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Joel Pomerantz is a San Francisco-based writer who is recognized for his work in journalism, public art and community service. Joel was founding newsletter editor for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and he helped conceive and create Critical Mass, the noncommercial monthly bicycling event, which has spread to more than 400 cities worldwide.

(If you know Hungarian, you can read about Joel's visit to the largest ride ever—32,000 bicyclists!—in Budapest, April 2006.)

For uncountable years, Joel has written for non-profits and community networks. He edited The Tube Times and The Haight Ashbury Voice and produced resource manuals for the Smithsonian Institution, the San Francisco Folk Music Club, the AIDS Legal Referral Panel and other organizations.

In August 2006, Joel launched Up To Here, a project to provoke discussion of and preparation for global climate change by marking seven meters above sea level with blue tape, in coastal cities everywhere.

City Lights commissioned Joel's 2004 research essay “San Francisco's Clean Little Secret,” which explores the politics and natural history of San Francisco's drinking water supply. The piece appeared in the City Lights anthology, The Political Edge. He regularly conducts walking tours based on this piece.

Joel’s interests include urban, natural and social landscapes. Current projects include Duped No More: 100 Ways To Rebel Against Corporate Greed In Your Daily Life. If you have a candidate for the top 100 specific methods or actions (aside from lifestyle changes and policy changes, which have been adequately highlighted in many places), please let Joel know.