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Want to see a better world?
Geotourism is a new movement that shows travellers how to improve the places they visit. Jay Walljasper tours Chile with Jonathan Tourtellot, the dedicated globetrotter who founded geotourism Jay Walljasper | April 2007 issue Somewhere in the Andes I am up in the Andes exploring the backcountry of Read More...
And then we started a movement
Jaya Arunachalam is leading a movement for women's independence in India. Ode spoke with her about why mircrocredit is not enough. Marco Visscher | March 2007 issue On the table between us is a copy of Ode. "Turning poverty into peace," reads the cover, showing a photograph of a beaming Muhammad Read More...
A white oasis on the rooftop of the world
The breathtaking Austrian valley of Villgraten has successfully resisted modern ski resorts, offering a natural alternative for winter fun. Stefan Schomann | March 2007 issue The first law of nature - including human nature - is change. Few things remain the same over time because staying Read More...
Educating Akello
One man's effort to help a Ugandan girl stay in school shows the complicated issues involved with Western aid. Richard Dowden| March 2007 issue Too small to reach the seat, she cycles with one leg sticking through the frame of the old-fashioned bicycle and stops in front of me, blocking my way. She Read More...
One last thing...
Microcredit could help young people in the West. Marco Visscher | March 2007 issue You mean it could help poor youth in Africa or India to take out a loan - very noble. Edgar Neo: "No, I actually mean young people in the West." But aren't they wealthier than ever? "Just ask the tens of thousands of Read More...
Real men play nice
What the world can learn from Nordic countries. Marco Visscher| March 2007 issue In the 1960s when Stuart Schlegel went to live among the Teduray, a tribe that made its home in the Philippine rainforest, the American missionary found a society he called "radically egalitarian." Men and women, Read More...
Beyond Organic
The next ecological and social revolution is being plotted right now in the rainforests of South America Jay Walljasper| March 2007 issue Our small boat bobs along the unimaginably wide Amazon River, then heads up a fast-flowing tributary the colour of tea with cream, and finally turns onto a Read More...
Column Tijn Touber
Finding wholeness at 30,000 feet Tijn Touber| March 2007 issue A friend who was juggling a myriad of personal problems had to take a long overseas flight for business. Rigid with tension, she was desperate for a couple of hours’ sleep but was wedged into a middle seat between two large men. She Read More...
Is God a delusion?
Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God, responds to biologist Richard Dawkins' assertion that God does not exist in any form. Neale Donald Walsch| March 2007 issue English scientist Richard Dawkins ignited a fierce debate with his book The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) - Read More...
The power of intention
A lesson from sports champions: The power of intention changes reality. Your health. Your career. Your world. Lynne McTaggart | Jan/Feb 2007 issue Seven weeks before Muhammad Ali met World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman for their “rumble in the jungle” at Kinshasa in 1975, Ali practised Read More...