Conscious Choice: Features

February 2007

Features

One Great Big Plastic Hassle
Disturbing health trends indicate our passion for plastic may be threatening our reproductive survival. by JANE AKRE

Delicious Peace
The Ugandan coffee rooted in Muslim, Jewish and Christian cooperation — and the American who discovered it. by GREGORY DICUM

We’re Talkin’ ’Bout a Rail-volution
Communities are finding solutions to their growing pains. One is called Transit-Oriented Development. But for most, it’s just a return to the way things were. by MANDY BURRELL

Artists opened our eyes to Wicker Park
Over the last 15 years, an abundance of art galleries, music venues and theatres has grown up around the Flat Iron building on Milwaukee Avenue.

Burning Up the House
How one couple rekindled their marriage by making love almost every day. by P.W. ALLEN

Departments

Green Scene
Choice News
Designers Envision Chicago in 2107; Should There Be 10,000 Reps in Our Congress? ; The World’s Best Green Search Engine; Top Eco-Community; Don’t Get Mad, Get Active

Ask the Commish
You can still bike in the winter. by SADHU A. JOHNSTON

Ask Umbra
A different angle on eco-choices. by UMBRA FISK

Whole Health
Insurance for Integrative Therapies
It’s out there, it’s just hard to find. by EMILY DULCAN

Body Talk
Pump it up, live forever; Burnout’s fallout; Unclouding chemo-brain. by ELIZABETH BARKER

Yoga Chat
What’s in a Name? by CARA JEPSEN

Tune In
Prophet Motive
The Open Hand by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Pessimism and Realism
From Half Full: Meditations on Hope, Optimism, and the Things That Matter. by MINA PARKER

Thought for Food
Chef Greg Christian’s New Project
Christian has created the first program to introduce organic foods in the Chicago Public School System. by LYDIA MARCHUK

Conscious Dining
Fiddlehead Cafe. by TANYA FRITZ

Art & Soul
The Population Fix
Breaking America’s Addiction to Population Growth. by EDWARD C. HARTMAN

Reviews
Film/DVD, Books, Music.

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