Common Ground: Features

May 2008

Features

Green Party
Getting “trashed” takes on a whole new meaning at some summer music fests, considering the waste and pollution they produce. Check out our 2008 green(er) music fest guide and enjoy the sweet sounds of summer without the eco hangover. by JOLIA SIDONA ALLEN

Green Is The New Neurotic
The combined threats of climate change, peak oil, household toxins, species extinction and a slew of other environmental disasters are making many of us cranky and depressed. The question is: how do we save the world without losing our mind? by E.B. BOYD

Conversations
We Don’t Stop
Musician, activist and filmmaker Michael Franti opens up about bringing power to the peaceful, his experiences in Iraq and Palestine, and how he keeps his hope alive. Interview by GREGORY DICUM

We’re thrilled to formally announce our recent partnership with the healthy living website LIME.com! To celebrate, we’ve compiled a playlist called Soundtrack for Change, showcasing many of the worldchanging artists featured in these pages. And it’s available to you, dear readers, for absolutely free at LIME.com! It’s our way of saying thanks for reading — and thanks for listening.

On Our Radar

Permanent Pernambuco

Ain’t No Reason Not to Love Brett Dennen
by JESSICA RIDENOUR

Eco-Movies in Your Mailbox

What Counts?
by JENNY ROUGH

Worth Repeating

Don’t Just Get Mad, Get Active

Green Scene

Rock the Bike
A new generation of carbon-free musicians brings pedal to the people by ALASTAIR BLAND

Tune In

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Culture creators dish on the songs that matter by ELIZABETH BARKER

The Future of Psychedelics
Daniel Pinchebeck on the future of psychedelics by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Healthy Living

My Three Days Off Corn
Writer Katherine Pryor attempts to cut corn out of her diet. Less than 24 hours later she’s ready to kill for a kernel by KATHERINE PRYOR

Body Talk
Make Over Your Mind, Tummy Trouble and Get Your Three Squares a Day by ELIZABETH BARKER

OPEN Restaurant
Turning dining into art by JEANNE STORCK

Art and Soul

Green Up Your Act
Unleash your inner rock god with our four easy steps to eco-stardom by ERIC LARSON

CD, DVD and Film Reviews

Essay

Connection
by LYDIE RASCHKA

Past Hits

Earth For Hire
Water filtration, pollination, air purification… nature used to do it all for free. Now the emerging field of “ecosystem services” aims to put a price tag on our natural resources. Are capitalists the new conservationists? by E.B. BOYD

Spin Cycle
As going green reaches ever-greater pinnacles of hip, it is harder and harder to distinguish real green goods from a greenwashed sales pitch. Never fear, intrepid econistas — we got your back. by SIEL

Conversations: Annie Leonard
The brains behind the hit webumentary The Story of Stuff implores us to wake up and power down. Leonard explains why green consumerism won’t cut it, and exposes us as the gluttons that we are. Amazingly, we love her for it. by BY NOELLE ROBBINS

Garbage In, Art Out
Three eco-mavericks are changing the way
we make, stash and talk trash
by AMELIA GLYNN

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