Miscellaneous
Against all odds
Why matters of life and death are really matters of the heart. David Servan-Schreiber | March 2008 issue We all have bad habits, but changing our ways is difficult. Still, in our hearts we’re convinced that if we really had to, we’d find the resolve to do so. For Martin, it was a matter of Read More...
The silence of the guilty
Reflections on the Chernobyl disaster. | March 2008 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
Waking the sleeping giant
How institutional investors can create well-being along with wealth. Domini,Amy| March 2008 issue In 1929, when the U.S. stock market crashed, less than 10 percent of American families owned stock. Today, despite the increasing gap between rich and poor, roughly 50 percent of American families Read More...
Escaping typical winter fare
For a delightful bite, try Belgian endive salad. Fennema,Elbrich | March 2008 issue Winter is the season of stillness, of silent retreat. Leaves wither, their energy receding into the roots. With the help of evergreens, we must remind ourselves that nature will come to life again in springtime. Read More...
Nothing dries sooner than a tear
An aphorism by James Geary, author of The World in a Phrase and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists. James Geary| March 2008 issue Tears leave the body at a temperature of 98.6 degrees. It is difficult to experience this with the tear rolling down your own cheek. But stand close to someone Read More...
Leaders can learn alot from salsa
Politicians and business people need to spice up their management styles to celebrate diversity, argues Nicaragua-born leadership consultant Juana Bordas in her book, Salsa, Soul and Spirit. Marco Visscher | March 2008 issue What do leaders have to learn from a spicy sauce? Juana Bordas: “Leaders Read More...
What the world needs now
We remember Gandhi as an opponent of colonialism and a campaigner for social justice. But he also pioneered everything from environmentalism to fair trade. Sixty years after his death, here's what Gandhi still has to teach us. Ode Editors | Jan/Feb 2008 issue In the early 1890s, Mahatma Gandhi Read More...
From the heart
Ernest Madu left a lucrative career as a doctor in the U.S. to build a cardiology clinic in Jamaica - and show that quality health care is possible in the developing world. Jay Walljasper | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Cardiologist Ernest Madu sits in his office in Kingston, Jamaica. The walls are lined with Read More...
Blue sky thinking
Peter Barnes' Sky Trust would make companies pay for permission to pollute - and then give the money back to us. Janet Paskin| Jan/Feb 2008 issue In 1985, Peter Barnes dreamed up a unique way to change the world. He started a long-distance telephone service that pledged to donate a fraction of Read More...
Power points
Acupuncture has been practised for millennia in China, but it's only now getting the attention it deserves from western medicine. Kim Ridley | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Judy Becker Worsley’s rapid recovery from an accident last summer astounded her orthopedic surgeon. A truck ran over her foot and Read More...