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Dock of the Bay
We Can’t Pay! We Won’t Pay. The Greater Good. Tune to The Quake. Breakfast with Sami Sunchild. What’s for Sup’, Doc? War-boy Toys. Nonprofit News (The Ella Baker Center). Get Active (Protect Your Air!). Triple Bottom Line (Vote with Your Wallet)

Living Green
Green Teaching Resources and Online Recycling

Whole Health
  Roadmap to Wellness
  Great Fit
  Uncommon Healer

Calendar: UnCommon Events
Bookstore Readings and Events

Classifieds

Journeys: Beyond Reason
Seeking a cure for writers’ block, a no-nonsense academic finds help in a dream of a dancing serpent and a secret pond. by Christina Waters

May 2005

Peace in Impermanence

Street Beets
Two young food activists with a diesel-powered Mobile Market are bringing affordable organic food to the low-income residents of West Oakland. by JASON MARK

Room for Recovery
At Berkeley’s Options Recovery Services, Dr. Davida Coady and her staff are helping substance abusers get clean and sober. by LEWIS DOLINSKY

Educating for Peace
In a culture that promotes conflict, how do you teach the ways of peace? An excerpt from the new Code Pink book, How to Stop the Next War. by JOAN ALMON

On the Path to Wabi Sabi
Sonoma artist Mario Uribe brings traditional Japanese aesthetics and spiritual practice to his home, tearoom, and life. by SUZANNE SAUCY

Music of the Spirit
Do you want to transcend life’s stress and static? Open your ears to the soulful sounds of Gurdjieff, Deuter, Tormis, and Schubert. by JASON VICTOR SERINUS

Slow Food in Berkeley
With its unique handmade and homegrown menu, Zatar’s is the East Bay’s hidden Mediterranean gem. by ANDREA BLUM