Farming for the Future
Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser are not your typical farmers. They turned their plot of land into an unusual field experiment, leading to much higher yields and much higher earnings. What are their secrets? One afternoon in March, on Singing Frogs Farm, a small vegetable operation that Paul and Read More...
The Path of the Altruist
Selfless love is the best guarantee of a fulfilled and meaningful life. An essay in five acts. By Guus van Holland I I am passing a flower stall when I think, Why not? My wife and I have had a terrible row. Although the dust has settled, I can still feel the pain that I put her through. I can Read More...
Free Money!
Free money! Digital currencies are bringing money back to the people—without interest. Money is a problem. You know that: you never seem to have enough of it. But money isn’t just your problem. Money is the problem. The current monetary system causes poverty, pollution and inequality. As a Read More...
Hacking the human biofield
A shaman’s advice to get on the fast road to enlightenment. Nature invests in the continuance of the species by programming us to procreate—to have sex. As enjoyable as that may be, many of us are equally interested in our longevity, which is of little use to nature. Once our reproductive years Read More...
Free your voice, free yourself
Singing allows us to tap the very core of our being. Jan Kortie draws on the power of song in a form of therapy he calls voice liberation. Tune in to the sound of the soul. Cut out that caterwauling,” my brother and sister used to say when I walked through the house as a kid, singing at the top Read More...
Polluting is stealing
Lawyer and environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explains why fighting climate change starts with a better-functioning democracy. We’ve been talking for five minutes about subjects like sustainable energy, climate change and environmental pollution when Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 60, brings up Read More...
Ecomoderism - Green is the new green
A new environmental movement is under way. What do the ecomodernists want? Kermit the Frog once complained that it’s not easy being green. It can mean so many different things, he sighed. Say you are green today and you know what you stand for. You are against nuclear energy. Against Read More...
Welcome to our sandbox
The human race has become the single dominant force of change on the planet. We’re altering the natural world, entering the Anthropocene. That’s a good thing. Knee-deep in the blizzard of 1978, when wind-whipped sails of snow tacked across Lake Cayuga and the streets looked like a toboggan Read More...
100 ways to live to 100
A recipe for a long, healthy life. We’ve compiled what we consider the 100 most important pieces of advice we’ve written over the years into a handy reference guide for how to live a long and healthy life. In many cases, the advice runs counter to what your doctor or the government is telling Read More...
The algae miracle
Some types can provide plenty of healthy food and clean fuel. Other types can be used to produce medicine or clean up the environment. Just how far can the promise of algae get us? A rotten smell greeted Sid Harwood and Shannon Helzer as they opened the door to the algae lab at Boone High School Read More...