Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth, Spring 2000

“The images and immensity of these ice rivers sparked Whole Earth’s desire to present the un-bio bioregion of Antarctica — the coldest, windiest, driest, and, on average, highest continent.”

Sections:
  1. More than Words
  2. Antarctica: the Un-Bio Bioregion
  3. Grassroots Radio
  4. The World Trade Organization: Fix It or Nix It?
  5. Books & Resources
  6. Coevolution
  7. Eternity
  8. Homeplate
  9. Backmatter
Whole Earth, Spring 2000
  1. MORE THAN WORDS
      1. Yowlumni: The Path to Revitalization by Matt VERA
        5
      2. Disappearing Languages by ROSEMARIE OSTLER: 6,000 languages still exist in the world, but they’re disappearing faster than birds or mammals. What’s to be done?
        6
      3. Just Speak Your Language by RICHARD LITTLEBEAR: Advice from a Cheyenne teacher to Native Americans, on how to keep their languages vital.
        9
      4. English: The Killer Language? by JOSHUA A. FISHMAN
        13
      5. A Whole Earth Forum of Compassionate Linguists: ELENA BENEDICTO, NORA ENGLAND, KENNETH HALE, LEANNE HINTON, DON RINGE, AND DOUGLAS WHALEN Why save languages? And how?
        15
      6. Salila-ti Mi-mu d-enn-i-gu by DARRYL BABE WILSON
        19
  2. Antarctica: THE UN-BIO BIOREGION
      1. Introduction Peter Warshall
        47
      2. Radar Images
        48
      3. Informed by Indifference by BARRY LOPEZ
        50
      4. SPECIAL COLOR PHOTO SECTION: Stuart Klipper, Frans Lanting, Galen Rowell, & Mark J. Thomas
        53
      5. The Cryosphere by Stephen J. Pyne
        58
  3. GRASSROOTS Radio
      1. Introduction
        86
      1. Micro- Powered Radio by Dorothy Kidd
        87
      2. Internet Radio
        89
      3. Relinquishing the Mic by Jeanne Carstensen
        90
      4. Migrant Mushroomers by DAVID ARORA: Unique American nomads wander the West hunting and selling mushrooms.
        60
      5. The Global Mushroom Trade
        66
      6. The Living Water Garden by Betsy Damon with Anne H. Mavor: Creating the first inner-city ecological park in Chengdu, China was a nearly impossible task.
        20
      7. Bring Back the Elephants by Paul S. Martin and David A. Burney: Early hunters killed off the mammoths. Should we bring back proboscideans and restore America to its Pleistocene richness?
        70
      8. John Davis Responds
        74
      9. A Letter from Allan Savory
        75
      10. Left-Handed Bears & Androgynous Cassowaries by Bruce Bagemihl: Homosexual and transgendered animals are common. Biologists could learn from these creatures, and from the indigenous peoples who have observed and recorded their behavior.
        77
  5. The World Trade Organization: FIX IT OR NIX IT?
      1. WTO: Fix it or Nix It? by Peter Warshall
        26
      2. WSO: Journal of the Uninvited by PAUL HAWKEN: Paul reports on the first day of protest in Seattle.
        28
      3. A Whole Earth Think-In: Fourteen thought leaders brainstorm the future of the WTO. They cover India, agriculture, corporate response, water, globalization of education, forests... MAUDE BARLOW, STEVE BARNETT, TONY CLARKE, WILLIAM GREIDER, RANDY HAYES, TIM LANG, JERRY MANDER, DONELLA MEADOWS, ANURADHA MITTAL, RICHARD O’BrIEN, MARK RITCHIE, ANITA RODDICK, PETER SCHWARTZ, AND LORI WALLACH
        38
      4. Fix-It Reforms
        46
  6. BOOKS & RESOURCES
    1. Antarctica
      1. The Ice
        49
      2. Access: Antarctica
        49
    2. More Than Words
      1. English as a Global Language
        14
      2. Flutes of Fire
        11
      3. More Than Words (video)
        11
      4. The Mother Tongue
        14
      5. Access: Atlases, Links, & Scholars
        12
      6. Access: Bilingual
        18
      7. Access: Hope for Languages
        8
    3. Grassroots Radio
      1. Active Radio
        92
      2. Pacifica Radio
        92
      3. Radio: An Illustrated Guide
        94
      4. Radiogall
        94
      5. Rebel Radio
        93
      6. Seizing the Airwaves
        94
      7. Feminist International Radio Endeavor
        92
      8. Access: Grassroots Radio
        94
      9. Access: Internet Radio
        89
  7. CoEvolution
      1. Living Planet
        76
      2. Water for Kids
        24
      3. A Drop of Water
        24
      4. The Magic School Bus
        24
      5. Peter Spier’s RAIN
        24
      6. Snowflake Bentley
        24
      7. Access: Enviro-Web
        76
  8. Eternity
      1. Altars and Icons
        95
      2. Beautiful Necessity
        95
      3. Edly Paints the Ivories Blue
        97
      4. Edly’s Music Theory for Practical People
        97
      5. MAPS Bulletin
        96
      6. Music Law
        97
      7. Access: Online Drugs Info
        96
  9. Homeplate
      1. Connect-A-Dock
        84
      2. How To Grow World Record Tomatoes
        85
      3. Recognizing Tree Hazards
        84
      4. Telescoping Pole Saw
        84
      5. Texas Bug Book
        84
      6. Recovering America
        98
      7. Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
        99
      8. T House
        99
  10. Backmatter
      1. Gossip
        100
      2. Updates
        101
      3. Letters
        102
      4. Thanks and Corrections
        105
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