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Schools of the future
Awarded writer Ben Okri's blueprint of the university of the future.Ben Okri | June 2003 issue In the future, centres of learning will teach at least one thing we do not teach today: the art of self-discovery. There is nothing more fundamental in education. We turn out students from our Read More...
Healthy thinking: Meditation.
A simple practice in meditation. | June 2003 issue In the following meditation, the emphasis is on breathing, but the underlying aim is to achieve a calm, non-judgemental awareness whereby your thoughts, feelings and sensations come and go without getting caught up in them. Sit in a relaxed Read More...
Organic top 40 winner: Imps&Elfs fashion sense
Each year Ode honors the top organic companies and products that are helping to make the world a cleaner, more sustainable and healthier place. Our November cover story ("Everyday toxins") looked at the thousands of chemicals that enter our bodies every day as a result of our food, cosmetics, Read More...
The top 200 cities in the world
From Amsterdam to Zanzibar Town, Lonely Planet ranks the best. Ode Editors | September 2006 Read More...
The romance of Aboriginal knowledge
Steve Birkbeck develops sandalwood cosmetics with the help of Australia's original people Ode Editors | March 2006 issue Steve Birkbeck was a college student majoring in philosophy and anthropology when a car accident in a borrowed vehicle forced him into a job tending bar at a desolate hotel on Read More...
True dharma confessions
Anne Cushman recounts her adventure seeking romance online through the Buddhist singles Web sites Anne Cushman | September 2006 issue The idea comes up as a joke. I’m a journalist and a newly single Buddhist mom. Why don’t I investigate the new online “dharma dating” sites, and write about Read More...
The truth
Not something to die forTijn Touber | September 2005 issue Recently, Ervin Laszlo, the Hungarian systems philosopher, said The British Library’s collection included the unpublished spiritual works of Isaac Newton. According to Laszlo, Newton didn’t dare go public with this material following Read More...
The power of hope and resistance
Noam Chomsky, America's leading dissident, believes great leaders don't change the world. People like you do.John Malkin | September 2005 issue Noam Chomsky, a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is sometimes referred to as America’s leading dissident for his passionate and Read More...
Are you obsessed, really obsessed by an idea?
Bill Drayton was aware at a young age that some people are capable of changing the world. He founded Ashoka, an international organisation that empowers and financially supports social entrepreneurs. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue As is often the case, it started with his parents. His father, an Read More...
"Peace is not a field of flowers. It's hard work"
Despite personal tragedy, Aqeela Sherrills seeks peace on the mean streets of Los Angeles.Tijn Touber | June 2005 issue There are seals swimming in the bay in front of the hotel where Aqeela Sherrills is staying. The sun is struggling to chase away threads of mist hanging over the San Francisco Read More...