March/April 1997

Natural Capitalism

• Capital Gains

  Mother Earth provides commerce with trillions of dollars in services.

• Resource Waste

  From Sunday papers to toothpaste tubes, America fills the world's biggest trash can.

• Social Waste

  Can the world really sustain 1 billion un- and underemployed people?

• Our Lost Wealth

  With a growing economy, why can't we pay for decent schools or elderly care?

• Magic Carpet

  Why buy a carpet when you can lease one that stays new forever?

• Hypercar

  In the next few years, look for a new superstrong car that gets up to 200 mpg.
• By Paul Hawken
  How business can restore rather than destroy our environments, natural and social.

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DEPARTMENTS

• Editors' Note
• Backtalk

OUTFRONT

Condom Bust; Update: Corn-ered Market, Social Security; Nicole Hollander: The Nightmare; Back-scratch Fever; MoJo's April Hellraiser!; As the World Spins

HOME/PLANET

Community farming—it delivers.

VISIONS

Poet laureate Robert Hass on literacy.

MOJO INTERVIEW

George Carlin

Interview by Ricky Young
George on what's wrong with Mickey Mouse, baby boomers, and political activism.

Gloria Feldt

Planned Parenthood president.

HOT!MEDIA

Resources for advanced hellraising.

PAULA POUNDSTONE

Lean, green fighting machine.
PLUS: Letters to Paula

FEATURES

By Hannah Frost

Award-winning photographs from Russia—and Iran, China, and Brazil—with love.

By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Embattled NRA lobbyist Tanya Metaksa lets her guard down.

By Leah Shahum

It's been mashed, boiled, fried, and genetically altered. What's next for the spud?