HopeDance
Contents; Issue #50

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    Sunday Herald   2   GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF OIL AFTER 2007                      
     The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) states that not  enough major  new fields will come on stream to offset declines.

    Reverend Billy  5   INTERVIEW WITH REV. BILLY BY AMY LANDAU        
            Contributing writer Amy Landau meets up with Rev. Billy in New
York after a performance to discover the passion behind his commitment to take
down corporations like Disney and Starbucks.

    Linda Buzzell-Saltzman  6   LIFE WORK: Meaningful Careers in the Emerging
Sustainable Society        
            What is in store for our careers, our livelihoods during the
transition? For The Future think tank cofounder, Ms. Buzzell-Saltzman explores how we need
to start preparing now and what types of livelihoods will be essential.

    The Yes Men 8   INTERVIEW WITH THE YES MEN BY AMY LANDAU
            Amy Landau meets with the imposters of the WTO (and other corporate heads) 
            Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonano for a riveting interview to understand the
            importance of their pranks.        

    Stacey Warde    10  THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SLOW DOWN                 
 Local freelancer takes on the subject of why we are moving so fast in order to make
 a living while in reality we are just making ourselves sick; besides the fact that most of us don’t even like our jobs.

    Katie Renz  12  MAKING BOOKS OUT OF TRASH
            Regular contributor Katie Renz reports on the wonderful
            work of Analea Brauburger who is turning recycled trash into
            books for impoverished kids in Honduras.

    David Weisman   13  NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE WAY OUT OF THE
            GLOBAL CRISIS!
           
    Justin Popov    16  LIVING WAGES, NO SWEAT SHOPS & UNIONS
            IN INDONESIA?
            Intern Justin Popov summarizes the incredible work of
            the new clothing manufacturing company NO-SWEAT.
                               
    Carol Pimentel  17  TSUNAMI CLEAN-UP TRUTHS                            
Carol Pimentel travels to Thailand to learn first hand how
            the clean up is coming along and what we can do locally.
                       
    FiLMS   21  FiLMS FOR SLO, CAMBRIA & SANTA BARBARA
   
    Elizabeth Warren & Uma Bingham   24 INSURANCE: SICK AND BROKE plus HEALTH
WORKS
            OF THE CENTRAL COAST
           
    David Holmgren  27  DAVID HOLMGREN ON ENERGY DESCENT                       
How are we going to survive? Are we ready to pursue it with
            passion and vigor like the Manhattan Project?
            How does permaculture fit into the scheme of collapse?

    Shorts  29  SHORTS SECTION

    Contributors    35  BOOK REVIEWS

    Wes Roe 40  PERMACULTURE & NATURAL BUILDING NEWS
           
    OTHER SHORTS: Having Fun while Doing Laundry the Energy-Friendly Way
(15); Peace Goes to School (15); Excerpt from the Indy FiLM Festival in SLO (19);
Update on Duke in Morro Bay (20); Ventura Section (24); New Fair-Trade Caffè
in SLO (25); Responses to “Environmentalism is Dead” Debate (26); Santa
Barbara Announcements (39); San Luis Obispo Announcements (18); Classifieds (43);
Poems (11, 31, 41)
   
SANTA BARBARA /VENTURA/OXNARD/OJAI LOCATIONS FOR HOPEDANCE MAG
Taffy's Pizza
Vices &Spices
IV Coop
Main Library and East Side Library
Island Seed & Feed
Goleta Community Center
Paradise Found
Community Environmental Council
Copy Cat Coffee
Thrashers Books
Natural Cafe in Santa Barbara and Goleta
Nicky's Hair Design and Gifts
Lasen's Goleta
Sojourner
Giovanna's Pizza Montecito and Santa Barbara, IV
Fairview Gardens
Goleta Library
Chaucer's Bookstore
Muddy Waters
Livingreen
KCSB Radio
Kind Heart Institute


Bulldog Cafe Summerland


CARPINTERIA
Pacific Health foods Carpinteria
Carpinteria Public Library
The Coffee Grinder
Giovanni's Pizza
The Garden Cafe
Surf Shop beside Cafe on Padora

OJAI
Rainbow Bridge Natural Foods Market Ojai
Local Hero Bookstore
German Bakery
Ojai Roasting Company
Ojai Library
Ojai Foundation
The Farmer and Cook Meiners Oaks

LOMPOC/SOLVANG
South Side Cafe Lompoc
Printed Matter Lompoc
Lompoc Community Center
Lompoc Public Library
Solvang Public Library
Book Loft Solvang
Grand Tales Los Olivos
El Rancho Market Santa Ynez
Coffee Bean and Thing Lompoc
Essential Touch Lompoc

Oxnard:
Lassen's Health Foods
Caf� On A
Oxnard Public Library
The Prueter Library
Inner Gate Yoga Center
Sacred Space
Oxnard Public Library
The Grand Feline Resort
The Yoga Channel
Oak View Library

Ventura

Franky's Restaurant
Yoga Jones
Garden Village Caf�
H.P. Wright Library
Ventura Healing Arts Center
E.P. Foster Library
Zoey's Caf�
Cheap Sports
Patagonia
Ventura Yoga Studio
The Livery Theater
Salzer's Music
Beat City Records
Caffrodite
Latte 101
Skatestreet / The Loft
Way of Orient / Yoga with Zan
Shoreline Bicycle
Waveline Surf Shop /Caffrodite
Bad Ass Coffee /Latte 101
The Livery Theater/ Salzer's Music
Ventura Yoga Studio /Skatestreet / The Loft
Django's Coffee House /Full of Beans Coffee House
Zoey's Caf� & Club
The Natural Caf�
Caf� Bariloche
Natalie's Fine Threads
The Laurel Theater
Creative Light Bookstore
Kali Institute of Massage

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