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What women--and the rest of us--can learn from Hollywood
Lessons in female leadership from Mulan, Whale Rider and Kill Bill Tijn Touber and Manfred van Doorn| July/Aug 2007 issue The world needs more female decision-makers in politics and business, according to psychologist Manfred van Doorn. And he believes great role models inspiring a new generation Read More...
Soul moments
Three stories about mediocrity, blame and falling in love. Paulo Coelho | June 2011 Read More...
This is your brain on change
A crash course in adapting to today;s increasingly rapid pace of change. Casey Miner | June 2011 Read More...
Make your own money
Local currencies can help create sustainable growth and healthy communities. Jeff Gates | June 2011 Read More...
Open sesame (oil)!
The healthy properties of sesame oil are no fairy tale Elbrich Fennema | June 2011 Read More...
"I can grown my own dinner"
Lisa Taylor, author of Your Farm in The City: An Urban Dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals, says organic, local food never tasted better Babette Dunkelgrün | June 2011 Read More...
Professor Hydrogen
Bragi Jurriaan Kamp | June 2007 issue Everyone used to laugh whenever he started talking about hydrogen power. But Icelander Bragi Árnason was unfazed, and continued his research into how his country could end its dependency on imported fossil fuels. To him, it made perfect sense. Iceland has Read More...
Hip hop = freedom
Don Popo raps about a better future for Colombia's kids. Marco Visscher| June 2007 issue Halfway through our conversation, Don Popo's eyes suddenly begin to sparkle. Don't you get it? they seem to ask. "To us, hip hop isn't simply a music style," he patiently explains. "To us, hip hop is a way of Read More...
Our hearts are full of memory
Transplant patients sometimes take on part of their donors' personalities. Jurriaan Kamp| June 2007 issue Glenda lost her husband, David, in a car crash. She made his organs available for transplant. A few years later, as part of a study by neuropsychologist Paul Pearsall, she met the young Read More...
The forgotten thinker you need to know
Thirty years ago, Ivan Illich raised questions on the promise of progress. The blind faith in modern development and technology was a threat to human's freedom, he argued. That critical analysis was one of the pillars for the Ode founders. In 2001, a year before Illich died at the age of 76, Read More...