at this not in\nthe traditional foreign aid terms but as\nan investment in our futures ... that\nmindset was established in Rio, but it\nhasnt yet taken hold in the political\npsyche.\"\nWhen asked about debt-for-nature\nswaps, Maurice Strong said that in a\nselective way Third World debt for nature swaps could be useful, but that\nthey could not offer an overall solution.\nFor instance, \"the [American] Brady\nPlan [a program endorsed by the Bush\nadministration to exchange debt for\nacerage] is extinct with the extinction\nofthe present administration.\"\nHe suggested that the real aim of\nthe developed world should be, not to\nsimply \"swap debt for nature with Third\nent world now . . . the US is very Third World debt?\"\npowerful but doesn't control it... [in Maurice Strong said, \"There isnt\nYou know, if they could cure cancer, we could poison the\nearth without all this Interference.\nWorld countries,* but rather to ensure\nthat the countries can \"make the\nswitch\" to sustainability in their own\neconomies. This is in the interest of\nboth the developed and developing:\ncountries.\nStrong said we must, \"help developing countries strengthen their institutional and technical scientific and\nprofessional capabilities because they\ncan obviously not respond to their own\nenvironmental and developmental\nneeds without tremendous strengthening in this capacity.\"\nTechnical assistance he felt, was\none ofthe most urgent priorities.\n\"The developing countries are becoming more sophisticated, they are\ndemanding that we leave space for\nthem. They're\nrecognising that the\ncapacity of the resource and environmental systems to\nabsorb the wastes\nthat come largely\nfrom our industrial processes is a limited resource and that we . . . they\nrepresent almost 80 per cent of the\nworld's population are just at the early\nstages of development,\" Strong said.\nI asked him if Agenda 21 would be\ncontrolled by large developed countries\nand be simply a rubber stamp for an\nAmerican vision ofthe world?\nStrong replied, that it is \"a differ-\n\"Our long term\nobjective is to have\nan international\nreg i me.\"\t\nfact] they [the rest of the\nworld] dont want it to provide leadership any longer.\"\n\"I am impressed that\nthere is a new administration [in the US] and there\ncould be a\ncomplete\nturn-\naround on this issue.\nWe could find a whole\nnew generation of\nleadership. Al Gore's\nviews are well known\n... So in some sense I\nhope that the US sets\na new leadership\nstyle.\"\nI asked Strong that\nif the agenda is unpopular internationally, what measures\nwould be taken to enforce the policies?\nStrongreplied; \"At\nthe moment we do not\nhave the global society with police forces.\nWe can only enforce\nthose tilings when we\nhave a high degree of\nconsensus.\" He suggested that although\nsanctions are not totally effective tools,\nthat they might be a good place to start.\nAs would the world court.\nAmbassador Bell said, \"It is well\nknown that the principles are weak,\"\nand that the \"political momentum is\nnot there ... The Agenda 21 declaration of principles are non-binding,\nhowever leaders agreed to it, and its up\nto them to implement them.. .Our long\nterm objective is to have an international regime.\"\nMaurice Strong commended the\ninterest of young people in the environment but questioned the level of their\ninvolvement in it. He said, \"Young\npeople are very interested, not at the\nlevel they should be, but the educational process to indoctrinate them to\ndeal with environmental issues and\nthink environmentally.\"\nThe person from the External Affairs Department tried to thank us all\nfor coming, but the CiTR reporters\nsnuck another question in just like\ngood reporters are supposed to do. After Strong answered I thought I should\ntry this too, and slipped my own question in.\n\"Isnt there a conflict of interest\ninherent in the G7s allocation of trivial\namounts of money to the Brazilian\nrainforest project when the same countries are not only in control ofthe IMF\nand the World Bank but are also responsible for the deforestation, oppression and the development-inspired\n\"At the moment we\ndo not have the\nglobal society with\npolice forces.\"\nAre you interested in a career in\nENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY?\nWhen you've finished your studies, you may wish to enhance your\nskills. Find out what BCIT can do for you. Come to the next School\nof Engineering Technology Information session on:\nMonday, February 8 at 6:30 pm in the Boardroom\nBCIT Administration Building, 3700 Willingdon Avenue\nBurnaby, B.C. (Canada Way & Willingdon)\nPrograms related to manufacturing will be presented:\nComputer Systems\nRobotics & Automation\nCADCAM\nElectronics\nFaculty and staff will tell you everything you need to know to get into\nBCIT's Engineering Technology programs.\nTo preregister for information session, C s-s*jr \u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094-=\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ncall 432-8862. \^=?^= = x^\nBRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY\nan inherent\nconflict of interest, but\nobviously\nthere is a conflict in priorities. They are\nobviously not\ngiving priority to this that would correspond with\nthe very fine things that some of them\nsaid at Rio.\"\nWe finally were thanked for coming out to ask the old boys some questions. Then we were told that the high\nschool students would be welcome to\ncome to the back room for a private\nquestion and answer and photo session, because Maurice Strong is really\ninterested in the opinions and potential of the young.\nThe reporters from CiTR and I\nlooked at each other with \"what the\nhell are we, chopped liver?\" looks in our\neyes. I walked back to The Ubyssey\noffice to decipher the stoney-glare ambassador Bell offerred me throughout\nthe press-conference, and Maurice\nStrong went off'to become the head of\nOntario Hydro.\nThis week at LJ LJ \^/\nMUSIC\nWednesday\nWednesday Noon Hour\nEdmond Agopian, violin\nPaul Dornian, clarinet\nNicholas Pulos, viola\nJohn Kadz, cello\nMarilyn Engle, piano\n12:30 pm Recital Hall $2\nCollegium Musicum\n8:00 pm Recital Hall\nThursday\nCollegium Musicum\n12:30 pm Recital Hall\nFriday\nUBC Contemporary Players\n12:30 pm Recital Hall '\nMonday\nUBC Jazz Ensemble\n12:30pm Recital Hall\nNext Wednesday\nWednesday Noon Hour\nAlex Klein, oboe\nLisa Bergman, piano\n12:30 pm Recital Hall $2\nFor information call 822-5574\nUIBC AWARDS\nW\"\nWilliam G. Black\nMemorial Prize\nFilam G. Black Memorial Prize - a prize in the amount of\napproximately $1,600 has been made available by the late\nDt. William G. Black. The topic for the essay will be designed to attract\nstudents from all disciplines. The competition is open to students who are\nenrolled in undergraduate or professional programs and who do not\nalready possess a graduate degree. A single topic of general nature related\nto Canadian citizenship will be presented to students at the time of the time\nof the competition. Duration of the competion will be two hours.\nCandidates should bring their student card for identification.\nThe competition will be held:\nDATE: Saturday, February 13, 1993\nTIME: 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon\nPIACE: Scarfe 100\nThe position off\nAMS Ombudsperson\nis available.\nResponsibilities are to:\ninvestigate and resolve complaints from students;\nrecruit, supervise and coordinate caseworkers;\nsit on various AMS and UBC committees; and\nbe available for a minimum of 20 hours per week.\nQualifications include:\nability to act as an independent, neutral and objective\nofficer;\nability to deal effectively with students, faculty and\nadministrators;\nknowledge of the structures and services of the AMS\nand UBC; and\nability to work closely with experienced staff.\nPlease attach your resume to the application available from\nTerri Folsom, Administrative Assistant in SUB 238 by\nWednesday, February 10, 1993.\n~~ Please direct queries to\nCarole Forsythe, Vice President,\nin SUB 248 at 822-3092.\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/13 J^d,''ifA/,t^\"/^i iA,'/s\u00E2\u0080\u009EJii,*i\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nj^rj).. rf:-?T-^*CHRr>l - -A^L\nOur planet:\nECO-MUGS ARE NOT ENOUGH\nWe have all heard the propaganda that each individual\nin society is responsible for the ecological crisis and that the\nsolutions lie in gestures like composting kitchen scraps,\nturning off the tap when lathering up with soap, to rinse\nlater.\nThese are minor improvements. The mainstream environmental movement, headed by the likes of the Real\nCanadian Superstore chain, has sapped much ofthe general public's political energy in this area. The \"green\"\nproducts we see stacked high upon the shelves of our\ndepartment store world are a diversionary tactic.\nOur attention is diverted from forcing change in government policy, effecting legislation, and ultimately\nreconceptualizing the system that is responsible for the\ndestruction. While we may be able to make minor improvements in our ecologically-destructive lives by making\nprivate reforms, we will never change our basic overall\nenvironmentally-destructive society without the popular\nwill to do so.\nThe lengthy debate over cloth or disposable diapers is\nthe classic example. This red herring culminated with the\namazing claim that disposables were preferable as they\nsopped up the contaminants that seep from our household\nwaste in our municipal landfills. Meanwhile, smoke stacks\ncontinue to belch out toxins, super tankers continue to find\nthere way on to rocks, and trans-national owned factories\ncontinue to flush sludge into their workers' drinking water,\nunchecked, and for the most part unnoticed, by the general,\neco-saver shopping-bag carrying public.\nOur society provides us with the false constructs of\nwhat we need to survive\u00E2\u0080\u0094pesticide-laden agricultural plants\nand hormone enhanced animals for food, permanent houses\nmade of pollution-creating plastics and metals, freshly\nclear-cut lumber, and paved asphalt roads and fossil-fuel\nburning cars for transport.\nA growth-obsessed industrial society such as ours can\nonly result in an individualistically oriented consumer\nsociety that has no regard for the environment around us.\nGo ahead and compost your banana peels and recycle\nyour newspapers. But dont let the government, big business or the banking industry off the hook by restricting\nchange to the private sphere. Educate yourself. Educate\nyour friends. Have a word or two in Strangway's ear.\nPractice irreverence for the so-called \"pillars\" of our so-\ncalled \"democratic\" society.\nEnvironmentalism that does not attempt to address\nthe fundamental socio-economic and political inequalities\nthat characterize our society is pointless. If understanding\nis a starting point, we have to understand that saving a few\ntrees and recycling tin cans, while important, is not enough.\nReduce, reuse, and recycle, but most of all, REBEL!!!\nCalling all WdRdos.\nWrite for The Ubyssey before The\nUbyssey writes about you.\nCopy submission deadlines: Mondays and\nThursdays 2:00pm; for story ideas or free\nevent passes drop by fiTTR 24*IK\n-I wonder, by my troth, what\nthou and I did, till we loved?\nAttention: all\n(would-be) lovers\nThe Ubyssey is now\naccepting Valentine\nmessages for the special\nFebruary 12th Valentine\nIssue.\nDeadline is February\n10th.\nAvoid the rush\u00E2\u0080\u0094book\nyour love now!\nCall Ubyssey\npublications at\n822-3977\ny'KNM, rws\u00C2\u00A3 \u00C2\u00A3rWm?M\u00C2\u00A3MAL sxnym;\nAz\u00C2\u00A3 Xusr A punch orww'&gP\n\u00C2\u00A3WOM AMP P00M-\nLiNly-\ntheUbyssey\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2January 19,1993-\nThe Ubyssey is published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. Editorial\nopinions are those ofthe staff and not necessarily those of tne university administration, or of the sponsor. The editorial office\nis room 241K ofthe Student Union Building. Editorial Department, phone 822-2301; advertising, 822-3977; FAX 822-9279.\nThe Ubyssey Is a founding member of Canadian University Press;\nat the time we must have thought it was a good idea or something.\nHao Li and Jacqueline Dion were looking for a place to spend their Earth Dollars. \"Come and buy this excellent Dead\nSea mud,\" urged Peter Clibbon. \"It's fresh!\" Frances Foran and Denise Woodley were already rolling around in the stuff\nwhen Martin Chester joined the group. Denise and Frances got up out ofthe mud and went to find Doug Ferris. Doug\nwas hanging out with Sara Martin, Stan Paul and Chris Jackson, both of whom were wearing gas masks. As it had\nhappened the mud was contaminated and was emitting noxious fumes. Ken Wu and M J. McDonald arrived on the\nscene, garbed in full asbestos bodysuits. \"What are you doing unprotected?\" cried Ken. \"You'll surely die!\" \"What are\nyou talking about?\" asked Frances. \"A few toxins never hurt anybody.\" \"True,\" Siobhan Roantree informed the group.\n\"We have built up our immune systems.\" So they all went back to the mud to play. And they did play. They were soon\njoined by Paula Wellings, Mark Nielsen, Adrian Desfosses and Sam Green. And the play continued. Suddenly a bright\norange light lit up the sky, and everyone stood and stared in fear. \"Now what? Why don't you just kill us?\" blasted\nMelissa Fung, who was standing a few feet back from the revellers. Meanwhile, Omar Kassis, Paula Foran, Lisa Kwan\nand Mark Perrault were watching the spectacle from their ocean-view condo. \"I hope they're wearing sunscreen,\" piped\nin Omar. But Lucho van Isschot was not. Neither was Adrian Rainbow. And they burned. Ouch! So Peter tried to sell\nthem some mud to heal their burns. \"Ifs a wonderful healing salve,\" he said. \"It has 1001 household uses,\" added Yukie\nKurahashi. Tve bought shares in the company.\" Sam Green and R,J. Fisher just laughed, laughed, laughed. \"Fve got\none word for you Peter,\" R.J. said. \"Plastics!\" Who could argue with that?\nEditors\nFrances Foran \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Sam Green \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Yukie Kurahashi\nLucho van Isschot \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Paula Wellings\nLetters\nIdiocy in bloody,\ntarnished\narmour\nIn the front page article\nentitled \"Female residents\nfurious\" in the Jan. 26th,\n1993 issue of The Ubyssey,\nresidence advisor Richard\nPerrin, when asked why\nwomen's quads were not\ngiven specific warnings\nabout the suspicious male\nlurking around Gage, was\nquoted as stating that it \"is\nbasically a judgement call.\nWe don't want to cause any\nunnecessary hysteria among\npeople.\" The police routinely\nuse this excuse for not\nwarning women of rapists,\nstalkers or killers in their\nneighbourhoods. This is an\ninsult to women and puts\nwomen's lives in danger. It\nis interesting to note that it\nis males who make this decision to \"protect\" women from\nhysteria. Or is it maybe\nTh* Ubyssay wateonaa lattara en any Issua. IX-tars niist ba typaad and ara not to axcaad 300 words In langth.\nContant which Is judged to bo llbalous, homophobic, aaxlst, racist or factually bicotTact will not ba published.\nPlaasa ba concise. Lattsrs nay ba sdltad for bravlty, but It Is standard Ubyssay policy not to adit lettara for\n>*>elllng or grammatical mistakes. Plaasa brine; than, with MentHlcatlon, to SUB 241k. Latters siust biduda\nnana, faculty, and signature.\nthemselves, and not the\nwomen, that they are protecting. What might not a\ngroup of \"hysterical\" (read\nangry/empowered) women\ndo? That's too frightening to\nthink about. Let them die\ninstead.\nCharlotte Vimtrup\nArts 4\n...but does it\nfeel good,\nPete?\nRe: \"Don't Believe What You\nRead\"\nWell, assuming I believe\nwhat I read in Lucho van\nIsschofs article, the anti-\nracism rally was peaceful\nand the press distorted everything. Gee, kinda reminds me of the peaceful\n\"anti-abortion\" demonstration I took part in once; with\na negative moniker like that,\nthe media were \"surprised\"\nby the lack of violence, etc.\nYou see? We right-wingers\nget screwed by the press just\nlike you leftists.\nBut if I may shift my\nattention to Dan Moore's\nletter on the same topic, I\nthink the term \"peaceful\" is\nvery misleading. Chanting\n\"Nazi scum have got to go!\"\nmay seem \"peaceful\" to Dan,\nbut it belies a certain hatred\nat the core of certain anti-\nracists. You want to win the\nNazis over to your side, do\nyou not? Calling them \"scum\"\nwon't help. Or would you\nrather expel them from the\ncountry in your own fascist\nmanner?\nPeter T. Chattaway,\nArts 3\nIdiots\nunappreciated\n#2\nRe: \"Female residents furious\":\nWhen queried as to why\nthe women residents at Gage\nwere not informed of a suspicious person loitering\naround the residence, Perrin\nstatedthaf'we don't wantto\ncause any unnecessary hysteria among people.\"\nI was offended by this\nresponse and feel obliged to\npoint out the restrictive,\noutdated and tiresome paternalism underscoring the\ncomment.\nHysteria??\nWhat a traditional\nsexual stereotype. Women\nare fully capable of taking\nresponsibility for their own\nsafety, their own lives, as\nwell as their own emotions. I\nappreciate the outrage ofthe\nfemale Gage residents; information was withheld for\nthe poorest of reasons. Yes\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n-it was judgement call.\nLet's understand why\nthe judgement wasn't the\nbest one that could have been\nmade.\nJennifer James Nicol\nGraduate studies\n14/THE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 29,1993 Arts writers\nwanted.\nFree passes\ncan be arranged for\nmost events and\nperformances, and all\nyou have to do for 'em\nis submit a 400-word\nreview afterwards.\nSome kind of deal, huh?\nDrop by SUB 241K (second\nfloor, northeast corner) or\ncall us at 822-2301 and ask for\nthe arts coordinator. We'll\nchat. We might even go for a\nlatte or something. Okay?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A20-J**\u00C2\u00BB** .\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 W\" *W^^VWW* V\u00E2\u0084\u00A2'*-WW*-r T***r r\u00E2\u0080\u0094r-mno jp ~r *,,, As* qrr f \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *mW \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*. Jarr .w -wmngr- -ynyqQQQQ\nGreen guilt:\nTHE FUNGUS ON THE FOREST FLOOR IS GREEN\nby RJ. Fisher\nEnvironmentally friendly.\nGreen. The three R's.\nThese are the catchwords of\nthe 90s. Environmental awareness\nhas become trendy, a fad, an in-\ntoday, gone-tomorrow symptom of\nour society's sporadic attention to\nissues that really matter.\nHow long can people face the\nfact that human beings are destroying the planet?\nPerhaps we had better first\nask whether or not we are really\nfacing the problem at all. Is asking for paper bags rather than\nplastic at the grocery store really\ngood enough? How about buying\nthose handy enviro-paks for refill-\ningyour dish soap con tai ner? Never\nmind that you are still throwing\nout a piece of plastic, still contributing to the waste/landfill problem, still using a product that contains harmful ingredients which\nleach into the soil and change its\ncomposition.\nHow many people and small\nbusinesses get sucked into the pa-\nper-versus-styrofoam cup scam?\nPaper comes from a fast disappearing natural resource, are most\noften bleached, and are\nnonrecyclable due to the plastic\ninner coating. Yet businesses that\nstrive for an environmental image\nproudly show off their rows of paper cups as though they invented\nawareness.\nWhen are we going to see the\nkind of spine it takes to serve take\nout coffee only to those who carry\ntheir own mugs? If money is a\nconcern (ha!) it's even cheaper not\nto stock disposables at all. Not\nonly would this move be demonstrating awareness, but it would\nbe promoting awareness, shocking the uninitiated brainwashed\nmasses into angry fits of guilt in\nwhich they would, at the very least,\nbe forced to know of change and\nresponsibility, if not immediately\nPerspective\ntransformed into a politically correct, foaming at the mouth hippie-\nwannabes.\n.Are you an \"environmentalist?\"\nDo you carry a cup, boycott\nfast food take-out, take your own\nbags to the store, buy organic produce, support small business, use\nnatural soaps, herbal medicines,\nand products not tested on animals? Do you use unbleached, recycled paper? Do you ride a bike,\ntake the bus, carpool? Are you\ncritical of fascist government policies created purel)* to serve the\ninterests of the huge corporate\nmoney-grubbing entity? Do you\nremove yourself from the city to\nremind yourself of how the Earth\nshould look? Do you run naked\nthrough the woods?\nMost of all, do you question\nwhat you see around you, especially in the media? Manipulated\nand manipulative, the media is\nsilly putty, moulded by the very\nmentality that motivates our large\ncorporations to squander natural\nresources and to fuel consumptive\nimpulses within us, the general\npublic.\nIt is capitalism at its finest:\nshort term gain for the few at the\nexpense of all. By \"all,\" I am referring not only to people, but to\nother beings; organisms, animals, ecosystems.\nGreen is not found in the Body\nShop; it is not found in the Wilderness Committee; it is not\nfound in Earth First!\nGreen is in an 800 year-old Sitka\nSpruce in the Carmanah Valley; it\nis in the cold flowing water of high\nalpine streams; it is in the fungus\ngrowing on the forest floor; it is in\nthe fog; it is in rock formations;\nand it is in the intense silence of\nfalling snow.\nTwo of the largest problems\nfacing the planet are human population growth and consumption.\nEnvironmentalists have begun to\nscrape the surface on the latter,\nbut what of the population problem? Without significant shifts of\nawareness in this area, all other\nchanges mean nothing. Only one\ncountry is addressing this problem, and its policy is denounced as\nbarbaric. Is it preferable that human beings and all others with\nwhom we share this air, soil, and\nwater choke and die in our accumulated filth and multiplied ignorance?\nIf we want others to become\naware and to change their ways,\nwe must be consistent in our\ntreatment of our own bodies and of\nthe Earth. As a start, we must\ncreate a market for reasonably\npriced, organic foods, for responsible advertising, for take-out\ndrinks without the use of\ndisposables.\nWe must demand an end to\ndamaging forestry and mining\npractices, sleazy government tactics, and a UBC president who will\nallocate $350,000 for new garbage\nfacilities and not a penny on waste\nreduction.\nTry asking yourself how deep\nyour commitment inns. Is there\nmore you can. do? Then do it. Talk\na stranger into buying recycled\ntoilet paper as they reach for the\ncushy white stuff. Dump garbage\non the doorstep of UBC's president. Monke*-*wrench. Run naked\nthrough the woods. Whatever it\ntakes. And have fun! After all, it's\nnot the end ofthe world (yet!).\nVISA\nTO GIVE, CAL\nrZ 3*1\nA speeding ticket in the I.S. can cost yon\nhundreds of dollars. Which could be the\ndifference between a great spring break, and\nno spring break. But with Western Union,\nyou can have money sent to you from\nCanada to one of over 18,000 U.S. locations\nin minutes. So when you need money fast\ncall Western Union.We're just the ticket.\nIn the U.S. call\n1-800-325-6000\nWESTERN\nUNION\nMONEY\nTRANSFER\nIn Canada call\n1-800-235-0000\nThe fastest way to send money\nJanuary 29,1993\nTHE UBYSSEY/15 \u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 % "Newspapers"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LH3.B7 U4"@en . "LH3_B7_U4_1993_01_29"@en . "10.14288/1.0127356"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver : Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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