It’s a bit strange to start writing about the bucolic uses of public space in San Francisco (Critical Mass and Carnaval) while the worst environmental disaster in history is ongoing. Who has not already had days of obsessing about the oil pouring into the Gulf, followed by numbness, distancing, and then another round of intense [...]
(This piece was published first at sf.streetsblog.org. I appreciate their consideration for my wanting to republish it here so soon.) The BP oil spill goes on. And on. We watch the oil on live web cam pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. And we watch. Political rage is muted, practical responses even more distant. What [...]
“Circle the Food Wagons!†I gave that title to a Shaping San Francisco Talk we had last night at Counterpulse, featuring folks from local small farm/gardening projects and also John Garrone, who is the “mushroom guy†at the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market. It was one of those evenings that makes me happy and [...]
