Ruth Camargo: Finding beauty in service
Jaime Jaramillo, who works with street children in Colombia, says Ruth Camargo is one former street child who is inspiring others in her community. Jaime Jaramillo | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Ruth Camargo, Bogotá, Columbia Photo: Firstline Schools, Inc. When I met Ruth Camargo, she was living in the Read More...
The wow of physics
Visionary Fritjof Capra teams up with Leonardo da Vinci to explore the cutting edge of 21st-century science. Jay Walljasper| November 2007 issue You can think of inventor Leonardo da Vinci and physicist Fritjof Capra as colleagues, collab-orating on groundbreaking scientific work that shifts Read More...
The controversial cure
Is homeopathy a healing idea whose time has come--again?Kim Ridley | Jan/Feb 2006 issue Valerie Ohanian was a graduate student at the University of Minnesota in the late 1970s when severe fatigue descended out of nowhere. Suddenly, she couldn’t stay up for more than 15 minutes at a time Read More...
The Columbus effect
Film about modern physics shows how humans create their reality Jurriaan Kamp | November 2004 Read More...
Reading, writing and revelation
How the written word helps refresh body, mind and soul. Ursula Sautter | October 2010 issue [caption id="attachment_2448" align="alignleft" width="180"] Photo: istockphoto.com/xaviarnau[/caption] Whenever the stabbing pain in her knee becomes unbearable, 17-year-old Mackenzie Bearup picks up a book Read More...
Words that heal
The psychological upside of writing it all down. David Servan-Schreiber| October 2010 issue Has your physician ever asked you to write about the worst day of your life? Probably not. Yet the Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a clinical study showing that writing can Read More...
It's payback time
To avoid credit card debt, always combine the pleasure of purchasing with the pain of paying. Adam Smith | October 2010 Read More...
Fixing the free market
How co-ops—businesses in which the employees are also the owners of the company—merge economic growth with social goals. Steven van Yoder | October 2010 issue In Quezon City, a new approach to funding funerals is just one way the Inner City Development Cooperative is bringing fresh life to Read More...
California dreaming becomes a reality
How Alvarado Street Bakery went from hippie collective to commercially successful co-op. Steven van Yoder | October 2010 issue Alvarado Street Bakery traces its roots to the Red Clover Worker’s Brigade, a 1970s Northern California workers collective dedicated to providing natural food products Read More...
I don't have an office; I am an office
A plea for a new style of work - no fixed location or workspace, but longer working hours and greater job satisfaction. Harry Starren | October 2010 Read More...