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Bending it unlike Beckham
Devinder Sharma asks how can a 'protein-rich' potato really stop malnourishment in India.Devinder Sharma | December 2003 issue I was taken by surprise. The BBC Radio presenter, who had been busy talking about football star David Beckham, suddenly shifted to genetically modified potatoes, and told Read More...
Only tomorrow's God can deliver us from today's evil
Religion has caused a lot of misery in the world, says Neale Donald Walsch. We need a modern Martin Luther to free us from the tyrannical bonds of our churches. It is time for a new spirituality to emerge on earth.Neale Donald Walsch| December 2003 issue For millennia we have looked to religion to Read More...
Radio Okapi eases chaos
African radio stations serve democracy Elbrich Fennema| December 2003 issue In Africa, radio plays an important role in the development of communities. Take Radio Okapi in Congo. ‘For many Congolese this radio station is the only good thing that’s happened to them over the past five years,’ Read More...
Reveal and forgive
'Working on reconciliation is realising God's dream for humanity' Tijn Touber | December 2003 issue In the category ‘solutions for everything’ there are two concepts that have brilliantly withstood the test of time and are more relevant than ever: forgiveness and compassion. Planet (autumn Read More...
Tea is the new elixir of life
Kiran Tawadey sells healthy, restorative and delectable organic tea Jurriaan Kamp | December 2003 issue Sometimes motherhood sparks the entrepreneurial spirit. It all started with her son’s persistent eczema. After much searching, the culprit turned out to be chemical additives in the cheap Read More...
What makes us human
Matt Ridley's new book moves humanists beyond the nature vs. nurture debate Luke Disney | December 2003 issue Ed.boeken.lang.62 Why we are the way we are is a question that has entered all of our minds at one point or another. For years most of us have been content with the standard answers Read More...
The amazing promises of the Zero Point Field
*The story that you're about to read has created quite a stir among our editorial staff. The subject touches upon everything, literally everything that we humans do in our lives. And this is confrontational, disturbing and hopeful all at once. But that wasn't the only reason for the commotion. Read More...
And now in other news...
Dissatisfaction with ever-bigger media companies stimulates growth of alternative news sources. Marco Visscher | November 2003 issue Earlier this year, an American Senate committee asked media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to justify the fact that each week his radio stations dedicate over 300 hours to Read More...
Sex and the single duck
A distressing story of abduction, racial prejudice and murder -- all in the name of protecting biodiversity. David Cox | November 2003 issue New Labour’s ever-growing army of critics have yet to accuse it of genocide. They should. The United Kingdom’s caring government proposes to exterminate Read More...
Stop the race to the bottom
How can you be too expensive when you make less than $1.50 an hour?Anita Roddick | November 2003 issue Selina lives and works in the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh. She works a 13 to 14 hour daily shift. During the busy season, she works a gruelling nineteen-and-a-half hour shift every Read More...