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Winter 2009
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Rethinking the Dream
Can we ever rid ourselves of the suburbs? Or should they be repurposed as something else? A conversation with Allison Arieff.
Back to School
Green jobs training is booming—but jobs can be hard to find.
Prioritizing Green Thumbs Over Collars
In the not-so-distant past, the phrase “green collar jobs” didn’t conjure up images of workers measuring the sun’s angle for the best year-round solar array placement.
Public Transportation Feels the Pinch
State budget crisis trickles down to AC Transit riders.
Home Is Where the Food Grows
As the recession lingers, more people convert lawns to mini-farms.
From Grass to Greens
Sustainable landscape designer Joshua Thayer of Berkeley’s Native Sun Gardens
explains how to lose your lawn.
Cutting Off the North Coast
Economic downturn makes remote wild areas harder to protect.