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First aid for leftovers
A recipe for the remains of yesterday. Elbrich Fennema | September 2010 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
Make mine a co-op
Joining a cooperative is one small step toward bringing locally sourced and organic groceries to your community - and one giant step toward food activism. Ursula Sautter | September 2010 issue At first, the task seemed impossible. Get 2,000 people, mostly strangers, to give $200 each to support a Read More...
The miracle of milk
Why we should be grateful for the abundance the modern food industry has given us. Roland Duong | September 2010 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
"A ban on the burka is really offensive"
Throughout Western Europe, governments are banning burkas and niqabs, Islamic veils that cover the face, in public places. Josie Appleton, leader of the British civil liberties campaign group Manifesto Club, opposes the ban. Marco Visscher | September 2010 issue The burka is regarded by many Read More...
In praise of dissent
Want to spur innovation, creativity and social justice? Get to know a dissenter. Jeremy Mercer | July/August 2010 issue Mabel Yu didn’t trust the numbers. It was 2006 and Yu was an analyst with The Vanguard Group, a financial firm based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, that manages almost $1 trillion Read More...
Hands-on healing
Craniosacral therapy, a form of light massage, may be controversial, but many patients are convinced of its benefits. Ana Karadarevic and Jessica Wapner | July/August 2010 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
If you've got it, spend it
How consumer spending can help create a fairer, richer, greener and more stable global economy. Philippe Legrain | July/August 2010 issue Is my money safe? Will my wages get paid? Will I even have a job? What about my pension? What is my home really worth? Such questions had never even crossed the Read More...
Why we buy
The emerging field of behavioral economics helps explain why spending comes so much easier than saving. Adam Smith |July/August 2010 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
The new black gold?
Biochar - charcoal derived from burning plants - can boost crop yields and help fight climate change. Andrew Tolve | July/August 2010 issue In the summer of 2002, scientist and entrepreneur Danny Day sent a lab assistant to retrieve some charcoal from behind Day’s lab in Blakely, Read More...
Activism for beginners
How three friends rescued hundreds of Uganda's child soldiers. Marco Visscher | July/August 2010 issue Lauren Grace had never read a piece of Congressional legislation. “It’s pretty dry reading,” she says. But one January night this year, the 25-year-old University of Oklahoma student Read More...