Cover photo by Michael Roberts
How Green is Our Mayor?
by Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Hizzonor’s mission to engineer the “Greenest City in America” moves closer to reality. With a handpicked expert and initiatives galore, we’re charted for environmental paradise, but it’s a bumpy and potholed course.
No Small Dreams Allowed
by Manda Gillespie
Take in the emerald beauty of vast undulating bamboo fields while wheeling around in one of a fleet of hybrid taxis. Welcome to Chicago as seen by architectural visionaries and “green” contest winners.
Ashcroft’s Attack on Greenpeace
by Rex Weyler
The U.S. Attorney General is doggedly pursuing this environmental group over what they consider is a case of selective persecution.
Perhaps Laughter Is the Best Medicine
by Mary Beth Janssen
We lose our laugh and, oops, we lose our way. Here’s how exposing those pearly whites helps us to be healthy and well adjusted.
BackWords: Life at the Top of the Chain
by Richard McGinnis
Ah, life perfected is a brain with fingers commanding a keyboard. At least that’s what I tell my therapist....