REGULARS
From the Publisher
Globally Cynical, Locally Optimistic
To the Editor
From Our Readers
Last Words
Choose Your Own Adventure
Planning a vacation? Consider the golden rule of conscious living: think globally, explore locally. by LYNN BRAZ
Garbage In, Art Out
Three eco-mavericks are changing the way we make, stash and talk trash. by AMELIA GLYNN
Conversations: Air Today, Grass Tomorrow
A conversation with surplus savant, Lisa Gautier.
by ALASTAIR BLAND
Telling Time
For two years I lived in a country with no seasons. It was here, in this place of 12-hour days and 12-hour nights, of weather and no seasons that I learned how to tell time. by KATHERINE JAMIESON
DEPARTMENTS
ON OUR RADAR
The King of Cob
Swap-O-Rama-Rama
Lights Out for Climate Change
A Greener World — One Click at a Time
Kick the Meat Habit
Improv Everywhere You Want to Be
What Counts
Worth Repeating
Don’t just get mad, get active!
GREEN SCENE
They Walk the Line
A new band of extreme eco-athletes is stretching the definition of yoga and activism. by ANDY ANDERSON
From the Commish
Chicago’s Green Alley Program.
HEALTHY LIVING
You’ve Gotta Fight for Your Right to Vaykay
The battle is on to save the great American vacation. by ANDY ANDERSON
Hot Mush for Your Heart
by LIZ BARKER
Conscious Dining
Elysium in Bucktown: Milk and Honey Café. by TANYA FRITZ
TUNE IN
Pisco Shakedown
Disaster relief group, Burners Without Borders, brings hope, color and plumbing to Peru.
by GREGORY DICUM
Prophet Motive
Old Struggles on a New Earth. by DANIEL PINCHBECK
ART AND SOUL
Destination Unknown
Environmental degradation is threatening migratory animals and the paths they roam. Interview by JAMIE FRIDDLE
Art and Soul: Reviews