Grass-roots environmental activists and community
organizers who have to deal with nuclear issues are often accused
of compensating for lack of scientific knowledge with emotion. Now
the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research has put a physicist at the disposal of groups that work in
the shadows of the nuclear complex. Its president, Arjun Makhijani,
provides training and consultation for activists dealing with the
complexities of nuclear science. The institute also publishes
Science for Democratic Action, a quarterly magazine with features
such as Arithmetic for Activists, a Techno-Weenie Centerfold, a
Science Challenge with cash prizes, and It Pays to Increase Your
Jargon Power, a column by Makhijani’s alter ego, Dr. Egghead. In
addition, the group has published several books including High
Level Dollars, Low Level Sense. For more information, contact IEER,
6935 Laurel Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912
(301/270-5500).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Techno-weenie resources.
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