Miscellaneous
Interview with Rinaldo
Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Rinaldo Brutoco is the founder and director of The World Business Academy in Ojai, California. Through lectures and publications, the Academy works to promote a shift in mentality among business leaders toward corporate responsibility and values-driven leadership. Here Read More...
Madieng Seck: Moving Slow Food in Senegal
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International nominated Madieng Seck because of his passion for Senegalese agriculture and the local food movement. Carlo Petrini | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Madieng Seck, Member, Slow Food. Dakar, Senegal Photo: Veila Lucidi Several years ago, Madieng Seck Read More...
Marta Gabre-Tsadick: Determination and development in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's top model Liya Kebede says we all have a little something to learn about community spirit from Marta Gabre-Tsadick. Carmel Wroth | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Marta Gabre-Tsadick, Founder, Project Mercy. Yetebon, Ethiopia Photo: Getty In 32 years spent running an aid organization in Read More...
Profile of James Kass
Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue At the first poetry slam he organized for Bay area teenagers in 1996, James Kass was nervous, wondering if the group could put on a good show. But when the kids started performing, his doubts disappeared. “We had practiced,” Kass says. “But then they got up to the Read More...
Saints of Pakistan
Abdul Sattar Ehdi and Bilquis Edhi, who are often praised as Muslim equivalents of Mother Teresa, run what is perhaps the world's largest volunteer organization Jay Dunn | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Chetan Kumar began to suspect he had cancer a year ago, but kept pushing himself through the dizzy Read More...
Video: Willie's work
Ode Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Click here to watch the Read More...
Profile of Martin Vosseler
Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue The physiologically-designed, Birkenstockish rubber sandals and home-knit-looking socks on Martin Vosseler's feet have obviously seen a fair amount of travel. As has the red out-door jacket and the bulging backpack slung over his shoulder when meet up at Read More...
The art of receiving
Receiving is harder than giving, but can lead to even greater personal and spiritual growth. Hilary Hart | December 2008 issue During a visit to Paris, my mother bought me a gift and dropped it in the mail. I didn’t receive it very well. I tore away the brown paper packaging and, at the first Read More...
A sustainable alternative to the financial meltdown
Although the global financial problems are causing trouble for investors now, they could lead to something better – for investors and the environment. Marco Visscher and Janet Paskin | December 2008 issue Like many entrepreneurs, David Griswold started his business with a big vision and a Read More...
Death of a paradigm
The current economic pain must result in a greater collective gain. Noreena Hertz | December 2008 issue We’re witnessing the death of a paradigm. As is usual at moments of mourning, such a claim is met by denial, resistance and anger from the initiators and defenders of the old faith. But it Read More...