February 2008
Features
Dirty Pretty Things
As grammie used to say, you can’t polish a turd. This V-Day, keep your karma clean with ethically-sourced eco-adornments by JESSICA RIDENOUR
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
Bestowing your beloved with conflict diamonds and dirty gold is hardly the best way to say “I love you.” Instead, why not opt for one of the mindful bedazzlers listed here. And if bling isn’t in your budget, but you’re still emotionally-attached to V-Day gift cliches, we’ve lined up a few other ethical expressions of affection.
Love Big
For a growing number of sexual adventurers, commitment doesn’t equal exclusivity, and the possibility for meaningful connection is only as limited as your capacity to love by ANDY ISAACSON
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
On Our Radar
Power Play
Lobbyists and PR flacks are spinning nuclear power as the solution to climate change. But renewable energy proponents say don’t believe the hype by ALASTAIR BLAND
One For Me, One For You
Swapsites are the new do-good, feel-good sport by RACHEL KAUFMAN
When Plastic Attacks
Worth Repeating
Don’t just get mad... get active
What Counts?
by JENNY ROUGH
Tune In
What’s Sex Got to Do with It?
Check your ism’s at the door. One workshop aims to solve the so-called gender identity crisis by AMELIA GLYNN
Your Money and Your Life
by DANIEL PINCHBECK
Healthy Living
A World Without Men
Gender-bending industrial chemicals are skewing the birth ratio in favor of baby girls. Could a world without men be a few short generations away? by ELIZABETH BARKER
Body Talk
New red-meat risk; your brain on sugar; fresher breath, naturally by LIZ BARKER
Sexy Food
Say goodbye to Viagra and hello to coriander by JENNIFER ADLER, M.S., C.N
Love at First Bite
Dishes to fall head over heels for by AMY PENNINGTON
Travel
Escape the Pace
Over the Hills to Washington’s Best Snow by CRAI S. BOWER
Art and Soul
The Business of Being Born
Your baby is a miracle, not a profit model by ERIC LARSON
Reviews
Essay
Making Love Out of Nothing at All
by REBECCA EPHRAIM
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