Mon 22 May 2006
Once upon a time, I wrote for a living. Or rather, I wrote, I lived, though not always off the income from my typing. It’s a tough, tough business. But not boring–you get to drill into all kinds of things.
So I’ve written hundreds of articles. Some of which I’m proud of.
Many, many more that I’m not.
Here are a few of the former:
Liked this one because it sounds relaxing, and the terms under which it was completed were anything but.
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Why I’m Here.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 2006
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What Went Wrong: The Texas City Refinery Disaster
Popular Mechanics, May 2005
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Radio West Interview
KUER, May 2005
(note when I’m introduced Doug says “on the line from Marrakech.” Was actually in a phone booth in Sevilla, Spain, but still..) ( link doesn’t seem to work at the moment)
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From The Depths, A Cathedral Emerges
The New York Times, April 2005
Funny anecdote: they’re so used to being in the middle of the inordinately self-referentially fabulous and visionary Bay Area environmental community, Brower’s son’s first words to me were “oh, from the Times? so you knew we were coming…”
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Fighting The Big Gunns in Tasmania
Corpwatch, March 2005;
Cannot actually believe they’re really cutting these down; see Diamond’s book “Collapse” on why Australian’s land use policies are so horrific.
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Regarding the Bushmen of the Kalahari, January 2005
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Exhiles of the Kalahari
Mother Jones, January 2005
This is the one that got me on the path toward being banned.
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The Year Of Living Seasonally
Hooked on the Outdoors ( sadly, now defunct ) Summer 2004
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High Tide in Tuvalu
Sierra Magazine Summer 2003
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Wardriving
Digital IQ, November 2002
Date’s a little unclear, content says summer 2003. Either way, embarassingly overwraugt, but I did get paid to basically hang out with my friend Bry for a day.
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Fabric From Corn: Greenfleece, or Greenwash?
Corpwatch, April 2002
Oddly enough, none of the green groups ever tried to get traction on this story, which I thought was a slam dunk.