Northern California’s Environmental Magazine
Articles by Mary Vance
Essential Reads
Trees: A Visual Guide
Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stackhouse
University of California Press, 2008, $29.95
Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees
Nalini Nadkarni
University of California Press, 2008
$24.95 hardcover, $17.95 paper
These two books published in the same year by UC Press could hardly be more inspiring. As classroom texts, they could jumpstart the next generation of career […]
The Danger of Dishing Soy
Are we simply tired of being told that thing after thing is bad for us?
Visit Land’s End, LL Bean, and Coldwater Creek on the Web—Not in Your Mail
Catalog Choice, a free online service, gives users the power to ax the catalogues they no longer wish to receive through the mail.
Happy Twenty and Twenty More
Happy Twentieth to the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets.
Sliding to the Slow Side, Hamburger in Hand
Tracking food from field or garden to table is an integral part of Slow Food’s mission.
Italy Makes an Offer We Can’t Refuse
Seven years ago, a group of Italian cities branded themselves cittaslow, beginning another installment in what’s become an overall slow movement.
Behind the Meatrix
Educating viewers about the hazards and health risks associated with factory farming and industrial dairy farms by combining pop culture parody with a behind-the-scenes look at how conventional meat and dairy products are produced in the US.
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