August 2007

Features

Back to the High Life
Where do you go in today’s Blackberry-dominated, cell phone-detonated, noisy, hasty world for some peace and quiet? You return to the trees.
by JAMIE FRIDDLE

The Revolution Will Not Be Invoiced
Burners Without Borders, a new movement for social change borne out of the Burning Man Festival, is rewriting the rules of activism.
by CHARLES SHAW

Conversations: John Perkins
The New York Times best-selling author of the exposé Confessions of an Economic Hitman talks about spirituality, voting with your dollars and how we can create a sustainable, stable, peaceful world — for everyone everywhere.
introduction by CHARLES SHAW, interview by KERI LYNCH

From Zero to Hero
How to lose 50 pounds a week for the rest of your life.
by ALASTAIR BLAND


Departments

Choice News
Our Future Now; Rethinking How We Communicate; First U.S. Social Forum Meets in Atlanta; CCX: Innovative Solutions to a Global Crisis; Extending Self-Improvement to All

From the Commish
Chicago’s Climate Change: Strategy & Implementation by SADHU A. JOHNSTON

Choice 3
Choice Outings for Hot August Nights

Bodywork On The Next Level
by AMELIA GLYNN

Body Talk
by LIZ BARKER

Conscious Dining
May Street Market’s West Side Story
by TANYA FRITZ

Power
by FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ

The Sexual Revolution, Take Two
by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Recovering New Orleans
by THOMAS J. CAMPANELLA

Reviews