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The power of place goes global
It's easy to dismiss rising interest in public spaces as something that only the wealthy can afford to worry about. But take a look at any bustling place anywhere in the world--from the markets of Africa and Asia to the squares of Latin America to the street corners of Europe and North America-and Read More...
The big idea of Eboo Patel
Eboo Patel unites young Christians, Muslims and Jews Jay Walljasper | December 2005 Read More...
State of the Union
Realism, not romance, is what can save your relationship Jay Walljasper | April 2005 issue There are signs everywhere today, especially in North America, that marriage is thriving as much as ever. Wedding magazines are now thicker than big city phone books, packed with hundreds of pages of ads Read More...
Teach the world to sing
Chris James dares us to discover our voices and heal ourselves. Tijn Touber | September 2005 Read More...
Think global, act natural
Nature directs us to the best solutions for pollution and poverty. Ode sat down for a conversation with biologist Elisabet Sahtouris. Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2006 issue Elisabet Sahtouris has a simple message: Evolution is not a life-and-death struggle in which only the fittest survive. She says Read More...
Rockin' soul
Give yourself fully to every role you play Tijn Touber | November 2005 issue I recently saw my old friend Bram. I’ve known Bram since the days we were punk musicians and our focus was working as little as possible while partying as much as we could. Bram and I were like brothers. We both sang Read More...
Revenge of the right brain
A major shift is happening inside our brains. Marco Visscher | May 2005 issue Management guru Peter Drucker was the first to see it. Back in the 1960s he predicted the emerging dominance of “knowledge workers:” people who get paid for their analytical and theoretical knowledge rather than Read More...
The world champ of poverty fighters
Poverty can be solved, declares Muhammad Yunus. But as long as politicians and starry-eyed idealists are blinded by good intentions, poor people will remain poor. Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, which pioneered the idea of microcredit, knows how poverty can be effectively tackled. Marco Read More...
The people, united
Co-operatives are more powerful than ever around the world, offering a third way between state-run socialism and corporate capitalism. Jay Walljasper | September 2004 issue Co-operatives, most people agree, are a worthy economic alternative to unbridled corporate greed. But we generally think of Read More...
Terrorists R us
Sometimes it seems like the world can be simply divided into good and evil, into terrorists and pacifists. But is it that easy? British intellectual Ziauddin Sardar lodges a complaint Ziauddin Sardar | March 2005 issue Most terrorists lead mundane, apparently peaceful lives, but, in their own Read More...