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LYNDA TAYLOR
Lynda Taylor has worked with SRIC for nearly 20 years on environmental issues including the impacts of uranium mining, air quality, toxic waste, and citizen participation in state and federal policy decision making. She currently directs SRIC's Border Project, which centers on the environmental impacts to the U.S.-Mexico border region following the NAFTA trade agreement and on furthering citizen involvement in infrastructure projects. She has served by presidential appointment since 1994 as a director of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, representing the public sector. As a longtime community environmental advocate, Lynda served for six years on Albuquerque's air quality control board and on the state emergency reponse committee; she has worked with community groups to prevent incinerators from operating, and she was instrumental in the passage of the Uranium Compensation Act . She has been a member of the board of High Country News and of the national boards of Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters. She has served for 17 years on the executive commitee of the New Mexico Conservation Voters Alliance, the political arm of the environmental community in New Mexico, and she directs SRIC's legislative efforts at the state level.
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Lynda's recommended books:
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Houghton Mifflin, 1962, 1994). "This was the first time anyone ever demonstrated the direct relationship between our environment and humans, specifically making connections between DDT spraying and harmful effects to birds and aquatic systems and to humans. The word ecology was an outgrowth of this important, inspiring work."
Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken (HarperBusiness, 1993) "has become my guidepost for thinking and working toward concretely implementing sustainable development on a global level.
"The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1971) "has become a favorite of mine and of my kids. It's about learning the hard way that when the forests are destroyed because of greed, there are no trees left."
"All the Worldwatch Institute State of the World reports (W.W. Norton, annually). I always make use of them for anything I need to know about pollution, environment, and natural resource issues all over the world."
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Spring Ecology
of Commerce: The
Lorax State
of the World 2000 |
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