Miscellaneous
No sweat
Marco Visscher | April 2004 issue “Sweatshop” is the common term for workshops which pay low wages for the monotonous work of sewing ready-to-wear clothing, often for many hours each day and under strict supervision. These factories flourish in developing countries like India, Vietnam, Mexico Read More...
A fleeting glimpse of wisdom
Paulo Coelho | April 2004 issue The Kabbala – a term that has its origins in the Hebrew word qabbalah, meaning ‘tradition’ – is a metaphysical interpretation of the teachings in the Torah (which comprises the sacred books of Judaism). Originally passed on by word of mouth at a time when it Read More...
From the heart
What does it feel like to make music? Is composition a structured process, or is it always instinctive and irrational? Here the Greek composer Vangelis, most famous for writing the scores for the films Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire (for which he won an Oscar), explains how he does it Vangelis Read More...
'If you don't believe in yourself, you can't believe in God'
He looks like the stereotypical image of a hermit, but Raimon Panikkar is not that easy to pigeonhole. He is both Hindu and Christian, philosopher and mystic, scientist and priest, Indian and Spaniard. Hardly surprising, Panikkar firmly believes in the importance of cultural and religious Read More...
Party enlightenment
Tijn Touber | April 2004 issue Jacques Lusseyran was one of the greatest heroes of the French Resistance. He survived the concentration camp at Buchenwald because one day he decided to get up off his stretcher. The man who lay dying next to him looked at Lusseyran and called out, ‘You don’t Read More...
Arne Naess is in equilibrium
Pioneer of 'deep ecology' follows his heart | April 2004 Read More...
A Rolls Royce on two wheels
Andrew Ritchie's ideal folding bicycle | April 2004 Read More...
Care of the soul
'We have to live in the free-fall of infinity' Thomas Moore | April 2004 Read More...
Click and buy
Because most clothing stores carry few, if any, clothes produced in socially and ecologically responsible ways, the internet offers the best range of choice. No, you cannot digitally try on the clothes, and yes, the pictures are often less than optimal. But it's the best starting point for Read More...
Gandhi lives
Non-violent movements are sprouting up all over the Read More...