Common Ground: Features

April 2008

Features

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

On Our Radar

Catch and Release

Alchemistas of Clean

Worth Repeating

Don’t Just Get Mad…Get Active

What Counts?
by BY JENNY ROUGH

Love the Planet a Latté
by JESSICA KRAFT

Yoga in Action
by EMILY GOLIGOSKI

Green For All
by JESSICA KRAFT

Green Scene

Boom Heat Magic
The lowdown on four far-out renewable energy technologies — and the simple switch that might trump them all by ALASTAIR BLAND

Tune In

When You Wake Up
Environmentalism’s next step by JAMIE FRIDDLE

Prophet Motive
Enlightenment Reason or Occult Conspiracy? by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Healthy Living

Pasteurization Nation
How fresh foods are freaking out the feds, and why you should care by AMELIA GLYNN

Body Talk
Body image and bad health; Good bugs for long runs; New mind-body heart risk

Dine Outside the Box
Tinderbox restaurant dishes up discovery in Bernal Heights by ALASTAIR BLAND

Art and Soul

Nice Save
From green TVs for enviro-couch potatoes to power plants that function like the Internet, energy efficiency is proving the most powerful eco-innovation yet

Common Ground Review: Books, Music & Film

Essay

Boys Club
by ANDY ISAACSON

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