We should start eating insects
Why Arnold van Huis would like us to eat cricket pies, fried grasshoppers and mealworm quiche. Marco Visscher | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Cricket pies, fried grasshoppers and mealworm quiche: Welcome to the new culinary delights. Or so hopes Arnold van Huis, an entomology professor in Wageningen, the Read More...
The Organic Top 20
Ode's annual pick of favorite fair and fun products from around the globe. Elbrich Fennema and Andi McDaniel | December 2007 issue Why organic matters Isn’t it just marketing hype? A way to get you to pay more and get less? Sure, you ingest a touch fewer chemicals and toxins. But of course there Read More...
Field of dreams
How the ecofashion boom is transforming the lives of cotton farmers in central India. Saritha Rai | December 2007 issue Through narrow village streets littered with cattle dung and hay, past a group of men wordlessly chewing tobacco under a shady banyan tree and oxen lazing in the tropical sun, lie Read More...
Can anybody save the world?
Corporate greenwashing aside, there is really no such thing as simple green. Chip Conley| December 2007 issue I’ve noticed those full-page ads in The New York Times on Sundays this summer, with the big, bold headline “YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.” While I have many friends who believe in that Read More...
Think outside the bank
How peer-to-peer lending helps entrepreneurs - and helps lenders make a difference. Janet Paskin | December 2007 issue For the first few months, Renaud Laplanche financed his software company with credit cards. Then he looked at the statements. “It’s painful when you realize you’re paying 18 Read More...
Meat is methane
Livestock farming produces more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transport combined. Reduce those harmful emissions: Eat less meat! Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue What’s the biggest cause of climate change? Cars? Planes? Factories? No. The meat we eat. Producing chicken, lamb, pork and Read More...
They're all ears
New research suggests plants can hear. Is this the start of acoustic farming? Jurriaan Kamp | December 2007 issue Prince Charles was widely ridiculed 20 years ago when he declared on television that he talked to his plants. “I just come and talk to the plants, really. It’s very important to Read More...
Dressed to excess
Trade your suit for a sarong, your skirt for a sari! Here is how more relaxed, easygoing clothing can lead to sartorial satori. An exclusive excerpt from a new edition of Alan Watts' 1970 classic "Does it matter?" Alan Watts| December 2007 issue For most of my life I have been in rebellion against Read More...
Let them play Sims
Why there should be video games in every classroom. Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue Invariably, the people who criticize video and computer games grew up without Nintendo, PlayStation or Atari. The sometimes-heated discussions about games are a typical example of a generational conflict, Will Read More...
Be true to your cells
How just being yourself can improve your health. David Servan-Schreiber | December 2007 issue Celeste is unhappily married, but rather than talk to her husband, she tries to act as though everything’s fine. Jack is aware that the plant he manages is pumping out toxic waste and he’s doing what Read More...