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What does 'sustainability' mean to you?: Sustainability is the potential for people to live with nature in a healthy, long-term fashion. That means actively working towards cleaning up our environment and moderating how we consume natural resources.

What do you do to try and live green and what would you like to learn more about?: I read and work for Island Press, a small publishing company located in D.C. that publishes books on environmental policy, and ecological issues. In my day to day life, I try to use less. I walk/train commute to work, make my own meals, etc.

What concerns you most about the issues facing the environment, whether locally or globally?: How man is engineering himself into natural disasters, the affects of climate change on social issues like genocides, famines and wars.

Do you have a Web site?: http://islandpress.org

Dane Verret's Blog

Robert Glennon and The American Water Crisis

This is my first post, and I'm going to use it as an introduction and shameless plug all in one.

That said, my name is Dane Verret, I'm currently in D.C. working with Island Press in their Publicity department. The comapny is a small publishing house you may or may not have heard of--some of our titles include Dominant Animal by Paul Ehrlich, Don't Be Such A Scientist by Randy Olson, and the World's Water Series by Peter Gleick.

As for me, I'm from New Orleans, LA and currently attending Middl… Continue

Posted on July 15, 2009 at 2:14pm —