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Alan Durning

Green-Collar Jobs

Alan Durning, executive director of Northwest Environment Watch and author of the book Green-Collar Jobs: Working in the New Northwest, discusses the impact of this new economy with host Steve Curwood. The rise in green-color jobs has bolstered local economies which were threatened by the loss of traditional resource extraction jobs. But it has also […]

The World

Green Refund

The World

Tax Code Greening Idea

THIS PLACE ON EARTH

This Place on Earth

The World

Curbside Voter Registration

Commentator Alan Durning thinks out loud about some practical ways voter registration might be made easier for green voters in his native Seattle.

How Much is Enough

Steve talks with Alan Durning, author of the new book How Much Is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth. Durning says overconsumption by the world’s 1-billion-person elite is straining the planet’s resources, but hasn’t made us any happier.

Green Consumerism: Hype or Hoax

Steve explores the promises and pitfalls of green consuming with Alan Durning, a senior researcher with the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC, and Alice Tepper Marlin, president of the Council on Economic Priorities and co-author of Shopping for A Better World.