Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth, Spring 2002

“There is a false assumption that you can just walk in and start changing systems. Instead, you need first to weave the web of relationships. You have to work from the school to the district; from the classroom teacher to the school board.”

Sections:
  1. The Geography of Health
  2. Other Features
  3. Books & Tools
  4. Access
  5. Backmatter
Whole Earth, Spring 2002
  1. The Geography of Health
      1. Herbalizing the Back Forty by 7Song: Natural medicine within ten minutes of your house.
        6
      2. “Organic” — Is It Healthier? by Susun Weed: Soybeans pollute, tofu causes dementia, capsuled herbs are poisonous...
        12
      3. Ecofolk: Music for Earth Healers by David Kupfer: Activist music by the next Pete Seegers, Kate Wolfs, and Woody Guthries.
        16
      4. Measuring the Power of Prayer by Larry Dossey, M.D.: Research suggests consciousness can change the physical world.
        20
      5. Surviving Cancer with a Lot of Help from My Friends by Michael K. Stone: Whole Earth editor finds communities to help with treatment decisions.
        22
      6. Doc Cop by Cherine Badawi: Officer Joel Fay helps mentally ill homeless people get off the street and into care.
        26
      7. Mead2001 Award Winner by Emily Polk: Bhopal’s Sambhavna Clinic continues to care for survivors eighteen years after the Union Carbide disaster.
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      8. A Food Revolution in Berkeley by Michael K. Stone: Fighting malnutrition and disease, teaching ecological literacy, and giving hope to family farmers begins with kids growing their own food.
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      9. The Naked Geography of Hope by Wade Davis: Death and life in the ethnosphere: saving endangered cultures.
        57
  2. Other Features
      1. JB Builds a Better Camper by J. Baldwin and Liz Fial: “Since RVs are not going to disappear, we decided to demonstrate a better way.”
        62
      2. What’s Next? Looking to the Next Decade: Global Business Network predictions from Peter Schwartz, Paul Hawken, Michael Hertz, Jay Ogilvy, Orville Schell, Gwynne Dyer, Richard Rodriguez, Betty Sue Flowers, Alex Singer, Freeman Dyson, and Peter Warshall.
        66
      3. Ken Kesey: Furthur. The writer and cultural icon remembered by Stewart Brand, with reprints of some of his most personal writing for Whole Earth.
        78
      4. Alternative Sources for News by Pat Holt: Where to go for news you can trust.
        90
  3. Books & Tools
      1. The Straight Path of the Spirit
        11
      2. Bones of the Master
        11
      3. Fibroids
        25
      4. The Not-So-Scary Breast Cancer book
        25
      5. American Homelessness
        28
      6. Having Faith
        29
      7. The Price of Motherhood
        29
      8. The Baby Book
        29
      9. Sticks and Stones
        29
      10. Circle Round
        29
      11. Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles
        29
      12. Mothering
        29
      13. California Homeschooler
        29
      14. The Underground History of American Education
        32
      15. Fighting Invisible Tigers
        32
      16. Highs!
        32
      17. Fast Food Nation
        36
      18. Beyond Beef
        36
      19. Hope’s Edge
        36
      20. Coming Home to Eat
        36
      21. Light at the Edge of the World
        61
      22. Xtreme Cooler
        63
      23. air force Dental Cleaner
        64
      24. FreeCharge
        64
      25. Watts Up?
        65
      26. Petzl Zipka Headlamp
        65
      27. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
        81
      28. Garcia
        83
      29. The Deadhead’s Taping Compendium
        83
      30. Deadhead Social Science
        83
      31. The Cosmic Serpent
        84
      32. The Botany of Desire
        84
      33. Crossing Over
        85
      34. From Girls to Grrrlz
        86
      35. The Great Women Cartoonists
        86
      36. Eternally Bad
        86
      37. Take it Personally
        88
      38. One Makes the Difference
        88
      39. Global Uprising
        88
      40. Education for Action
        88
      41. The Nation on Big Media
        92
      42. PR Watch
        92
      43. Environmental News Network
        92
      44. Faultline
        92
      45. Bobos in Paradise
        93
      46. The Operation, Care, and Repair of Farm Machinery
        94
      47. Barns and Outbuildings and How to Build Them
        94
      48. Horses, Mules, and Ponies and How to Keep Them
        94
      49. The Birds of Heaven
        95
      50. The World and the Wild
        95
  4. Access
      1. Herb books
        9
      2. Ecofolk artists
        17
      3. An ecofolk sampler
        19
      4. Prostate cancer resources
        24
      5. Food systems, farms, and schools
        47
  5. Backmatter
      1. Letters
        96
      2. Corrections
        99
      3. Gossip
        100
      4. Peter Warshall at Large
        101
      5. Classifieds / Reader Service / Thanks
        103
      6. Donors
        104
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