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IC 0 0 0 1 8-1 - $1 * . dropping SDS and other anarchist grnnps and instead arc bccoining . * active in the environmental movement. F u r t h e r , young peoplc % t:.. *.. . seem to view the battle as important enough for all and are welcoming participation of their professors and the extra- campus community. - In a recent article, the underground Los AnRelcs F r e c Prcss c h a r a c t e r i z e s ecology as priority number one and the Berkelcy B a r b (granddaddy of the Undergrounds) runs a regular column entitlcd Ecology Notes. The approach, of coursg, is ncpativc but thc thought ..' - and impact is thcre. Onc i t e m reported recently in the B a r b dctailed . - a fcw suggestions from a hippie organization in Bcrkelcy. degradable soaps and cleaners or none at all. '--e? Use bio- 9-8 Don't takc a bath - cvcryday (unlcss you are dirty o r stink). tank to conserve water when flushing. non-rcuscable containcrs. a park. P u t bricks in your toilet Kcep a compost licap of g r a s s andJtcnd Refuse to buy products in Don't drive a car. L . z- Already the studcnt cnvironrnental front can point to many accomplishments. Student activists played significant roles in the .... campaigns to save San Francisco bay and the northern California . - rcdwoods. on the Colorado Rivcr (which niay o r m a y no1 have bren,wliolesomely motivatcd and of ccolofiical valuc). many campuses which in thc past w e r e m o r c associated with student nihilism and political radicalism - such schools a s S a n Francisco recognition of homoscxuat campus clubs), I l l i n o i s , 'Boston Univcrsity, and many others. and since ecology implios a theoretical systcni of natural balancc and conscrvation, the environmental movement should not alt r a c t the hart1 c o r e anarchist and should moderate the radical railsitter. They have helped to block the construction of new d a m s Groups have been formcd on . State, Stanford, Wisconsin, Minnesota (recently associate-d wjtll f- +?- - Since the philosophy of anarchism is anti-system, Many of thc over-30 environmentalists scc the prescnl student ' cnl.liusinsm AS thc catalyst if not the main driving force ihat will gct the purification of o u r surroundings rolling atid ov(!rconrc the older gcncration's tacit resignation to the status quo. Evcn thc* rctiowned air th ro po I? gi s t , M a r gar c t Maacl (all a Red 1 y call c d t h c "w I1 i tc Go tlrlc s s " b y young stiJlrropologists), Iwst known.for hcr study o f Saiiioan adol- rsc.cnts, 30 pltis y a a r s ago, continuing to think young tlcspitc hcr h# ycars, has iirgcd a ntr+c!thic, arccpta1,lc: 'ICI a11 tiaIicttls, Lo hoId down 'Ihc birth r a t c , whi!e the w o r l d gets busy with pollution. ' . . *,'.._ - . * 3 . . Y I - - m ....... ..- :-. . . . . . _-__I_ . . . . . ...... I I , _ . .