Conscious Choice: Features

March 2007

Features

The New Rules of Food
The coming convergence of the local, organic, fair trade and family-farmed movements could completely redefine our food supply and how we think about it. by ALAN MAMMOSER

A Second Look at the Second City’s Smoking Ban
Despite strong opposition by the restaurant industry, the gloom-and-doom predictions have not materialized. In fact, business may actually be booming. by KERI LYNCH

Spring Forward: The Evolution of Eco-Chic
Say goodbye to scratchy, baggy, shapeless Earth momma and hello to eco-chic urban sophisticate photographed by ERIC LACOUR, styling by THE FASHION OFFICE

Conversations: An Interview with Simran Sethi
Award-winning journalist and green lifestyle expert Simran Sethi makes living lightly on the Earth look easy. by ELIZA THOMAS

Gulf Coast Remembrance
While witnessing the despair, the outrage, the chaos and the insanity of Hurricane Katrina as a very pregnant mama, Lindsey Meyers made a promise to go deeper, to give more, to shout louder, to create more fiercely. by HEIDI DIETRICH featuring photos by LINDSEY MEYERS

An Apology for Not Breeding
After thirty-eight years of politely dodging the question at parties and humoring everyone in my family by pretending to even consider it, I have finally come out of the closet. by LAURA WILEY

Departments

Green Scene
Choice News
Obama: “Join Me in this Improbable Quest”; 2006 was the Hottest Year on Record; Second Annual “Chiditarod” Race Feeds Chicago Hungry; Fly the (Green) Friendly Skies; Return of H.H. The Dalai Lama; Carbon-Offsetting: A Guilt-Free Pass or Part of a Solution?; Don’t Get Mad, Get Active

Ask the Commish
Chicago’s Green Business Strategy by SADHU A. JOHNSTON

Whole Health
Hospital, Heal Thyself
by STACY MALKAN

BodyTalk
by ELIZABETH BARKER

Yoga Chat
Yoga Helps Those Living with HIV by CARA JEPSEN

Tune In
Divine Intervention
by ANDREW COHEN

Prophet Motive: From Ego to We Go
by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Meditation
The Whole Horse

Thought for Food
Is the US Killing African Farmers?
by KATIE DANKO

Conscious Dining
Sustainable Kitchen by TANYA FRITZ

Art & Soul
Why We Close Doors
by JOE DISPENZA, D.C

Reviews

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