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The Capacity for Tolerance
What can Christians do about the religious intolerance made visible during the last month?
Meet My Food System
A single meal shows the parts of my local food system—and how much I depend on them.
Changing the Consequences of Conflict
Video: The Interfaith Amigos' discussion on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary.
Here to There: Transportation Planning in a Climate-Neutral City
Big transportation projects can contribute to sprawl and increase automobile use—or, they can promote biking, walking, and use of transit. Seattle is working to take the latter path.
How to Not Get Sick of Zucchini on a 10-Mile Diet
Sometimes, local eating means getting very creative.
Pioneers of the New Normal
We’re facing a very different world than the one we knew. Here’s what people are doing to prepare …
Quality Over Quantity: Local Food & the Obesity Epidemic
When we sacrifice good food to have lots of food, it's a double loss. Can we use this time of thinner wallets to examine the volume of food we run through our bodies?
Envisioning MLK’s Dream in Today's World
Grace Boggs: We must begin the radical revolution of values that King called for, against the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism.
My Kingdom for a Cracker!
After 10 days of eating within 10 miles, I was ready to do just about anything for food made from grains.
Interfaith Amigos: On 9/11, Getting Beyond Religious Hatred
Brought together by the events of 9/11, three friends from different faiths reflect on what it will take to reach the other side of hatred.
My 10-Mile Diet ... in a Global Food System
My eating experiment is making me think differently about food security around the world.
Quotes from the Quran and from Rumi
Interested in what Muslim sacred texts actually say? Here's a short selection of quotes recommend by Jamal Rahman.
Eight Ways to Confront Extremism on 9/11
How to further tolerance and healing on this September 11th, an especially important time to speak up.
Movies, My Kids, and Me
Shannon Hayes used movies to give her daughters—and herself—an occasional break. Then they began to take over.
Cravings and Compassion on a 10-Mile Diet
Eating within a 10-mile radius of my house makes me really miss certain foods, but there's a lot about normal eating habits I don't miss.
Good for You? Bad for You?
What's the impact of hyperlocal eating on our health?
5 Days! (But Who's Counting?)
What I've eaten in my 10-mile diet so far.
Handmade Butter and Cheese
Without my own cow or goat, the secret to getting dairy products is all about neighborliness.
The Little Mosque in Medina
The current flap over the proposed Islamic center-cum-mosque in New York City offers a good opportunity to reflect on the nature and purpose of places of worship.
Relational Eating
Making today's lunch, I realized: I know everyone who raised this food.
