December 2007

Features

The Next Big Green
The green movement has led millions to rediscover the integral connection between people, place and planet. Could a down-to-earth consciousness revival be next? by LYNN BRAZ

We are What China Eats
Through clouds of smog, a writer on an organic food mission to China observes a ray of hope. by ANNA LAPPÉ

Giving. It’s the New Getting
This holiday season, shop for more love, less stuff. by LUCINDA MICHELE KNAPP

Conversations: The Force That is Ted Nordhaus
One half of the dynamic duo dubbed “The Bad Boys of Environmentalism,” Ted Nordhaus debates eco-semantics and charts the green movement’s fall from grace. interview by ERIC LARSON

Departments

On Our Radar
Get Your Motor Running; Cirque du Sustainability; Bay Area Winds of Change; We Sh*t You Not; What Counts?; Worth Repeating; Don’t just get mad... get active

Green Scene
Biodiesel
The Good, the Bad and the Imported. by PAUL CONSTANT

Healthy Living
Message in a Bottle
There’s a reason why “Evian” spelled backwords is “Naïve.” by ANDY ANDERSON

Tastebuds: Prana
San Francisco’s first intergalactic eco-archeological dining experiment. by ANDY ISAACSON

Body Talk
Treat your feet (or not); sloppy sleep math; household health hazard. by LIZ BARKER

Tune In
Improvisations in the Key of Cosmology
Is science the new spirituality, or vice versa? by DAVID JAMES DUNCAN

Art & Soul
The Trouble With Caring
In the case of Sudan’s genocide in Darfur, first you must feel, and the rest will follow. by JAMIE FRIDDLE

Reviews
Books, Music, Film