catapult magazine

vol. 6, num. 4 :: 2007.02.23 — 2007.03.09

On February 23, 1983, the Environmental Protection agency announced plans to buy out and evacuate the town of Times Beach, Missouri due to high dioxin levels in the soil. The town was founded in 1925 as a result of a newspaper promotion—buy a lot, get a six-month subscription. Check out this issue for more of the Times Beach story, as well as other strange-but-true tales of humanity's impact on the earth and its creatures.

Feature

Paint, politics and parents

by Paul Haan

Approaching lead poisoning as an issue of environmental justice.

Editorial

An elegy for The Beach

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Reflections on the too-short life of Times Beach, Missouri.

Articles

Trace elements in the environment

by Edward Berkelaar

Lead, mercury and arsenic, oh my! An explanation of trace elements, with effects and suggestions for action.

Happily (almost) ever after

by Morgan Tucker

The legacy of lead in East St. Louis.

Prozac, Paxil, Nortriptyline--Go Noyeses!

by Chris Noyes

An exploration of how prescription medication can affect quality of life for a family.

Reviews

Socially transmitted disease

by Carrie Mayes San Angelo

A review of the book Affluenza.

Al Gore: American prophet of inconvenience

by Grant Elgersma

A review of the film An Inconvenient Truth.

Gallery

Sinking Ship Theater

by Mark Bryan

Freezing Point Depression

by Neil E. Das

In case you missed it the first time

Buying organic: What difference does it make?

by Heidi Karges

The daughter of an organic farmer explore the nature and benefits of organic products, as well as the sacrifice involved in producing and purchasing those products.

Passing it on

by Sherri B. Lantinga

On teaching a new generation to care for creation.

On becoming a Diva for Jesus

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Some words about conscious personal care for women, with a warning to those who faint at the thought of seeing The Vagina Monologues.

Good things from the earth

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An interview with Krista Bogertman about makeup and personal care.

Weaving the web

Gestational blues

Orion Magazine

Erin Middlewood writes about the quest for a healthy pregnancy in an unhealthy society.

Just ask!

The Green Guide

A feature on the magazine's web site that answers subscribers' questions about safe household products.

The Meatrix

Sustainable Table

You've probably seen it already, but just in case…a spoof of The Matrix and its sequels on the effects of factory farming.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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