Local Issue #1

Local Issue #1 - July 15-Sept 15 2002

Premiere Local Edition

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Introducing the new Local Edition
Changes are brewing. We've cracked the seed of HopeDance and from it has blossomed three publications. With these changes our focus becomes clearer as to how to present material to readers: Keep the local news together in one publication; allow the magazine format to grow nationally; and create the necessary space for those special supplements to happen spontaneously when the demand calls for it. More>>

Become the Media
When I was listening to the many dramatic presentations and lectures during the anti-WTO protests in Seattle in ’99, one such mantra or chant that really took hold came from Jello Biafro when he ended his talk with “Don’t Blame the Media, Become the Media.” More>>

The "Seed Lady" gives away Gardens in East LA

Justice for the Pictsweet Mushroom Workers

William McDonough and Braungart's new book & film

Green Houses for People

Winners of the Green Business Award

M:OME - Modern Sustainable Homes in SLO?

Transition to non-methyl bromide strawberry farming

Green Business Networking in SLO

September 11: Unanswered Questions

A "Live Report" from the West Bank

Video Reviews

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