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Can anybody save the world?
Corporate greenwashing aside, there is really no such thing as simple green. Chip Conley| December 2007 issue I’ve noticed those full-page ads in The New York Times on Sundays this summer, with the big, bold headline “YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.” While I have many friends who believe in that Read More...
Think outside the bank
How peer-to-peer lending helps entrepreneurs - and helps lenders make a difference. Janet Paskin | December 2007 issue For the first few months, Renaud Laplanche financed his software company with credit cards. Then he looked at the statements. “It’s painful when you realize you’re paying 18 Read More...
Meat is methane
Livestock farming produces more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transport combined. Reduce those harmful emissions: Eat less meat! Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue What’s the biggest cause of climate change? Cars? Planes? Factories? No. The meat we eat. Producing chicken, lamb, pork and Read More...
They're all ears
New research suggests plants can hear. Is this the start of acoustic farming? Jurriaan Kamp | December 2007 issue Prince Charles was widely ridiculed 20 years ago when he declared on television that he talked to his plants. “I just come and talk to the plants, really. It’s very important to Read More...
Dressed to excess
Trade your suit for a sarong, your skirt for a sari! Here is how more relaxed, easygoing clothing can lead to sartorial satori. An exclusive excerpt from a new edition of Alan Watts' 1970 classic "Does it matter?" Alan Watts| December 2007 issue For most of my life I have been in rebellion against Read More...
Let them play Sims
Why there should be video games in every classroom. Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue Invariably, the people who criticize video and computer games grew up without Nintendo, PlayStation or Atari. The sometimes-heated discussions about games are a typical example of a generational conflict, Will Read More...
Be true to your cells
How just being yourself can improve your health. David Servan-Schreiber | December 2007 issue Celeste is unhappily married, but rather than talk to her husband, she tries to act as though everything’s fine. Jack is aware that the plant he manages is pumping out toxic waste and he’s doing what Read More...
Democratic capitalism
Banks should not be driven only by the desire to be ever more profitable. Amy Domini| December 2007 issue Last year, when Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize, millions of people around the world learned of the miracles that banks serving the poor could deliver. It was a well-deserved honour Read More...
No more charity please
Moniek Zegers says we shouldn't be giving more but taking less. Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue Charity is in. Bill Clinton has written a bestseller about it and rock stars are organizing concerts. But Moniek Zegers, co-founder of the recently launched Dutch Comité tegen Goede Doelen Gekte Read More...
The Tao of Da Vinci
The Renaissance master pioneered ideas we now think of as the cutting edge in science and design. An exclusive excerpt from Fritjof Capra's new book, The Science of Leonardo. Fritjof Capra | November 2007 issue In Western intellectual history, the Renaissance—a period stretching from the Read More...