November/December 2012 Table of Contents
2012 Utne Visionaries
The Future of Food
Nance Klehm, radical ecologist
John Edel, vertical farming pioneer
Michel Nischan, food justice advocate
The Spirit of Occupy
Anonymous, hacktivist collective
David Graeber, global justice activist
Steve DeCaprio, squatters’ rights activist
Community Works
No Papers No Fear, immigrant rights activists
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, grassroots educator
Marcin Jakubowski, open source inventor
The Art of Resistance
Middle East Children’s Alliance, human rights activists
David Wish, music education innovator
Mahir Saul, debunker of African stereotypes
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Confronting Climate Change
Time to Get Crazy
We might be doomed by climate change, but we should fight anyway by Chris Hedges, fromTruthDig
This Crisis Needs A Movement
Using people power to combat the new climate change by Bill McKibben, from Solutions Journal
The Power of Nature
A vision of the future where we live as one with the earth by Gitte Larsen, Søren Steen Olsen, and Steen Svendsen, from ISSUES
Gardening Beyond Reason
The simple act of getting your hands dirty by Darren Fleet, from Adbusters
Online Only: The Man-Made World of 2112
Realizing our collective and technological potential by Søren Steen Olsen and Steen Scendsen, from ISSUES
Dissent in Uniform
Revolt in the Ranks
Dissent in the armed forces is a patriotic tradition by Chris Bray, American Conservative
Consequence
Orders, torture, and the truth by Eric Fair, from Ploughshares
Military Resistance: A Strong Brew
Anti-war veterans serve up support and lattes to their friends in uniform by Dean Patton, from Yes!
Emerging Ideas
Taking Tourism in Stride
Threatened by a tsunami of Twilight fans, a tribe opens up by Bryn Nelson, from High Country News
The Science of Pollen
Solving crime with a study of scattered dust by Richard Conniff, from Environment Yale
Tall Wood
Sustainable skyscrapers may harken back to log cabin era by Sarah DeWeerdt, from Conservation
Gleanings
My Welfare Mom, Our Food Stamps, & Why I’m a Marginal Jew
A lifelong struggle to feel at home by Andrea Kott, from Lilith
Foul Mouth
An anti-dentite rant about teeth, jealous love, and sweet revenge by Pasha Malla, from Maisonneuve
The Things They Googled
An ode to the search engine that can answer almost anything by Marion Winik, from The Sun
Mindful Living
The Heretic
For one LSD researcher, the promise of mind-blowing revelations was too tempting by Tim Doody, from The Morning News
Foodie Fundamentalism
The food movement’s surprisingly religious roots by Dana Logan, from Religion & Politics
Mixed Media
Trying to Build a Bridge with Music
One singer-songwriter’s experience as a cultural ambassador to Afghanistan by Peyton Tochterman, special to Utne Reader
My Favorite Contemporary Zines
The editor of The Lowbrow Reader offers up a shortlist of great reads by Jay Ruttenberg
Reviews:
Film
A Seed of Doubt: a review of Bitter Seeds
Occupation on Trial: a review of The Law in These Parts
Words of Inspiration: a review of The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
Reporting At All Costs: a review of Reportero
Music
A Voice Like Thunder and Words Like Rain: a review of The Salesman and the Shark by Sean Rowe
Familiar Progress: a review of Bend Beyond by Woods
Tying Up Loose Ends: a review of Unfinished Business by Wanda Jackson
Just Keep Moving: a review of As Above So Below by Azure Ray
Small Dark Corners: a review of Transcendental Youth by Mountain Goats
Books
Take It Easy, But Take It: a review of In His Own Words by Pete Seeger
The American Nile: a review of River Notes by Wade Davis
Hanging Around in the Lost and Found: a review of White Elephants by Katie Haegele
Reprinting a Love Story: a review of America’s Other Audubon by Joy M. Kiser
Editor’s Note
by Christian Williams
Forward
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
Landscape Architecture (Helping Kids Start a Pedal Rebellion)
Earth Island Journal (Viva La Compost!)
Colorlines (Detecting Abuse)
Environmental Building News, Conservation (The Giving Tree)
Sojourners (Gas Is Just to Cheap!)
Resurgence (New Life for Old Garbage)
Scientific American Mind (Brain Freeze?)
OnEarth (Florida’s Green Freeway)
