shrimp, shrimping industry, 112, 114–115, 117, 121, 124
snails, 21, 59, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 319, 320, 321
vultures, 49
walruses, 5, 12, 14, 20, 21
whales, whaling, 9, 14, 20, 21, 120, 211
wolf (Ulfur), 212
antinuclear (actions, activists, see also nuclear), 45, 143, 190, 192, 194
Apple Computer, 249–251, 265, 268
Arab Spring, 22–31, 57, 194, 213–215, 217, 220, 221, 258
Arcadia, 48
Arctic, 5–21
Arctic Circle, 7, 8, 174
Argentina, 27, 29, 45, 81, 175, 179–181, 222
Armstrong, Louis, 242
Atlason, Vífill, 159
Avengers (band), 40, 47
Badger, Bill, 27
Ban Mercury Working Group, 106–107
Barnacle, Nora, 152
Bastille, 23, 26
Bear Flag Revolt, 53
Bechtel Corporation, 65, 66, 95
Berger, John (writer), 204
Björk (rock star), 171, 172
Black, Michael (historian), 100, 101
Black Panthers (activist group), 37, 43, 289–290
Boggs, Grace Lee (activist), 79–80
Bolivia, 65, 95, 168, 319
Borges, Jorge Luis, 148, 207–208, 211–212
Bornstein, David (social Darwinist), 139, 140
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 23, 24, 213, 217
BP spill, 109–124
Branch, Michael (scholar), 276
Brass Liberation Orchestra, 264
Buddhists, Buddhism, 23, 140, 190, 191, 192, 196, 197, 200, 201, 291
Bush, George W., and his administration, 85, 88, 110, 116, 119, 130, 159, 160, 187, 216, 237–239, 301, 302, 306–307
Butterfly, butterflies: see animals
Cairo (see also Egypt), 22, 28
California, 32–47, 48–53, 62, 64, 67, 92, 95–99, 100–105, 108, 144, 249–250, 252–254, 283
California Gold Rush: see Gold Rush
cannibalism, 13, 121, 232
capitalism, 80, 102, 134, 156, 175, 180, 181, 223, 237, 245, 255, 312, 313
Carnival, 113, 240–247
Cash, Johnny, 85
Catholic Charities, New Orleans, 115
Charter 77, 27
Chavez, Cesar, 37, 250
Chile, 194, 214–215, 220
Churchill, Winston, 285, 297
City of Refuge, 267
City Slicker Farms, Oakland, 292–293, 297
civil society, 28, 29, 168, 175, 178, 180, 188, 194, 213, 218, 220, 223, 238, 240, 252, 317
Clamshell Alliance (antinuclear group), 45
Clausewitz, Carl von, 299–300
Cleveland, Ohio, 111, 294–295
climate change, 56–59, 62–64, 67, 94, 100, 116, 117–118, 160, 194, 219, 223, 237, 278–279, 283, 295, 297
CNN (Cable News Network), 28, 111, 116, 129
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, 241
Colorado River, 60–67, 95
compassion, 139–140
Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society, 273, 274, 282, 283
Conner, Bruce, 32, 39, 46, 277
Constantino, Renato Redentor, 136
Conway, Daniel (abolitionist), 282
country music, 84–94
cowboys, 92, 204
creeps, 34–35
Czechoslovakia, 22, 27, 220
Daguerre, Louis-Jacques-Mandé, 308
Dead Kennedys (band), 33–34
Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West, 61–67
Dederich, Chuck (cult leader), 40–41
democracy, 23, 24, 36, 47, 72, 160–162, 164, 165, 167–171, 173, 176, 214, 218, 220, 222, 243, 258, 305, 319
Democracy Now!, 235
Detroit, Michigan, 2, 68–83, 87–88, 153, 289, 294, 295
Diablo Canyon Power Plant, 45
Diamond, Jared, 166
Dōgen Zenji (priest, monk, writer), 201
domestic violence, 116, 149, 317
Douglas, Mary, 110
Dowley, Jennifer, 49, 51
dreams, 11, 19, 153, 300, 304
drones, 52, 224, 265, 300, 304
drugs, 224–230
Dubček, Alexander, 22
Eagles (band), 33
Earth First!, 66, 67, 89
Egypt, Egyptian revolution, 22–30, 57, 194, 213, 215
Eight Mile Road, 69
Eliade, Mircea (scholar), 155, 156
Eliot, T. S., 61
Ellsberg, Daniel, 305
empathy, 139, 140, 275, 306
Encalade, Byron (head, Louisiana Oysterman Association), 123
Evans, Derrick, 120
Exxon Mobile Corporation, 58, 118
EZLN: see Zapatistas
Facebook, 23, 25, 26, 30, 111, 179, 218, 249, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 276, 282
farms, farmers, farmworkers, farming, 30, 37, 47, 61–62, 67, 68, 75, 81, 89, 90–93, 102, 170, 185, 241, 250, 279, 280, 285–297, 313
feminism, feminists, 35–36, 43, 45, 47, 134, 207, 244, 282, 317
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 295
Fleetwood Mac (band), 47
food (see also farms, gardens), 19, 23, 43–44
Ford automobiles, manufacturing, 73–75, 78, 79
Fort Pontchartrain, 68, 69
Fortune magazine, 177
Frankenstein (novel), 8
French Revolution, 23, 30, 58, 220
Fukushima, Japan, nuclear catastrophe in, 183, 186–191, 193, 195
Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kyoto (shrine), 197–202
Futurefarmers, 293
gays, lesbians, queers, rights and politics, 35–36, 44, 45, 47, 140, 174, 267
Gallant, Mavis, 30
Gandhi, Mohandas, 25, 283
gardens (see also farms), 8, 80–82, 94, 143, 191, 200, 262, 277–278, 285–297
Gates, Bill (mogul), 265
Gibson-Graham, J. K. (economists), 134–135
Giffords, Gabrielle, 26–27
glaciers, 7, 8, 10, 13, 21, 68
Glen Canyon Dam, 61, 63, 65, 66
gold, 95–108
Gold Rush, in California, 46, 60, 96–107, 249, 253–254, 269, 270
Golden Gate National Recreation Area: see Marin Headlands
Google Corporation, Google bus, 248–255, 261, 264–271
Google glasses, 261–262
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 194
graves, 8
Great Salt Lake, 107
Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (president), 159–162, 164, 168, 171, 174
Gross, Anisse, 271
Gulf of Mexico, oil spill in, 109–124
Gundersen, Arnie, 186–187
Haiti, 125–132
Handel-Bajema, Ramona, 191
Hansdóttir, Elín, 203–212
“Harrison Bergeron” (short story), 261
Hearst, Patti, 41, 42–43
Helgason, Haukar Már, 181
Herrington, Donnell, 233–234, 235, 237
Hirani, Kozo, 182–183, 184, 185
Hiroshima, Japan, 76, 189, 192–194, 195–197
home, 142–158 (see also labyrinth)
Hoover Dam, 61, 65
hope, 23, 31, 45, 79, 82, 94, 133–141, 149, 157, 181, 213–224, 240–242, 285, 318, 319, 321
Hotel Pontchartrain (Detroit), 68, 69, 72
Hurricane Katrina, 87, 113–114, 119–123, 125, 130, 183, 186, 231–239, 242, 245
Hussein, Saddam, 307
hydropower (in Iceland), 163–165, 170, 174, 176
Iceland, 15, 21, 29, 159–181, 203–212, 214, 225
Indians: see Native Americans
International Hotel (San Francisco), 36–37, 38
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 173, 175, 180
Internet, 23, 25, 111, 116, 250, 256, 265, 269,
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (film), 32, 33, 36, 37–38
Iraq, 24, 51, 55, 62, 65, 119, 219, 221, 231, 239, 300, 306–309
Ireland
, 215, 279–280, 284
Irigaray, Luce, 207
Japan, 26, 53, 182–202, 214
2011 tsunami in, 182–195
Japanese Americans, 143
Jones, Tim (priest), 131
joy, 23, 141, 184, 201, 219, 222, 239, 245
Joyce, James, 152
Juhasz, Antonia (writer), 118, 133
Kaufman, Phil (film director), 32
Keltner, Dacher, 139–140
kindness, 135
King, Martin Luther, 25, 44, 79, 204, 277, 283, 316
King, Peter (congressman), 25
Kinoshita, Seigo (disaster evacuee), 190
Klare, Michael (writer), 117
Klein, Naomi, 237
Kristjánsson, Svanur, 168–170
Kroll, Andy (journalist), 216
Kyoto, Japan, 196–202
labyrinths and mazes, 203–212
Lake Powell, 63, 66
laundry: see Thoreau
Laursen, Eric, 243
Leckart, Steven, 93
Lenin, Vladimir (statue of), 18
library, 18, 60, 260
light, 6, 7, 11, 12
Longyearbyen, Svalbard 5, 9, 11, 13
Los Angeles, 38, 54, 61, 67, 95, 249, 291
Los Angeles Times, 125, 131
Louisiana, 109–124
Lubbock, Basil, 14
Mabuhay Gardens (punk club), 38–39
Macondo blowout: see BP Blowout
macramé, 32
Madison, Wisconsin, 27, 30, 215
Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, 30
Magdalenafjord, 7, 18
Magnason, Andri Snær, 171, 172, 176–177, 178
Mahfouz, Asmaa, 25, 31
Maisch, Patricia, 27
Malek-Wiley, Darryl (Sierra Club activist), 111, 112, 114
Mamas and the Papas (band), 32
Mandela, Nelson, 312
Manning, Bradley/Chelsea, 24, 258, 284
Marin Headlands, 48–55
Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (comic book), 25
Martinez, Daniel, 27
Martinsson, Tyrone, 9
McWilliams, Carey, 97
MDC (Millions of Dead Cops/Multi-Death Corporations, band), 34
mercury, 95–108
Mexican-American War, 53, 60, 105, 275, 311–321
Mexico, 10, 30, 53, 98, 105, 128, 194, 215, 224–230
Milk, Harvey (city supervisor, catalyst), 35, 36, 44–45, 47
Misrach, Richard (photographer), 304
Mississippi River, 1, 61, 112, 115
Molina, David (musician), 240
Monkey Wrench Gang (novel), 66
Morris, William, 148, 167–168
Muir, John, 91, 274
Murosaki, Yoshiteru (disaster expert), 186, 187
Muybridge, Eadweard (photographer), 200, 308–309
9/11: see September 11, 2001
Nabokov, Vladimir (writer), 138, 140
Native Americans (see also Zapatistas [indigenous Mexicans]), 37, 52, 53, 68, 69, 86, 91, 97, 98, 101, 106, 108, 121–122, 166, 220, 244, 253, 255, 274, 313, 319
Nevada, 52, 60, 62, 66–67, 87, 89, 98, 106–108, 298–300, 304
Nevada Test Site, 11, 190, 273, 298
New Almaden mercury mine, 105–106
New Orleans, 87, 91, 109–110, 113–116, 120, 122, 130, 183, 231–247, 263
New York City (see also Occupy Wall Street), 46, 76, 119, 187, 221–222, 236, 239, 268, 288
New York Times, 139, 154, 232, 266
News from Nowhere (novel), 167–168
Nixon, Richard, 34, 99
Njal’s Saga, 165–166
nonviolence, 25, 30, 45, 213, 221, 311, 314
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 71, 140, 241, 313
nuclear (power, weapons, see also antinuclear, radiation), 45, 50, 52, 54, 56, 62, 111, 186–195, 199, 202, 265, 272–273, 298, 305, 309
Oakland, 37, 42, 43, 267, 292–293, 294
Obama, Barack, 116, 117, 119, 123, 239, 243
Obama, Michelle, 290
Occupy (movement), Occupy Wall Street, 57, 213–217, 258, 269, 297
Occupy Bernal Heights (San Francisco), 253
Odyssey, 145–149, 154
oil: see petroleum
Olafsson, Haraldur (writer), 170
Otsuchi, Japan, 182–185
Paglen, Trevor, 298–310
pain, 226–230
Palinarus (Aeneid), 11
paradise, 6, 48, 84, 106, 147
petroleum, petroleum industry, 58–59, 69, 92, 109–124, 133, 134, 137, 226, 254–255, 238, 254
Petrulionus, Sandra Harbert, 282
Philippe, Rosina, 121–122
Philippines, 29, 220
Phoenix, Arizona, 61, 66–67
plastic, 12, 39, 66, 199, 290
Plastic People of the Universe (band), 27–28
poison, poisoning (see also BP blowout, Gulf spill, mercury, oil, petroleum, radiation), 7, 43, 56, 105, 109–112, 114, 115–117, 119–122, 124, 197, 238, 263
poison oak (plant), 50
Porter, Eliot, 66
Poussin, Nicholas (painter), 48, 49, 51
Powell, James Lawrence (writer), 63–64, 66
Powell, John Wesley (scientist, explorer), 63–64, 67
Prague Spring, 22, 220
privatization, 65, 88, 95, 155–158, 169, 170, 175, 177, 179–180, 216, 296
Presley, Elvis, 86
Proposition 13, 36
public space, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 113, 154, 155–156, 171, 178, 234, 238, 242–247, 255, 258, 263, 270, 271, 296, 299
punk rock (see also individual bands), 33, 37–40
Pyramiden, Svalbard, 14, 17–18
Quarantelli, Enrico (disaster sociologist), 128
race, race politics, racism, 46, 69, 72–74, 76–79, 84, 85, 86–88, 93, 97, 231–236, 243–245
radiation, radioactivity, 55, 62, 114, 186–190, 192, 199, 304
radical, radicalization, radicals, 25, 45, 79, 88, 89, 119, 136, 187, 221, 228, 243, 246, 282, 289, 312
definition, 297, 311
radio, 29, 256, 257, 261
Rahim, Malik (organizer), 235
Rasmussen, Knud, 9
Reagan, Ronald, 34, 43
Reclaim the Streets, 245–246, 247
revolution (see also Egypt, Egyptian revolution), 22–31, 38, 42, 45–47, 58, 136, 143, 167, 194, 220, 222, 239, 243, 247, 258, 296, 297
definition, etymology, 311
food revolution, 290, 291
green revolution, 289, 291, 293
Industrial Revolution, 148
Philippines revolution, 220
Reagan revolution, 137
revolutions per minute, 311
Saucepan Revolution (in Iceland), 173–181
sexual revolution, 34, 44
Zapatista revolution, 312–321
Richard Hell and the Voidoids (band), 33
Rivera, Diego (painter, communist), 74, 75, 77, 82
rock and roll (see also individual bands), 27–28
Roman-Alcalá, Antonio (gardener), 286–288
Ross, Captain, 14
Rosse, Bill (activist, musician), 87
Rudd, Mark (activist), 41–42
ruins, 17–18, 39, 40, 51, 65, 66–67, 69–72, 75, 77–79, 82, 130, 132, 142, 153, 183, 185, 190, 191, 192–193, 294, 299
Rumsfeld, Donald, 308
Russia, Russians, 17, 18, 56, 138, 175
sadness, 228, 230
Salton Sea (California), 64–65
San Francisco, 32–37, 40, 43, 44, 53, 60, 88, 98, 222, 248–255, 264–271, 286–288, 289
1906 earthquake in, 127, 190, 236
San Francisco Bay, 96, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106
San Francisco Bay Area, 48–55, 291–294
San Francisco Estuary Institute, 103–104
San Francisco Zen Center, 291
San Quentin State Prison, 280–281
Sassoon, Siegfried, 285
Saudi
Arabia, 65, 119, 214
Sendai, Japan, 188, 190–192
Sennet, Richard, 146–147
September 11, 2001, 36, 119, 187–188, 221–222, 239
Sierra Club, 65–66, 91–92, 111, 114, 119, 133, 274
Sierra Nevada, 96, 100, 103
Sigurðardóttir, Jóhanna (prime minister), 173–174, 178
Sigur Rós (band), 171, 172
Silicon Valley, 54, 55, 248–271
Sims, Michael (writer), 277–278, 281, 283
slavery (United States), 244–245, 273–275, 277, 281, 282–283
Smith, Patti, 43
Snowden, Edward (whistleblower), 260, 266, 268
social Darwinism, 139
Sontag, Susan, 305–306
Sorrow Fjord, 10
Southern Pacific Railroad, 64–65
Soviet Union, 28, 74, 75, 81, 162, 194, 302, 313
Stanford, Leland, 253, 254
Stanford University, 55, 140, 249–250
Stegner, Wallace, 92
Stewart, Martha (impresario, Circe), 147–150
Stockholm (ship), 5, 16–17, 21
Stormfront White Nationalist Community, 77
Stranglers (band), 46
Ström, Lisa, 9, 11, 13, 20, 21
Subcomandante Marcos, 315
suburbs, suburbia, 29, 69, 72, 74–76, 78, 154, 156, 250
Svalbard, 5–21
Sweden, 17, 19, 137, 151
Sylvester (singer), 47
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA, cult), 41, 42–43, 47
Syjuco, Stephanie (artist), 270
Synanon (cult), 36, 40–41, 42
Tahrir Square, 25, 28, 214
technology (see also individual companies, nuclear, Silicon Valley), 55, 65, 96, 98, 114, 255, 257, 258–263, 300–301, 304, 309
Teller, Edward (bomb maker), 62
Thich Quang Duc, 23
Thingvellir, Iceland, 165–166
Thompson, A. C. (investigative journalist), 235–236, 237, 239
Thoreau, Henry David, and Cynthia Dunbar, Sophia, and Helen Thoreau, 272–284
toxic, toxins (see also poison), 15, 65, 90, 107, 109, 114, 187, 255, 289
Tunisia, 23–25, 213–214
Twitter, 25, 218, 257, 258, 268
Ulysses (novel), 152, 157–158, 264
United States (see also particular cities, states, movements), 24–25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 42, 49, 52, 55, 56, 57, 60, 74, 157, 160, 176, 215–216, 221, 225–230, 243, 281, 294, 299, 301, 303–306, 319–320
economic inequality in (see also Occupy Wall Street), 31, 36, 37, 57–58, 76, 137
military, 24, 49–55, 162, 176, 265–266, 298–310
Vietnam, 23
violence (see also domestic violence, nonviolence), 27, 28, 26, 40, 41–42, 49, 51, 55, 56–59, 87, 97, 131, 139, 140, 151, 161, 166, 225, 238, 253, 287–288, 299–302, 305–306
Virgil, 11
Vonnegut, Kurt, 261
Walker, Scott (governor), 30, 31
war, 298–310
water (see also BP Spill, climate change, Colorado River, Glen Canyon Dam, Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, Mississippi River, Svalbard, tsunami), 57, 61–67, 92, 97–102, 163–165