No. 284 / October 1996

Sun, wind, water, earth, air...
The energy revolution

Contents

Letter from this month's editor

Energy and equality
One woman's idea of sustainability might not be another's idea of equality. Vanessa Baird sets up an imaginary dialogue between Gloria, from the South, and Claire from the North.

Go East, young atom
Gloria and Claire visit a new atomic power station - and the nuclear industry's bid for new markets in Asia and Eastern Europe.

Leapfrogging
Hi-tech nomads in Mongolia, low-tech highlanders in Peru... The Third World is getting there first - according to Claire.

Discomfort one hundred
Is there a way out of gridlocks, pollution and fossil fuel folly? Ben Lane thinks there is. But Gloria will take some convincing.

ENERGY - THE FACTS

Here comes the sun... and the wind and the rain
Claire and Gloria visit the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales and explore solar, wind and other 'renewable' energies. Meanwhile, Sara Chamberlain sends a personal testimony from California.

SIMPLY

Real values
Politics, ethics and the future of the world. Some sticky moments and shifting of positions as the conversation between Gloria and Claire draws to a close - for the time being.

Yes, but what can I do?

Action

©Copyright: New Internationalist 1996

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