Starting a grassroots urban farm with little means on a small plot of industrial wasteland with...
Recent Ruminations
Peopled Streets
The Bike Reporter
Towards Zero Waste
Soil
Movement in the Bottoms: Operation Canned Spinach!
A Happy Home
The Fall issue of Yes! Magazine features an article I wrote entitled Resilient Ideas: A Hand-Built...
Justice in the Bottoms? You be the Judge
Some of you may be familiar with my diaries about the Village Bottoms neighborhood in West Oakland...
To Pollanate a Berry
Last night I had the great privilege to see and hear two of the most influential and inspiring...
Village Bottoms, Vol. 3: Getting a taste of what it means to...
Why not come to West Oakland to get a taste of what it means to be black? These were the words of...
Village Bottoms, Vol. 2: Don’t save us, work with us!
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece entitled From the Bottoms Up about the Village Bottoms neighborhood...
Soul
Remembering the victims of a car-eat-bike world
Last Wednesday night I joined about 80 fellow cyclists in a memorial ride to honor seven cyclists...
A solstice message from ancient roots
It is quite puzzling that cultures across much of the northern hemisphere have chosen the season...
The Dark Side of Consumerism: What Landfills and Nursing Homes...
Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects—and to help people in remote Indian villages...
A Declaration of INTERdependence
Independence is a big and important word in American history and culture. A noble concept in and of...
“Real Mormons Love Everyone!” – SF Gay Pride...
You know you’ve come a long way in the fight for equality when the people you come across at...
Jesus wasn’t born on Christmas and a frog won’t stay...
Now that December 21st, 2012 has come and gone and we’re all still here, there are a few...