The High Life
In today’s Blackberry-dominated, cellphone-detonated, noisy, hasty world, it’s no wonder treehouses are enjoying a grownup revival
by JAMIE FRIDDLE
Burners Without Borders
A new movement for social change borne out of the Burning Man festival, is rewriting the rules of activism.
by CHARLES SHAW
Conversations: John Perkins
The former “economic hitman” speculates on why now is the most exciting time to inhabit the planet in the history of humankind.
introduction by CHARLES SHAW, interview by KERI LYNCH
Departments
On Our Radar
Our Future Now
Closing the loop in the festival circuit; recycled paper wedding; Radio 8 Ball; not your mamma’s Ben and Jerry’s; statistics prove LA stereotypes; another world is possible
Healthy Living
Body Work on the Next Level
Six potent under-the-radar modalities to bring you back to life
by AMELIA GLYNN
Body Talk
The prenatal power of apples and fish; best eats to protect your peepers; tame inflammation, halt Alzheimer’s
by LIZ BARKER
Tastebuds: Grace
The “Close To Home” menu knocks us out with local flavor
by CARLY MILNE
Tune In
Power
Frances Moore Lappé says you have the power to change the course of the nation... just claim it.
by FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ
Art & Soul
Recovering New Orleans
by THOMAS J. CAMPANELLA
Whole Life Review: Books, Music & Film