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• Easy Green At Home
  Bay Area Green architects are contributing to the burgeoning $15 billion sustainable building boom. But you don’t have to buy solar panels and wind turbines to go green. Here are some tips on turning your home into a Green Castle. (July 2005)
  
  
• Organic Pest Control
  Don’t create a little garden of horrors by adding to the more than 90 million pounds of pesticides put on private lawns and gardens each year. Organic options include everything from ladybugs to tea tree oil. (July 2005)
  
  
• Earth, Spirit, Action
  After 30 years defending rainforests, the author returns to India for spiritual renewal and discovers that activism and spirituality need not be separate. (June 2005)
  
  
• Queer Eye for the Green Guy
  We greens have to stop looking like we eat bark and live in a root cellar. Sandals and t-shirts rock for hiking in the Sierras, but if we want the world to take our environmentalism seriously, it’s time to doff the funky duds and dress for success. An impassioned plea... (April 2005)
  
  
• Arctic Camp Memoirs
  With the fate of the Alaskan wildlife refuge in the balance, Illinois’ Sen. Dick Durbin says it’s not worth destroying one of the planet’s last complete eco-systems for only six months of oil in this first person account of his trip to the Arctic. (March 2005)
  
  
• Margie Richards Won
  From her trailer in a small town in Louisiana, a retired schoolteacher took on the world’s 10th largest corporation to save her community. (March 2005)
  
  
• Bhopal: The Biggest Crime You've Never Heard Of
  Rashida Bee was twenty-eight years old and had already been married for more than half her life. Thirty-two-year-old Champa Devi Shukla lived down the street. Little did they know how their lives were about to change. (December 2004)
  
  
• Biodiesel Roadtrip
  Could used vegetable oil lead the way toward a cleaner environment? (November 2004)
  
  
• Is Your Seafood Safe?
  Swimming in opposition to industrialized fisheries, a growing band of independent fish producers provide safe, sustainable alternatives to increasingly picky customers, who want to know the where, how and who of their fish. (November 2004)
  
  
• Not in My Backyard
  Meet the mom who, using the Freedom of Information Act, inspired the Illinois governor to order a statewide shutdown of hospital waste incinerators. (November 2004)
  
  
• Peace Pilgrim Satish Kumar
  When he’s not editing Resurgence magazine, Satish Kumar can be found "walking the talk." A profile of this former Jain monk and eco-visionary who once walked 8,000 miles in a pilgrimage for peace. (October 2004)
  
  
• Pirates versus Patriots
  Greenpeace and John Ashcroft square off over free speech in Biscayne Bay. (May 2004)
  
  
• Earth Say
  Seattle’s own Denis Hayes founded the first Earth Day in 1970 to huge turnouts. Three decades later, Hayes is worried. (April 2004)
  
  
• Mother of the Bioneers Movement
  Nina Simons’ greatest campaign is restoring the natural world. (March 2004)
  
  
• Blowin’ in the Wind
  A lone Canadian farmer goes to court against biotech giant Monsanto. (January 2004)
  
  
• There Is No Ice Mountain
  How one multinational corporation is diverting a half a million gallons a day from Lake Michigan and paying virtually nothing. (August 2003)
  
  
• The Future of Food is Sustainable and Organic
  Regional, fair-trade organic farms and products are on the rise. (March 2002)
  
  



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• Fair Enough
  Why it's so tough to get an organic, fair-trade cup at the world's largest coffee retailer. (January 2004)
  
  
• Delicious Revolution
  A quiet revolution is underway embracing a local, organic, and democratic food system. (October 2003)
  
  
• No Sweat!
  How One L.A. Business Is Out to Change the Lives of Garment Workers Everywhere. (April 2003)
  
  
• The Future of Food is Sustainable and Organic
  Regional, fair-trade organic farms and products are on the rise. (March 2002)
  
  
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• Question Authority
  The Ella Baker Center (EBC) has called the California Youth Authority “a violent factory of misery and child abuse.” Here’s how the Center’s youth rights program, Books Not Bars, led the fight to reform the CYA. (June 2005)
  
  
• An Act Of Forgiveness
  Aqeela Sherrills has spent much of his adult life fostering peace between rival gangs, so it was cruel irony when his 18-year old son Terrell, home from college on winter break, was murdered by a member of the Crips. Rather than seek vengeance, the activist forgave his son’s killer and initiated a Reverence Movement that honors all life. (May 2005)
  
  
• Margie Richards Won
  From her trailer in a small town in Louisiana, a retired schoolteacher took on the world’s 10th largest corporation to save her community. (March 2005)
  
  
• Bhopal: The Biggest Crime You've Never Heard Of
  Rashida Bee was twenty-eight years old and had already been married for more than half her life. Thirty-two-year-old Champa Devi Shukla lived down the street. Little did they know how their lives were about to change. (December 2004)
  
  
• Peace Pilgrim Satish Kumar
  When he’s not editing Resurgence magazine, Satish Kumar can be found "walking the talk." A profile of this former Jain monk and eco-visionary who once walked 8,000 miles in a pilgrimage for peace. (October 2004)
  
  
• Reversing Vandalism
  How the SF Public Library Turned a Hate Crime into Art. (May 2004)
  
  
• Buddhism Behind Bars
  An Interview with the Venerable Robina Courtin. (May 2004)
  
  
• Slaves Among Us Tell Their Tales
  True accounts by two Sudanese, captured and sold into slavery as children. (January 2004)
  
  
• Lila Downs: Crossing Borders
  A Mexican/American singer that makes people think. (October 2003)
  
  
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• To Bleach Or Not To Bleach
  Cleaning up the house without messing up the environment. (July 2005)
  
  
• Remedies and Rituals of Botánicas
  In the botánica El Congo Manuel, blessed water, herbs and spiritual prescriptions are dispensed to everyone who requests healing. Taina Cuevas explores the traditions and magic behind the 1,000 botánicas that enrich Angelenos everyday. (June 2005)
  
  
• Street Beets
  Two young food activists with a diesel-powered Mobile Market are bringing affordable organic food to low-income residents of West Oakland. (May 2005)
  
  
• The Ugly Side Of Pretty
  How toxic are your daily beauty products? Even in so-called “natural” personal care products, consumers will find a plethora of toxic ingredients. And worse, there is little regulation of the $35 billion cosmetics industry to limit the use of ingredients such as parabens, propylene glycol and many others. What to watch out for and how to find out which companies carry “clean” personal care products. (February 2005)
  
  
• My Lunch With Alice
  Noted food activist Alice Waters, the founder of San Francisco’s Chez Panisse, and Deborah Koons Garcia (the widow of the Grateful Dead’s guitarist) are out to change the way we eat and revolutionize the culture of food in America. (February 2005)
  
  
• Is Your Seafood Safe?
  Swimming in opposition to industrialized fisheries, a growing band of independent fish producers provide safe, sustainable alternatives to increasingly picky customers, who want to know the where, how and who of their fish. (November 2004)
  
  
• Blowin’ in the Wind
  A lone Canadian farmer goes to court against biotech giant Monsanto. (January 2004)
  
  
• Fair Enough
  Why it’s so tough to get an organic, fair-trade cup at the world’s largest coffee retailer. (January 2004)
  
  
• Delicious Revolution
  A quiet revolution is underway embracing a local, organic, and democratic food system. (October 2003)
  
  
• The Future of Food is Sustainable and Organic
  Regional, fair-trade organic farms and products are on the rise. (March 2002)
  
  
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• An Act Of Forgiveness
  Aqeela Sherrills has spent much of his adult life fostering peace between rival gangs, so it was cruel irony when his 18-year old son Terrell, home from college on winter break, was murdered by a member of the Crips. Rather than seek vengeance, the activist forgave his son’s killer and initiated a Reverence Movement that honors all life. (May 2005)
  
  
• Bottom Line Asanas
  Yoga Works created a business model to bring yoga to the masses (and cash to their bank accounts), but owners Rob Wrubel and George Lichter didn’t anticipate the warrior pose stance that greeted them in the teaching community. (May 2005)
  
  
• The Power of Compassion
  Are humans hard-wired for compassion? Marc Ian Barasch, author of Field Notes on the Compassionate Life, takes us on his journey to “the soul of kindness,” through tales of forgiveness from war-torn Sarajevo, the jungles of Burma, and Sri Lanka. His search for “the x-factor that every faith...exalts as a supreme virtue” leads him to the story of an American couple’s response to the devastation of the Asian tsunami. (April 2005)
  
  
• No Child Left Unsmiling
  Comedian Michael Pritchard, the Bay Area’s "Hulk of Humor" fights for kids who’ve been slapped down by life’s blows. Pritchard uses humor in the classroom to teach kids how to deal with grief and pain and bullying. (March 2005)
  
  
• Reclaiming Romantic Myths & Muses
  Romantic Love ain’t what it used to be. Its high ideals have been cop-opted by the church, the state, society, commerce and the baser drives of human psychology. A close friend and pupil of mythologist Joseph Campbell tells how to find its real meaning. (February 2005)
  
  
• Father of Intention
  Forget what you know or think you know about power or intention or both. Master motivator Wayne Dyer wants to blaze a new way for us to think and act about our ability to “co-create” the life we want. And judging by the runaway success of his “Power of Intention” PBS series, Dyer is succeeding. He’s not about to stop until “intention” is a social movement. (January 2005)
  
  
• In Vibes We Trust
  Intuitive and author Sonia Choquette provides inspiration and practical guidance for finding — and trusting — your sixth sense. (November 2004)
  
  
• The Mindful Wizard
  Scientist Gregory Bateson was the kind of teacher that you wished you had in school. A major, centennial conference is set to celebrate Bateson’s lifelong search for “the Pattern that Connects.” (November 2004)
  
  
• Shamanic Healing Quest
  An injured woman seeks relief from the pain that gnaws at her spirit. (November 2004)
  
  
• In Sufficiency Thrives the Soul
  Scarcity is a lie. The truth is that each of us already has enough. (December 2003)
  
  
• The Book That Isn’t
  Eckhart Tolle challenges us to “watch the thinker” even as we read. (November 2003)
  
  
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• Remembering Marla
  Marla Ruzicka’s self-assigned mission in life was to help innocent people who are caught in the crossfire of armed conflict. So, perhaps it was fitting, in the brutally impersonal way of the universe, that Marla herself became an innocent victim of war. On Saturday, April 16, Marla was killed in a car bomb attack as her vehicle traveled along the road to the Baghdad airport. She was 28 years old. (April 2005)
  
  
• Arctic Camp Memoirs
  With the fate of the Alaskan wildlife refuge in the balance, Illinois’ Sen. Dick Durbin says it’s not worth destroying one of the planet’s last complete eco-systems for only six months of oil in this first person account of his trip to the Arctic. (March 2005)
  
  
• November 3rd and Beyond
  Win or lose on November 2, the business of making government safe for all of its citizens goes on. (November 2004)
  
  
• Not in My Backyard
  Meet the mom who, using the Freedom of Information Act, inspired the Illinois governor to order a statewide shutdown of hospital waste incinerators. (November 2004)
  
  
• One Soul, One Vote
  Kerry vs. Bush: Bestselling writer Deepak Chopra sorts out clever bumper stickers, detachment and whether or not spiritual people should vote. (October 2004)
  
  
• Peace Pilgrim Satish Kumar
  When he’s not editing Resurgence magazine, Satish Kumar can be found "walking the talk." A profile of this former Jain monk and eco-visionary who once walked 8,000 miles in a pilgrimage for peace. (October 2004)
  
  
• Pirates versus Patriots
  Greenpeace and John Ashcroft square off over free speech in Biscayne Bay. (May 2004)
  
  
• Earth Say
  Seattle’s own Denis Hayes founded the first Earth Day in 1970 to huge turnouts. Three decades later, Hayes is worried. (April 2004)
  
  
• Blowin’ in the Wind
  A lone Canadian farmer goes to court against biotech giant Monsanto. (January 2004)
  
  
• Wired for Change
  Virtual activists are transforming the future with online activism. (November 2003)
  
  
• There Is No Ice Mountain
  How one multinational corporation is diverting a half a million gallons a day from Lake Michigan and paying virtually nothing. (August 2003)
  
  



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• Backstage with SF Mime Troupe
  The SF Mime Troupe is synonymous with innovative street theater and protest happenings. An inside look at the collective mayhem that goes into the creation of their latest offering Doing Good, a play based on John Perkins' bestselling Confessions of an Economic Hitman. (August 2005)
  
  
• “God Does Not Belong to the Right”
  So argues Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine. In an exclusive interview, Lerner makes a passionate and persuasive argument for building an interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives that he believes is essential to the moral and political survival of the nation. (June 2005)
  
  
• An Act Of Forgiveness
  Aqeela Sherrills has spent much of his adult life fostering peace between rival gangs, so it was cruel irony when his 18-year old son Terrell, home from college on winter break, was murdered by a member of the Crips. Rather than seek vengeance, the activist forgave his son’s killer and initiated a Reverence Movement that honors all life. (May 2005)
  
  
• Remembering Marla
  Marla Ruzicka’s self-assigned mission in life was to help innocent people who are caught in the crossfire of armed conflict. So, perhaps it was fitting, in the brutally impersonal way of the universe, that Marla herself became an innocent victim of war. On Saturday, April 16, Marla was killed in a car bomb attack as her vehicle traveled along the road to the Baghdad airport. She was 28 years old. (April 2005)
  
  
• Question Authority
  The Ella Baker Center (EBC) has called the California Youth Authority “a violent factory of misery and child abuse.” Here’s how the Center’s youth rights program, Books Not Bars, led the fight to reform the CYA. (June 2005)
  
  
• Earth, Spirit, Action
  After 30 years defending rainforests, the author returns to India for spiritual renewal and discovers that activism and spirituality need not be separate. (June 2005)
  
  
• Margie Richards Won
  From her trailer in a small town in Louisiana, a retired schoolteacher took on the world’s 10th largest corporation to save her community. (March 2005)
  
  
• The SRI Debate: Looking Beyond SRI Mutual Funds
  With all the discussion about whether socially responsible mutual funds really are socially responsible, no one is talking about how equity investments, i.e., the purchase of shares of a company on the open market, can promote sustainable communities and enterprises. There are other choices for investors and a host of other social issues for investors to consider. (February 2005)
  
  Click here to view an index of all of the communications we've posted about the ongoing socially responsible investing debate.
  
  
• Bhopal: The Biggest Crime You've Never Heard Of
  Rashida Bee was twenty-eight years old and had already been married for more than half her life. Thirty-two-year-old Champa Devi Shukla lived down the street. Little did they know how their lives were about to change. (December 2004)
  
  
• Doula Rebirth
  An ancient Greek system of support for expectant mothers is making childbirth in Chicago’s Little Village community a little easier with physical and emotional help as well as information and education before, during, and after labor. (November 2004)
  
  
• Not in My Backyard
  Meet the mom who, using the Freedom of Information Act, inspired the Illinois governor to order a statewide shutdown of hospital waste incinerators. (November 2004)
  
  
• Peace Pilgrim Satish Kumar
  When he’s not editing Resurgence magazine, Satish Kumar can be found "walking the talk." A profile of this former Jain monk and eco-visionary who once walked 8,000 miles in a pilgrimage for peace. (October 2004)
  
  
• Pirates versus Patriots
  Greenpeace and John Ashcroft square off over free speech in Biscayne Bay. (May 2004)
  
  
• Reversing Vandalism
  How the SF Public Library Turned a Hate Crime into Art. (May 2004)
  
  
• Buddhism Behind Bars
  An Interview with the Venerable Robina Courtin. (May 2004)
  
  
• Earth Say
  Seattle’s own Denis Hayes founded the first Earth Day in 1970 to huge turnouts. Three decades later, Hayes is worried. (April 2004)
  
  
• Mother of the Bioneers Movement
  Nina Simons’ greatest campaign is restoring the natural world. (March 2004)
  
  
• Fair Enough
  Why it’s so tough to get an organic, fair-trade cup at the world's largest coffee retailer. (January 2004)
  
  
• Slaves Among Us Tell Their Tales
  True accounts by two Sudanese, captured and sold into slavery as children. (January 2004)
  
  
• Blowin’ in the Wind
  A lone Canadian farmer goes to court against biotech giant Monsanto. (January 2004)
  
  
• Wired for Change
  Virtual activists are transforming the future with online activism. (November 2003)
  
  
• Delicious Revolution
  A quiet revolution is underway embracing a local, organic, and democratic food system. (October 2003)
  
  
• Lila Downs: Crossing Borders
  A Mexican/American singer that makes people think. (October 2003)
  
  
• There Is No Ice Mountain
  How one multinational corporation is diverting a half a million gallons a day from Lake Michigan and paying virtually nothing. (August 2003)
  
  
• No Sweat!
  How One L.A. Business Is Out to Change the Lives of Garment Workers Everywhere. (April 2003)
  
  
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• Bike Aid
  In much of Southeast Asia, including many of the areas devastated by last winter's deadly tsunami, owning a bicycle is a matter of survival. Wheels of Joy, a project started by a remarkable Chicago couple, brings bikes and hope to those desperate for a new start. (July 2005)
  
  
• Not By Bread Alone
  Employees at Berkeley’s popular Cheese Board Collective make $30 an hour with full medical benefits. Like other Bay Area collectives, they don’t pay any executive salaries — every worker is an owner. What’s it like to work for a company where everyone is the boss? (June 2005)
  
  
• Millions And Millions Served
  Volunteers are turning leftover produce from Fraser Valley farms into nourishing and comforting soup for hungry people worldwide. One couple gave up their lives as successful dairy farmers to take part in the Fraser Valley Gleaners, others are elderly people who want to contribute, still others are young children wanting to help other kids who are not so lucky. (May 2005)
  
  
• Bottom Line Asanas
  Yoga Works created a business model to bring yoga to the masses (and cash to their bank accounts), but owners Rob Wrubel and George Lichter didn’t anticipate the warrior pose stance that greeted them in the teaching community. (May 2005)
  
  
• My Lunch With Alice
  Noted food activist Alice Waters, the founder of San Francisco’s Chez Panisse, and Deborah Koons Garcia (the widow of the Grateful Dead’s guitarist) are out to change the way we eat and revolutionize the culture of food in America. (February 2005)
  
  
• The SRI Debate: Looking Beyond SRI Mutual Funds
  With all the discussion about whether socially responsible mutual funds really are socially responsible, no one is talking about how equity investments, i.e., the purchase of shares of a company on the open market, can promote sustainable communities and enterprises. There are other choices for investors and a host of other social issues for investors to consider. (February 2005)
  
  Click here to view an index of all of the communications we've posted about the ongoing socially responsible investing debate.
  
  
• Is Your Seafood Safe?
  Swimming in opposition to industrialized fisheries, a growing band of independent fish producers provide safe, sustainable alternatives to increasingly picky customers, who want to know the where, how and who of their fish. (November 2004)
  
  
• Office Supplies
  Inspired by Paul Newman’s community-based capitalism, two visionary entrepreneurs have built an office-supply company that gives away its profits. (November 2004)
  
  
• Is Your Money Where Your Heart Is?
  Imagine an organic food trade association any company could join. Members set the standards to suit themselves. Thus, any store or company can label their products “organic” if they choose because there are no rules defining what organic means. (October 2004)
  
  
• Fair Enough
  Why it’s so tough to get an organic, fair-trade cup at the world's largest coffee retailer. (January 2004)
  
  
• No Sweat!
  How One L.A. Business Is Out to Change the Lives of Garment Workers Everywhere. (April 2003)
  
  
• In Sufficiency Thrives the Soul
  Scarcity is a lie. The truth is that each of us already has enough. (December 2003)
  
  
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• Erase Your Head
  Filmmaker David Lynch is notorious for his surreal productions, but a simple spiritual practice has profoundly influenced his complex life and work. In this interview with writer David Harris, Lynch shares his vision for transforming public schools through Transcendental Meditation. (August 2005)
  
  
• Crazy Wisdom
  Perhaps what we need is a Department of Wisdom, a government agency staffed by philosophers, historians, some jesters and even a few mystics; people who see the world in a different way than economists, generals and senators. (July 2005)
  
  
• “God Does Not Belong to the Right”
  So argues Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine. In an exclusive interview, Lerner makes a passionate and persuasive argument for building an interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives that he believes is essential to the moral and political survival of the nation. (June 2005)
  
  
• Earth, Spirit, Action
  After 30 years defending rainforests, the author returns to India for spiritual renewal and discovers that activism and spirituality need not be separate. (June 2005)
  
  
• An Act Of Forgiveness
  Aqeela Sherrills has spent much of his adult life fostering peace between rival gangs, so it was cruel irony when his 18-year old son Terrell, home from college on winter break, was murdered by a member of the Crips. Rather than seek vengeance, the activist forgave his son’s killer and initiated a Reverence Movement that honors all life. (May 2005)
  
  
• Bottom Line Asanas
  Yoga Works created a business model to bring yoga to the masses (and cash to their bank accounts), but owners Rob Wrubel and George Lichter didn’t anticipate the warrior pose stance that greeted them in the teaching community. (May 2005)
  
  
• The Power of Compassion
  Are humans hard-wired for compassion? Marc Ian Barasch, author of Field Notes on the Compassionate Life, takes us on his journey to “the soul of kindness,” through tales of forgiveness from war-torn Sarajevo, the jungles of Burma, and Sri Lanka. His search for “the x-factor that every faith...exalts as a supreme virtue” leads him to the story of an American couple’s response to the devastation of the Asian tsunami. (April 2005)
  
  
• Playing with the Gods
  The world is awash in gods. So let's have a summit of these sometimes jealous, contentious deities and see if they can at least agree on a common name. Open wide and say "Ah!" (April 2005)
  
  
• America’s Greatest Walkers
  Thoreau, Whitman, and Muir all walked their talk. This national history of walking pays homage to some great contemporary pedestrians like Peace Pilgrim and Plantwalker John Francis as well. (April 2005)
  
  
• Reclaiming Romantic Myths & Muses
  Reclaiming Romantic Myths & Muses Romantic Love ain’t what it used to be. Its high ideals have been cop-opted by the church, the state, society, commerce and the baser drives of human psychology. A close friend and pupil of mythologist Joseph Campbell tells how to find its real meaning. (February 2005)
  
  
• Father of Intention
  Forget what you know or think you know about power or intention or both. Master motivator Wayne Dyer wants to blaze a new way for us to think and act about our ability to “co-create” the life we want. And judging by the runaway success of his “Power of Intention” PBS series, Dyer is succeeding. He’s not about to stop until “intention” is a social movement. (January 2005)
  
  
• In Vibes We Trust
  Intuitive and author Sonia Choquette provides inspiration and practical guidance for finding — and trusting — your sixth sense. (November 2004)
  
  
• The Mindful Wizard
  Scientist Gregory Bateson was the kind of teacher that you wished you had in school. A major, centennial conference is set to celebrate Bateson’s lifelong search for “the Pattern that Connects.” (November 2004)
  
  
• One Soul, One Vote
  Kerry vs. Bush: Bestselling writer Deepak Chopra sorts out clever bumper stickers, detachment and whether or not spiritual people should vote. (October 2004)
  
  
• Peace Pilgrim Satish Kumar
  When he’s not editing Resurgence magazine, Satish Kumar can be found “walking the talk.” A profile of this former Jain monk and eco-visionary who once walked 8,000 miles in a pilgrimage for peace. (October 2004)
  
  
• Buddhism Behind Bars
  An Interview with the Venerable Robina Courtin. (May 2004)
  
  
• Clear in his Mission
  Eboo Patel’s formula for social justice pairs interfaith activism with Chicago youth. (December 2002)
  
  
• Shamanic Healing Quest
  An injured woman seeks relief from the pain that gnaws at her spirit. (December 2003)
  
  
• The Book That Isn’t
  Eckhart Tolle challenges us to “watch the thinker” even as we read. (November 2003)
  
  
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• To Bleach Or Not To Bleach
  Cleaning up the house without messing up the environment. (July 2005)
  
  
• Easy Green At Home
  Bay Area Green architects are contributing to the burgeoning $15 billion sustainable building boom. But you don’t have to buy solar panels and wind turbines to go green. Here are some tips on turning your home into a Green Castle. (July 2005)
  
  
• Organic Pest Control
  Don’t create a little garden of horrors by adding to the more than 90 million pounds of pesticides put on private lawns and gardens each year. Organic options include everything from ladybugs to tea tree oil. (July 2005)
  
  
• My Lunch With Alice
  Noted food activist Alice Waters, the founder of San Francisco’s Chez Panisse, and Deborah Koons Garcia (the widow of the Grateful Dead’s guitarist) are out to change the way we eat and revolutionize the culture of food in America. (February 2005)
  
  
• Is Your Seafood Safe?
  Swimming in opposition to industrialized fisheries, a growing band of independent fish producers provide safe, sustainable alternatives to increasingly picky customers, who want to know the where, how and who of their fish. (November 2004)
  
  
• Biodiesel Roadtrip
  Could used vegetable oil lead the way toward a cleaner environment? (November 2004)
  
  
• Office Supplies
  Inspired by Paul Newman’s community-based capitalism, two visionary entrepreneurs have built an office-supply company that gives away its profits. (November 2004)
  
  
• Mother of the Bioneers Movement
  Nina Simons’ greatest campaign is restoring the natural world. (March 2004)
  
  
• Blowin’ in the Wind
  A lone Canadian farmer goes to court against biotech giant Monsanto. (January 2004)
  
  
• Fair Enough
  Why it's so tough to get an organic, fair-trade cup at the world's largest coffee retailer. (January 2004)
  
  
• Delicious Revolution
  A quiet revolution is underway embracing a local, organic, and democratic food system. (October 2003)
  
  
• The Future of Food is Sustainable and Organic
  Regional, fair-trade organic farms and products are on the rise. (March 2002)
  
  
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• Breast Cancer: There Are Alternatives
  Looking for alternative treatments to breast cancer doesn’t have to be an exercise in frustration. Here are solid resources and advice on the best ways to fit alternative therapies into your treatment program. Hint: your oncologist probably doesn’t have a clue. (July 2005)
  
  
• The Not-So-Perfect Food
  More and more published studies contradict pretty much everything we’ve been told about drinking milk. Not only that, it turns out that being lactose intolerant is actually normal. By Alicia Priest (July 2005)
  
  
• Pain: Not All In Your Head
  Why do so many women consider it weakness to admit to having chronic pain? A profile of author Paula Kamen and her new book All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache. (July 2005)
  
  
• Remedies and Rituals of Botánicas
  In the botánica El Congo Manuel, blessed water, herbs and spiritual prescriptions are dispensed to everyone who requests healing. Taina Cuevas explores the traditions and magic behind the 1,000 botánicas that enrich Angelenos everyday. (June 2005)
  
  
• When Less Is More
  In cancer treatment, Dr. Ben Chue is considered way out by traditional MDs—former colleagues—but not his patients. A trip to the alternative side and back again, with a close look at once fringe and now mainstream fractionated chemotherapy. (May 2005)
  
  
• Naked Eyes
  How effective are two treatments that promise to help you ditch your glasses or daytime contacts: The See Clearly Method, which is based on eye exercises, and CRT contact lenses that are designed to flatten the cornea while they are worn overnight. (May 2005)
  
  
• Finding a Healthy Path
  Wherein we tackle health care’s most troublesome question: given that anyone can call themselves a “healer”, confidence in the medical system is plummeting, and conflicting info continues to grow, how do you figure out what’s helpful and what’s bogus? (May 2005)
  
  
• Room For Recovery
  At Berkeley’s Options Recovery Systems, Dr. Davida Coady and her staff are helping substance abusers get clean and sober through a remarkable program that includes yoga, acupuncture, and a curriculum in addiction. (May 2005)
  
  
• Your Personal Roadmap to Wellness
  How cutting-edge “genomic” screenings can give you vital insight into your body’s propensity toward premature aging and degenerative diseases, such as vascular disease and osteoporosis. Most importantly, the results show you how to head ’em off at the pass. (May 2005)
  
  
• Fluoride For Your Pearly Whites?
  Far from being a great protector, fluoride can be a significant troublemaker. We explore the questionable reasons for fluoridation of water supplies, its serious health consequences and what we can do to counteract its deleterious effects. (April 2005)
  
  
• America’s Greatest Walkers
  Thoreau, Whitman, and Muir all walked their talk. This national history of walking pays homage to some great contemporary pedestrians like Peace Pilgrim and Plantwalker John Francis as well. (April 2005)
  
  
• The Ugly Side of Pretty
  How toxic are your daily beauty products? Even in so-called “natural” personal care products, consumers will find a plethora of toxic ingredients. And worse, there is little regulation of the $35 billion cosmetics industry to limit the use of ingredients such as parabens, propylene glycol and many others. What to watch out for and how to find out which companies carry “clean” personal care products. (February 2005)
  
  
• The Hard Facts About Emotions, Spirituality, and Health
  What is the relationship between health, healing and spirituality? Best-selling author and physician Gabor Mate says there are four pillars to complete health: body, mind, the soul and our social connections with others. Neglect any of these pillars and illness is sure to follow. (February 2005)
  
  
• What Are You Feeding Your Pet?
  When your companion animal gets sick, you might want to look at what they’re eating. A leading authority on commercial pet foods reveals the sorry state of these products that can include anything from “road kill” to feathers and spoiled groceries. (February 2005)
  
  
• A Different Breed of Pharmacist
  Christopher Turf is one of a new breed of ìcompounding pharmacists,î who prepare custom medications for patients who may have a number of concerns about regular prescriptions drugs. According to estimates, there are about 5,000 of them practicing this alternative in the U.S. alone. (February 2005)
  
  
• Doula Rebirth
  An ancient Greek system of support for expectant mothers is making childbirth in Chicago’s Little Village community a little easier with physical and emotional help as well as information and education before, during, and after labor. (November 2004)
  
  
• Clogged Arteries? Try Chelation
  Conventional medicine pooh-poohs it, but chelation treatments can help those with clogged arteries steer clear of surgery and harsh prescription drugs. (October 2004)
  
  
• Bastyr Nation
  The future of health care is right here in Seattle (October 2003)
  
  
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