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Dance of life
Marco Visscher | April/May 2010 issue The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, as a “teach-in day” to raise awareness about environmental problems. Today, Earth Day mobilizes hundreds of millions of people around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to a cleaner planet. Last year, Read More...
Going beyond the minimum wage
Ryan Deto | April/May 2010 issue When Latino immigrants come to America, most end up working labor-intensive jobs that require little or no expertise. Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, co-leader of the Hillside Farmers Cooperative in southern Minnesota, is helping change that. “Right now, there is no Read More...
Kick it around for a while
Eviles Emiley Hope | April/May 2010 issue Four Harvard University students are bringing portable, sustainable power to off-grid areas in developing countries—through soccer balls that store energy. While in an engineering science class, Jessica Lin, Julia Silverman, Jessica Matthews and Read More...
Music: An ode to the human voice
Ton Maas | April/May 2010 issue Why don't you play an instrument? Why don't you write your own songs?â? Singer Maura Oâ??Connell has been asked the same questions dozens of times. â??Because Iâ??m just a singer,â? was her standard reply. But it didnâ??t sit right with her. Why be ashamed Read More...
Q&A: Albert-László Barabási
Marco Visscher | April/May 2010 issue As the director of the Center for Complex Network Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, Hungarian physicist Albert-László Barabási researches what he calls “the hidden pattern behind everything we do.” Barabási’s Read More...
Spray it, don’t say it
| April/May 2010 issue When the Sea Life London Aquarium re-opened after several months of refurbishments in April of last year, snorkelers—dressed in scuba diving gear—created some buzz by spraying the aquarium’s name on pavements, using only a stencil and some sea water. After about five Read More...
The writing on the wall
Marco Visscher | April/May 2010 issue According to the Israeli government, the wall dividing Israel from the Palestinian territories is a protective measure. Meanwhile, critics point to the painful consequences. Palestinians are no longer able—at least not without huge delays—to Read More...
Every conflict is an opportunity
Aik Kramer didn't see his ideals about justice reflected in traditional law, but he did see them reflected in mediation. Two years ago he set up Generation Why, a Dutch platform and gathering point where young people can go for training and information on mediation. Marianne Lamers | Jan/Feb 2010 Read More...
Turning poverty into peace
What the Nobel Peace Prize means to Muhammad Yunus - and how it shows the way new ideas come into the world. Jurriaan Kamp and Marco Visscher| December 2006 issue When Muhammad Yunus began to lend money to hard-working poor people back in the 1970s, he wasn’t exactly following the crowd. At that Read More...
25 Intelligent Optimists
Ode asked 25 famous people–Hollywood actors, prominent politicians, scientists, authors–to nominate their favorite Intelligent Optimist, a person who isn't famous but should be for his or her work to create a better world. The result: 25 inspiring profiles of changemakers you've never heard Read More...