Driving around the San Francisco Bay Area as a visitor, there is the sense of insanity that can't go on.
Mechanical noise is everywhere.
I met no-one, and I mean NO ONE, who drank water from the tap. I think we all were of the opinion that we could trust our own water, seeing as the U.S. was so well developed and all, but we sure couldn't trust the water in one of these underdeveloped places. In the midst of this insanity are a few focused rays of hope, the beginnings of what could be the future, when that system crumbles and cannot be repaired. SLUG began life to provide support to community gardens, by giving away seeds, lending tools and offering help to find plots. They maintain the gardens at low income housing projects, and are in the beginning stages of creating a huge community garden that will eventually include animals and fruit trees as well as vegetable crops, located adjacent to another housing project.