Democratic capitalism
Banks should not be driven only by the desire to be ever more profitable. Amy Domini| December 2007 issue Last year, when Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize, millions of people around the world learned of the miracles that banks serving the poor could deliver. It was a well-deserved honour Read More...
No more charity please
Moniek Zegers says we shouldn't be giving more but taking less. Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue Charity is in. Bill Clinton has written a bestseller about it and rock stars are organizing concerts. But Moniek Zegers, co-founder of the recently launched Dutch Comité tegen Goede Doelen Gekte Read More...
The Tao of Da Vinci
The Renaissance master pioneered ideas we now think of as the cutting edge in science and design. An exclusive excerpt from Fritjof Capra's new book, The Science of Leonardo. Fritjof Capra | November 2007 issue In Western intellectual history, the Renaissance—a period stretching from the Read More...
The transformation of an extremist
How a former Taliban fighter learned that teaching young girls is the best way to help impoverished, war-torn Kashmir. Karin Ronnow | November 2007 issue How a former Taliban fighter learned that teaching young girls is the best way to help impoverished, war-torn Kashmir. Going from Taliban Read More...
Long march across Germany
An organic food pioneer company rallies opposition to genetic engineering. Ursula Sautter | November 2007 issue Milling around a ramshackle VW bus painted in rainbow colours that sports the slogan “Biomobil,” a steadily growing crowd is forming at the onion-spire-topped St. Martinus church of Read More...
How a bookstore can change your life
If a book can "change your life," a bookstore can utterly transform it. A story on how the bookstore Shakespeare and Company in Paris changed one man's life. Jeremy Mercer | November 2007 issue One of the more romantic literary notions is that a book can change a person’s life. Pulitzer Read More...
The keys to courage
How Mama Zula saved 100 people's lives Lekha Singh | November 2007 issue “It was a Friday,” she says, “it was sometime in April.” The militiamen were burning houses. One neighbour’s house after another was going up in flames. The men, women and children who rushed out of the burning Read More...
Does EMDR spell healing?
November 2007 issue In 1974, Sam (not his real name) joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary, now known as the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The death toll exacted by The Troubles was being ratcheted up daily, topping 1,000 in April of that year. It would double and then triple over the course Read More...
Don't read this!
The secret of leadership cannot be found in an article. Johan Schaberg | November 2007 issue A search for the term “leadership” in any online book source will yield scores of hits for authentic leaders, service-oriented leaders, effective leaders, inspiring leaders, coaching leaders and so on. Read More...
Fire your gurus
As long as we continue to follow our coaches and therapists, we'll never achieve the enlightenment or happiness we seek. A word of advice: Become your own guru. Tijn Touber | November 2007 issue Gurus, spiritual teachers, therapists, life coaches: I used to follow them with devotion. I devoured Read More...