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“No one misses what isn’t said”
Oral history shows how history connects—and heals—us. Truska Bast | July/August Issue 2012 Almost 50 years had passed before Betty Bausch-Polak, who is Jewish, spoke of her experiences during World War II. The first time was in the early 1990s, during a radio interview. “It was a difficult Read More...
Tell me a story
How storytelling feeds our craving for connection and social change. July/August Issue 2012 | Diane Daniel Pixie Windsor knows what it feels like to happen upon a murder scene, to be treated too sympathetically when you’re in a wheelchair, or to suffer silently as your co-worker takes a fall Read More...
A different kind of trade school
Megan Snowe, a New York arts administrator and passionate Russophile, will teach the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet for a handball lesson, gray or black medium-length socks (women’s size 7½) or gluten-free beer. Interactive artist Barbara Ann Michaels will take organic lettuce or a “fun, wide Read More...
Planet organic
How organic agriculture can feed the world. July/August Issue 2012 | Greg Nichols "The green desert.” Flying over Paraguay, I can see how the nickname makes perfect sense. Paraguay, about the size of California, is the world’s fourth largest exporter of soybeans. Starting in the 1970s, when Read More...
Preserve our wonder
Progress is essential, but not at the cost of our environment. July/August Issue 2012 | Amy Domini I’ll admit that I’ve never been particularly careful about honeybees. As a kid, I’d catch them in jars and threaten my younger brother with them. As a gardener, I find it fun to stare hard Read More...
Fresh and fruity
Leonard Freeke spent five years on developing the organic soft drink Oggu. July/August 2012 Issue | Elleke Bal Three years ago, on a December evening, Leonard Freeke was nervously walking through a factory in a Dutch town in the south of the country when the first bottle of Oggu rolled off the Read More...
Small is beautiful (and delicious!)
Eating less of a greater variety of dishes is the recipe for culinary satisfaction. Elbrich Fennema | July/August 2012 Issue Research into the eating habits that make us fat shows that low-calorie products do little to combat obesity. It turns out we stuff 50 percent more low-sugar M&Ms in our Read More...
Real healing
Taking your health and destiny into your own hands is the best route to well-being. Nanny Simon-de Vries | July/August 2012 Issue When disease strikes, it affects many of us like a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky. It’s not easy to understand. After all, we weren’t in bad shape; our Read More...
Education starts with the future
[caption id="attachment_257135" align="alignleft" width="379"] Photo: Kyle Taylor via Flikr[/caption] Lessons about sexuality can be fun too. Karin Van Kooten | July/August 2012 Issue Isaac Kiyaga likes to work with computers. So the 16-year-old student at the Bukomero School, in the central Read More...
A reason to smile
[caption id="attachment_256812" align="alignleft" width="323"] Keela Dates, Executive Director - Reason2Smile - Lake Placid, New York[/caption] I am a board member for the nonprofit organization Reason2Smile, which is led by an extraordinary 27-year-old, Keela Dates. After graduating from college Read More...