Videos: The new activists
Activism is no longer framed by boycotts and confrontations. People are finding positive new ways to convey the message of social, economic and political change. Watch videos from new activists like anti-corporate pranksters The Yes Men; comedian Reverend Billy; and Thailand's most prominent AIDS Read More...
Tasting is believing
Esoteric practises, like burying manure inside cows’ horns, has put many people off biodynamic agriculture. Now the sensational flavour—and ecological benefits—of biodynamic produce is winning them over. Jay Walljasper | May 2008 issue I know a thing or two about farms. My uncles raised Read More...
Added values
The Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate, spends millions each year on education, renewable energy, health care and charity. Can the Tata brand of compassionate capitalism take on-and take over-the global economy? Jack Leenaars| May 2008 issue Chudamani Sardar carefully stirs the cow dung Read More...
A turn for the better
New technology and innovative thinking are spinning old tires into new products. | May 2008 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
Stretching themselves to the limit
The Niroga Institute brings the benefits of yoga to minority and at-risk communities. Josey Duncan| May 2008 issue Dressed alike in loose grey pants, blue T-shirts and dark navy sweatshirts, a group of teenagers files into the bright room. They remove their shoes and sit on the identical green Read More...
Small can be healthy
Toxins like radon and even DDT may have beneficial effects at very low doses. Ursula Sautter | May 2008 issue A glass of red wine after dinner a couple of times a week can help prevent heart disease; a nightly magnum of the stuff will corrode your liver. This is pretty much accepted wisdom. But Read More...
I defeat my enemy when I make him my friend
Three stories about people who have confronted tragedy yet managed to see a way to get beyond rage and revenge and move toward reconciliation. Elik Elhanan | May 2008 issue Learning to speak How one Israeli man lost his sister in a terrorist bombing and found his voice to fight for peace. By Elik Read More...
Video: Simon Atem tells his story
Simon Atem tells the story of how he escaped a war in Sudan. Now he plans to build a school where kids learn about right and wrong. Here he tells us why his story is so important. | May 2008 Read More...
The not-so-secret secret to changing the world
Women can lead the way from the survival of the fittest to the survival of the connected. Lisa Witter| May 2008 issue The 1994 genocide in Rwanda left the country in tatters, its future fraught with uncertainty. Of the more than 800,000 people killed, most were men and boys. Rwanda’s remaining Read More...