June 2005
Not by Bread Alone
Bay Area Collectives Create Sustainable Socially Responsible Businesses
Employees at Berkeley’s popular Cheese Board Collective make $30 an hour with full medical benefits. Like other Bay Area collectives, they don’t pay any executive salaries — every worker is an owner. What’s it like to work for a company where everyone is the boss? by TRACI HUKILL
Building A Spiritual Left
“God does not belong to the Right,” argues Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine. In an interview with CG, he charts a course for building an interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives that he believes is essential to the moral and political survival of the nation. by BOB CONDOR
The Musical Miracles of Sarah Cahill
Berkeley pianist and self-described “deep-listener” Sarah Cahill is a musical sleuth who is “drawn to American composers who fall through the cracks.” Ultimately, the host of KALW’s “Then and Now” finds her deepest inspiration in community. by JASON VICTOR SERINUS
Green Cities and the End of the Age of Oil
As San Francisco hosts the UN’s World Environmental Day, the founder of the global EcoCity movement envisions the end of cheap oil and the rise of solar-powered Green Cities “built for people, not for cars.” by RICHARD REGISTER
Question Authority
The Ella Baker Center has called the California Youth Authority “a violent factory of misery and child abuse.” Here’s how the Center’s youth rights program, Books Not Bars, led the fight to reform the CYA. by TIM KINGSTON
Victory in the Amazon
The Amazoncoop has won protection of the land of the Parakana Indians deep inside the rainforests of Brazil. To secure protection of the entire reserve in which the Parakana and other indigenous peoples reside, they will have to face down powerful interests who want the land for logging, cattle ranching, soybean farming, mining and oil exploration.
This month in WholeHealth:
How to Love Ole Sol...and the gifts he gives
Blocking the sun has become a calculated event. Should we all scream for sun screen, encourage a tan or run for the shade? Before anything, know the lotions you’re using (and the toxic ingredients therein!), your need for vitamin D and sane approaches to romping in the sunshine. by KELLY HEARN
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