Articles by Michael Jessen

The articles archived here were previously published in the Nelson Daily News, the West Kootenay Weekender, the East Kootenay Weekly, the Kootenay Express, or online at www.nelsonbc.ca. The date beside each column refers to the date of publication. You are welcome to make copies for any non-commercial use. Any print or electronic publication wishing to reprint any article should contact the author at zerowaste@shaw.ca

• The Corporation As Sustainable Enterprise (April 4, 2004)
• The Corporation As Psychopath (March 21, 2004)
• Cleaning the Air in Your Neighbourhood (March 7, 2004)
• In Life, there is always suffering (February 22, 2004)
• Tackling the Gene Giant (February 8, 2004)
• Why Wal-Mart? (January 18, 2004)
• Turn, Turn, Turn (January 4, 2004)
• 'Tis the Season to Give (December 21, 2003)
• It's Time to Stop Wasting (November 30, 2003)
• Turning Off the Economy -- For One Day (November 16, 2003)
• Profits. Principles. Or Both? (November 2, 2003)
• Burn It Smart! (October 12, 2003)
• No Place to Hide (September 28, 2003)
• We Are All To Blame (August 31, 2003)
• I Wonder (August 17, 2003)
• Catching the Zero Vibe (July 27, 2003)
• A Decent Life for All (July 13, 2003)
• Canada's Pollution Going Up (June 29, 2003)
• Greening Harry Potter (June 15, 2003)
• It's Not a Perfect World (June 1, 2003)
• Environmental Literature (May 18, 2003)
• The Responsibility of Commerce (May 4, 2003)
• Changing the Environment and the World (April 20, 2003)
• Cleaning Up (April 6, 2003)
• Water for Everyone (March 23, 2003)
• Brewing Money (March 9, 2003)
• The Automobile, Part Three: Idling Gets You Nowhere (February 23, 2003)
• The Automobile, Part Two: What Would Jesus Drive? (February 9, 2003)
• The Automobile, Part One: The High and the Mighty (January 26, 2003)
• The Power of Eco (January 12, 2003)
• Wanna Be a Change Agent? (December 15, 2002)
• Christmas: The All Consuming Season (December 1, 2002)
• Paper Tiger Repents (November 17, 2002)
• Putting Waste to Work (November 3, 2002)
• Closing the Gap (October 20, 2002)
• The Demise of the Glass Bottle (October 6, 2002)
• Building a Safer World (September 22, 2002)
• Summit or Plummet? (September 8, 2002)
• Not a Proud Canadian (August 25, 2002)
• Kyoto Your Way And . . . (August 11, 2002)
• The Green Building Bloom (July 28, 2002)
• Industrial Evolution (July 14, 2002)
• Pesticides - Good for Your Health? Part 2 (June 30, 2002)
• Pesticides - Good for Your Health? Part 1 (June 16, 2002)
• Suffer Not the Little Children (June 2, 2002)
• Smoke Gets in My Eyes--and Lungs (May 19, 2002)
• Building an Eco-Economy (May 7, 2002)
• The Sanguine Environmentalist (April 21, 2002)
• Government Irresponsibility: BC's Newest Export (April 7, 2002)
• Getting to Zero Waste (January 25, 2002)
• A Burning Issue (January 11, 2002)
• Turning the Tide In Nine Acts (December 21, 2001)
• Home for Christmas (December 7, 2001)
• In This Corner. . . (November 23, 2001)
• Tomorrow's Towns (November 9, 2001)
• A Walk on the Green Side (October 26, 2001)
• Waste Less Champion (October 12, 2001)
• Not a Moo(t) Point (September 26, 2001)
• May Peace Prevail (September 14, 2001)
• As Simple as Summer (August 31, 2001)
• Clean Duds Without the Washday Blues (August 17, 2001)
• The Switch Is On (August 3, 2001)
• Sharing Nature's Interest (July 20, 2001)
• The Skinny on Sunscreen (July 6, 2001)
• Choice or Chance? (June 22, 2001)
• The Chemicals of Cancer - Part 3 (June 8, 2001)
• The Chemicals of Cancer - Part 2 (May 25, 2001)
• The Chemicals of Cancer - Part 1 (May 11, 2001)
• Why Earth Day? (April 27, 2001)
• Driving in Dreamland (March 30, 2001)
• Tipping the Towers of Power (March 16, 2001)
• Earth Planning (March 2, 2001)
• You've Got the Power (February 16, 2001)
• Going Bananas (February 02, 2001)
• The Great Work (January 19, 2001)
• Gas Pains and Green Roofs (January 05, 2001)
• Unplugging the Christmas Machine (December 22, 2000)
• Zero Garbage (December 08, 2000)
• Beauty in the City (November 24, 2000)
• Back to the Future (October 27, 2000)
• Travelling Green (October 13, 2000)
• Life Begins in the 'Hood (September 29, 2000)
• Life Is a Miracle (September 15, 2000)
• A Natural Step Towards Trust (September 01, 2000)
• Greening the Moneylenders (August 18, 2000)
• Functional Foods (August 04, 2000)
• The $250,000 Gamble (July 21, 2000)
• Ideals Before Dollars (July 07, 2000)
• Don't Degrade When You Upgrade (June 23, 2000)
• No Time to Waste (June 09, 2000)
• We Are the Air (May 26, 2000)
• Righting the Wrongs (May 12, 2000)
• From Earth Day to Earth Decade (April 28, 2000)
• Rebel With A Cause (April 07, 2000)
• Do the Rot Thing (March 31, 2000)
• Treading Lightly (March 17, 2000)
• Repaying Our Green Debt (March 03, 2000)
• The Beach as Paradise Lost (February 18, 2000)
• Being Careful With GMOs (February 04, 2000)
• The Joke's On Us (January 21, 2000)
• Are We Simple Creatures? (January 07, 2000)
• World of Difference (December 24, 1999)
• Acts of Balance (December 10, 1999)
• Free Trade War? (November 26, 1999)
• The Java Jive (November 12, 1999)
• Eco-taxes and Perverse Subsidies (October 29, 1999)
• Forests For Teddy Bears (October 15, 1999)
• Cultivating Community (October 01, 1999)
• POPs Are the Weasels (September 17, 1999)
• Delivering Food and More (September 03, 1999)
• Better Not Bigger (August 20, 1999)
• From Chance to Choice (August 06, 1999)
• Mobility Without Mess (July 23, 1999)
• Healing With Herbs (July 09, 1999)
• A Bad Decision (July 01, 1999)
• The Frankenfood Tale (June 25, 1999)
• From Doomsdayers to Doers (June 11, 1999)
• Resisting Temptation (May 28, 1999)
• The New 'R' On the Block (May 21, 1999)
• A Rallying Cry of Hope (May 20, 1999)
• Let's Stop Littering (May 14, 1999)
• Paper Or Plastic? Doesn't Matter (May 07, 1999)
• Gettin' Wriggly (April 30, 1999)
• Eurotrash (March 19, 1999)
• Deconstruction (March 12, 1999)
• Grime in the City (March 05, 1999)
• Part-Time Recycling Equals Full-Time Failure (February 26, 1999)
• The Paper Trail (February 19, 1999)
• Sorting It Out (February 12, 1999)
• Recycling: Economics or Environment (February 05, 1999)
• Are We History? (January 29, 1999)
• The Material People (January 22, 1999)
• Que Pasa, Part 2 - More FAQs About Recycling (January 15, 1999)
• Que Pasa, Part 1 - FAQs About Recycling (January 08, 1999)
• New Year, New Resolve (December 31, 1998)
• Do Like the Whos Do (December 24, 1998)
• Christmas -- What a Waste (December 18, 1998)
• The Toxic Truth, Part 3 (December 11, 1998)
• The Toxic Truth, Part 2 (December 04, 1998)
• The Toxic Truth, Part 1 (November 27, 1998)
• The Price Is Wrong (November 20, 1998)
• Buying In (November 13, 1998)
• Steel Away (November 06, 1998)
• A Dime Worth Your Time (October 30, 1998)
• Inside the Numbers (October 23, 1998)
• Jumping On the Ban Wagon (October 16, 1998)
• Pump Up the Volume (October 09, 1998)
• A Star Is Born? (October 02, 1998)
• The Fourth 'R' (September 25, 1998)
• Four Letter Words (September 18, 1998)
• A World to Waste, Part 4 (September 11, 1998)
• A World to Waste, Part 3 (September 04, 1998)
• A World to Waste, Part 2 (August 28, 1998)
• A World to Waste, Part 1 (August 21, 1998)
• It's In the Can (August 14, 1998)
• Trash Equalling Cash (August 07, 1998)
• All That Recycling Jazz (July 31, 1998)
• The Paper Chase (July 24, 1998)
• A Dose of Affluenza (July 17, 1998)
• Drastic Plastic (July 10, 1998)
• Yesterday's News (July 03, 1998)
• Corporate Garbage (June 26, 1998)
• We Could Be Zeros (June 19, 1998)
• ..Or Your Money Back (June 12, 1998)
• Getting Friendly With Your Fridge (June 05, 1998)
• By Example (May 29, 1998)
• Throwing It All Away (May 22, 1998)
• The Rap On Fast Food (May 15, 1998)
• Reducing the Environmental Impact of Tourism (September 03, 1997)
• Checklist Tells Environmental Rating (August 27, 1997)
• Hotels Encourage Guest to Stay "Green" (August 20, 1997)
• Birch Grove Campground Reduces Waste (August 13, 1997)
• The Greening of the Lodging Industry (August 06, 1997)
• Be An Environmentally Friendly Visitor (July 30, 1997)
• Tourists of the Kootenays, Recycle (July 23, 1997)
• Stopping the Slaughter of Bears (May 28, 1997)
• A Short History of Landfilling (May 21, 1997)
• Burning Garbage Is Not the Answer (April 09, 1997)
• Resources For Simple Living (December 04, 1996)
• Educating For the Earth (April 24, 1996)
• The Trend to a Simpler Life (April 10, 1996)
• The Next Step Is Natural (January 17, 1996)
• A Natural Step to Sustainability (January 10, 1996)
• Repair -- Once Is Not Enough! (October 11, 1995)
• Purchase For Durability (June 05, 1994)
• Waste According to Wendell Berry (April 22, 1994)
• The Green Supermarket Shopping Guide (January 14, 1994)
• How Much You Pay Depends on the Package (August 24, 1993)