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Ode to Lily Yeh
Andrea Hammer | October/November 2011 Issue Ode to Lily Yeh Beijing, China In her new book, Awakening Creativity: Dandelion SchoolBlossoms, Lily Yeh writes that she does not consider herself brave. Yet as the founder of Barefoot Arists, a non-profit group that creates social change with art, she Read More...
Speaking in tongues
Why the Oro Win are fighting to preserve their native language—and what that means for the rest of us. James Geary | October/November 2011 Issue When I started learning Dutch, the word that gave me the most trouble by far was “gezellig.” As an American newly arrived in the Read More...
“The hammock allows you to feel content”
Eoin Finn on the art of helping people connect with each other and the Earth. Molly Berkemeier | October/November 2011 Issue Eoin Finn is the author of the book Blissology, in which he describes the art of tuning into the force that makes people feel connected with each other and with Read More...
Be a rebel!
Improve your well-being by focusing on promoting health instead of preventing illness. H.C. Moolenburgh | October/November 2011 Issue Many billions have been spent on cancer research in recent years. So you would think by now we’d have a good idea of what cancer is, why it is the most crippling Read More...
Getting onto the grid
Jeremy Rifkin, author of The Third Industrial Revolution, spoke to Ode’s Jurriaan Kamp about the coming age of distributed, collaborative power. Jurriaan Kamp | October/November Issue How do industrial revolutions happen? “When you look at history, the great -economic revolutions occur Read More...
Do-it-yourself salsa verde
Put down that shopping list and improvise! Elbrich Fennema | September 2011 Issue There was a time when a recipe didn’t begin with a shopping list, but with what you had picked or caught yourself. A little later, we started with what grew in our own kitchen gardens or fields. Supply determined Read More...
Creativity without control
Why leaders need to be more like hosts and less like heroes. Margaret Wheatley | October/November 2011 Issue Photo: sookie via Flickr Computers can’t function without an operating system. The operating system manages all interactions and communications between the computer hardware and Read More...
Vanishing point
How tourism—yes, tourism—can help preserve endangered cultural heritage sites and boost local economies. Andrew Tolve | September 2011 Issue The developing world is a tough place to preach conservation. A site with priceless cultural value in the minds of archeologists often doesn’t stand a Read More...
The descent of woman
Did our ancestors climb down from the trees in order to walk upright? No, says Elaine Morgan. Humans evolved in water. Jonathan Maas | September 2011 Issue What do scientists do when they realize they’re on the wrong track? For Elaine Morgan, that’s a rhetorical question: “They carry on as if Read More...
Designing change
Ode to Mushmina | Marrakech, Morocco Kristy Crabtree | September 2011 Issue After buying a $350 carpet at a MarraKech souk, Heather O’Neill experienced buyer’s -remorse. She learned that the weavers, all women, sold their intricate, handcrafted rugs to a middleman for only $10, not knowing the Read More...