I remember the first time he turned the car off. It was 1978 and I was in Stadtsteinach, Germany, and my mentor and friend Gottfried Mueller was driving. We came to a red light and he turned off his Audi while he waited for the light to change from red to green.

Proponents of fluoridation always present a simple message: fluoridation will prevent cavities; it is safe and effective because dentists, doctors, and a list of agencies say so; and those who oppose fluoridation are uninformed, misguided, and trying to scare people.

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the political storm that swept across the world a little over a decade ago was above all else...

As Chairperson of the International Department of Earth Village Network, Japanese environmentalist Yumiko Kohama and staff

"Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives." - Thomas Berry, Dream of the Earth