Miscellaneous
You are how you write
Does handwriting analysis offer accurate insights into personality? Ode went to a graphologist to find out. Marco Visscher | November 2008 issue In preparation for my meeting with graphologist Maresi de Monchy, I was told to supply a handwritten text on a sheet of unlined paper. The content was Read More...
A call for guts
The future depends on mastering the art of positive courage. Lappé Frances Moore | November 2008 issue Like a lot of us, I keep asking myself, How did we get into this mess? Since humans have innate needs and capacities for cooperation, empathy and fairness, which science now confirms, why does Read More...
“You can be a tree”
Cynthia Beal, founder of the Natural Burial Company, thinks we should all become bushes, meadows or trees after we die. Marco Visscher | November 2008 issue What’s wrong with conventional burial? “Conventional burial typically has us preserved in formaldehyde-based fluid, packed in one box Read More...
An ounce of prevention, steps to avoid cancer
Some do’s and don’ts for helping to avoid and fight cancer. Ode Editors | November 2008 issue Your mental state Be positive. Resolve stress and past traumas. Accept yourself and your emotions, including the negative ones. Practice meditation, yoga, tai chi or some other form of Read More...
Discuss your experiences with fighting cancer
David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anticancer: A New Way of Life, on diet, exercise and taking life seriously. Ode Editors | November 2008 issue What dietary choices do you recommend to help prevent cancer? “Instead of eating a plate of animal protein with a few vegetables, do it the other way: Read More...
“Moving patients out of hopelessness is crucial”
David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anticancer: A New Way of Life, on diet, exercise and taking life seriously. Ode Editors | November 2008 issue What dietary choices do you recommend to help prevent cancer? “Instead of eating a plate of animal protein with a few vegetables, do it the other way: Read More...
A book excerpt from Slow Money, by Woody Tasch
Excerpts from "Reconnoitering" in Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered by Woody Tasch. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Chelsea Green Publishing. Ode Editors | November 2008 issue If there had been a manual of civilization way back Read More...
Voluntourism resources
Time to plan another vacation? This time, consider volunteerism. Here are several resources to get started. Ode Editors | November 2008 issue Books Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others (Volunteer Vacations)By Bill McMillon, Doug Cutchins and Anne Geissinger Read More...
Q & A with John Taylor Gatto
Ode talks with John Taylor Gatto, an ex-New York City schoolteacher and author of five anti-public schooling books, including Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling , which you’ll find an exclusive excerpt in the October 2008 issue. Read More...
J.K. Rowling's commencement speech on failure
J.K. Rowlings commencement speech at Harvard titled, "The fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination". Ode, Editors | October 2008 Read More...