Liefstyles

Radical environmental politics has a certain cachet in the city. If you work in a skyscraper, far removed from the earth, what could be cooler than to flaunt the Earth First! monkey wrench decal on your word processor, or to discuss over lunch the Gaia theory--which maintains the planet is a living organism.

The red snapper Tim Dwyer is dining on tonight came from someone else's trash. So did everything he's wearing, from his leather running shoes to his red sweat shirt. Everything, that is, except for his squishy brown felt hat. "That was a gift," Dwyer sniffs. It is nearly tomorrow, and Dwyer is scraping fish bits out of a frying pan. His kitchen, such as it is, offers the unlikely pleasure of a celestial ceiling.

The red snapper Tim Dwyer is dining on tonight came from someone else's trash. So did everything he's wearing, from his leather running shoes to his red sweat shirt. Everything, that is, except for his squishy brown felt hat. "That was a gift," Dwyer sniffs. It is nearly tomorrow, and Dwyer is scraping fish bits out of a frying pan. His kitchen, such as it is, offers the unlikely pleasure of a celestial ceiling.

Radical environmental politics has a certain cachet in the city. If you work in a skyscraper, far removed from the earth, what could be cooler than to flaunt the Earth First! monkey wrench decal on your word processor, or to discuss over lunch the Gaia theory--which maintains the planet is a living organism.