Conscious Choice: Features

August 2008

Features

Earth: SO Hot Right Now
What to wear in a warming world Photos by SABINA MCGREW

Panic in the Organic Aisle
How a dirty scandal is forcing the natural products industry to clean up its act by STACY MALKAN

Conversations
The Good Bush: Lauren Bush talks world hunger, burlap bags and closet essentials by SUMMER BOWEN

People in Your Neighborhood
Laura Peace Kelley: Poet, Musician and Arts Activist

On Our Radar

Roadrageous
Two-wheeling Crimanimalz tear up the highway by SIEL

What Counts?
by JENNY ROUGH

Mob Mentality
Carrotmob harnesses consumer power as a force for good by E.B. BOYD

Salon Selectives
Ick-free manis, poison-less pedis and hair care that won’t hurt you by NICOLE PEYRAUD

Healthy Living

Open Up and Say Spa
“Integrative” dentistry aims to turn your frown upside down by AMELIA GLYNN

Buh-Bye Botox
Hello acupuncture facial by DANA DEMAS

Body Talk
Snack attack on sleep; Cut cholesterol, boost your brain; Why just smelling the coffee really can wake you up; Low serotonin = sore losers? by ELIZABETH BARKER

Yogapedia
AcroYoga by JULIA STEINBERGER

Taste Buds
Cool Comfort: Local ice-cream makers take the single scoop to a delectable, new level by AMY PENNINGTON

Tune In

Prophet Motive
If I Were President... by DANIEL PINCHBECK

Travel

Midnight Sun
Afloat in the Yukon by CRAI S. BOWER

Art and Soul

Planet Green
How many MCs and heavy metal drummers does it take to get Wal-Mart shoppers to change their light bulbs? by STEPHEN KRCMAR

Reviews

Essay

Life, the Universe and Everything
Practice Makes Better by CHRIS MALCOMB

Past Hits

Grow Your Own Way
Believe it or not, with a little ingenuity, you can turn dirt into food! by JEANNE STORCK

Veg-O-Lution
Thanks to the twin drivers of personal and planetary health, our hyper-carnivore culture may be taking a left turn by GREGORY DICUM

Conversations
The Future of Food is Now
With our global food system facing collapse, filmmaker and food activist Deborah Koons Garcia tells us how to save the day by BY NOELLE ROBBINS

Bringing Up Baby
From fertility yoga to procreation vacations, combating nature deficit disorder to hopping on the “lactivist” bandwagon — behold, the progressive parent’s path to familial bliss by JENNY ROUGH

Deepak Chopra
Mind-bending medicine’s poet/prophet discusses his prescription for happiness, describes the next human evolution, and explains why he doesn’t sleep interview by ELIZA THOMAS

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