Green Arcade bookstore on Market Street.

Green Arcade

The Haight & Hayes Valley


Everything you always wanted to know about mushroom foraging, worm composting and running for office on an environmental platform – plus poetry and autographed books by SF authors. This bookstore emphasizes visionary possibility over eco-apocalypse doom, so you'll leave with a rosier outlook on making the world a greener place. Check website for author events, covering political comedy to rock zines.


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