Why not do something legendary?
It's time for leaders to inspire us Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2005 issue A couple of weeks ago the 16-year-old daughter of an American friend came to visit. The first evening she wanted to go to a punk concert in a rough neighborhood of Amsterdam. It seemed like the ideal setting for drugs, violence Read More...
The most hopeful courtroom in the world
The European Court of Human Rights shows how justice can cross borders. Is it a model for the whole planet? Jay Walljasper | April 2006 issue The plight of 5-year-old Tabitha Kaniki Mitunga sparked international controversy in 2002 when Belgian officials detained her alone at an immigration centre Read More...
How to get into the health habit
Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Integrative medicine begins with the basics: what you eat, what you do and how you think. Here are three tips for staying healthy from Victoria Maizes, executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. Eat a healthy diet. “The Mediterranean Read More...
Schools of the future
Awarded writer Ben Okri's blueprint of the university of the future.Ben Okri | June 2003 issue In the future, centres of learning will teach at least one thing we do not teach today: the art of self-discovery. There is nothing more fundamental in education. We turn out students from our Read More...
Healthy thinking: Meditation.
A simple practice in meditation. | June 2003 issue In the following meditation, the emphasis is on breathing, but the underlying aim is to achieve a calm, non-judgemental awareness whereby your thoughts, feelings and sensations come and go without getting caught up in them. Sit in a relaxed Read More...