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Trip for Trash
I arrive at the Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center at 5AM on a gray June morning. Most of...
Cabbage Meets Cars
As the co-manager of the Ecology Center’s farmers’ markets, I know that birthing a market involves more than lining up...
Paging Dr Cluck
What do bread crumbs and compost have in common? Hint: in one end, out the other. Continue reading →...
From Tree to Hand
As we wait for the bus in front of Berkeley’s Longfellow Middle School on a foggy morning, I find myself...
Speaking American
TALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A big stick. The domino theory. Slippery slope. The Axis of Evil. Continue reading →...
Border Patrol
One of the challenges of working for a local magazine is deciding what to do when international events threaten to...
Hot Lunch
When Bill Myers and other residents of Point Arena, California, heard last winter that the US Department of Agriculture was...
Salad Days
The 580 freeway sideswipes West Oakland just a few blocks away, but you might not notice its hum once amid...
The War at Home: Tanks vs. Tortoises
On the eve of war with Iraq, the Pentagon launched a less-publicized offensive in Washington. The Readiness and Range Preservation...
Oil consumption by the numbers
• Average US daily petroleum consumption for 2002: 19.636 million barrels (1 barrel = 42 US gallons) • Average 2002...
Water Board Fails Forests
In April, the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) requested a stay to prevent logging operations that may damage watersheds in...
Red Star Falls
Following pressure from community and environmental activists, West Oakland’s LeSaffre Yeast (formerly Red Star Yeast) closed its doors in April...
